Trillium Performing Youth
Trillium Performing Youth (TPY) began in 1998 under the direction of Trillium artists Beth White and Carli Mareneck. Talented youth train at the Trillium school for Performing Arts twice a week for dance technique and repertory classes. Last year, Rachel Oliver joined the TPY teaching team.
Every spring TPY gives free performances at surrounding schools and residential homes for the elderly.
Last year's TPY participants (shown in picture at bottom) are Stephanie Anderson, Emily Cline, Morgan Hardy, Daniel Honaker, Sophie Kemp-Sherman, Samuel Kessler, Taylor Landrie, Skylar Miller, Sofa Rehak and Lauren Snider. This year, we'll be joined by new members Maggie Hower and Katelyn Roper.
Words of reflection
from recent students...
This program is presented with financial assistance from the WV Division of Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the WV Commission on the Arts.
Above: 2009-2010 TPY Group after a performance at the Greenbrier Manor nursing home.
Below:
From left to right: Katelyn Roper, Sopha Rehak, Sam Kessler, Sophie Kemp-Sherman, Maggie Hower, Daniel Honaker, Lauren Snider, Skylar Miller, Morgan Hardy & Emily Cline.
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"I have grown greatly these past three years. I have made strong bonds with people and am able to make friends easier. TPY has made me a happier and stronger person. I feel more like an individual now than I had before TPY. Trillium is like no other organization I could compare it to. I have never seen people so connected and supportive of one another. I feel like I’m at home every time I walk into the studio. It’s been part of my life for a very long time, and I feel like that experience has added to the person I am today."
"Through dancing with Trillium Performing Youth, I have found myself. At the WV Contemporary Dance Festival, I knew I was ready for college. At the concert, I knew I was ready for life. At the recital, I knew I had grown. TPY is strength, unity, love, community, and integrity through dance. Honesty. Sadness and healing, joy and light. Maturity. TPY = Growth. Not many words, but so many feelings. How do I express? The beginning of my dance career."
Trillium Performing Youth
2010 Tour Schedule
- Tuesday, February 16: Greenbrier Manor, performance at 7 PM, Students meet at Carnegie Studio at 5 PM
- Tuesday, February 23: The Seasons, performance at 6 PM, Students meet at Carnegie at 5 PM
- Saturday, February 27: WV State Dance Festival Adjudication (**** Note change of date *****)
- Friday, March 5: Alderson Elementary School, performance at 1 PM
- March 17-21: Trillium Concert, (tech, dress rehearsal, and 3 shows at the Lewis Theatre)
- Friday, March, 26: Western Greenbrier Middle School, performance at 1 PM
- Friday, April 16: Frankford Elementary School, performance at 2 PM
- April 23-25: WV State Dance Festival
- Friday, April 30: Special Friday Night Alive! for TPY, Full Repertory at Lewis Theatre
- May 15, 16: Dress Rehearsal & Recital at Eastern Greenbrier Middle School
- Friday, June 11: Garden Party
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