The Pierce College Dance Company practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Derek Kosol and Yesenia Alvarado practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Melaney Garcia practices during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Yesenia Alvarado (left) and Eriel Amoroso (right) practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Jasmine Sanchez (left) and Amanda Mason (right) practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
(Left to right) Veronica Cruz, Patricia Moreno and Treesa Kadayumkal practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
VAAS dancers practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Dancers practice the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Melanie Garcia (left) and Jasmine Sanchez (right) practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Mimi Taylor practices during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
The Pierce College Dance Company practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Katya Castillo (left) and Michelle Johnson (right) practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Mimi Taylor left) and Rachel Logan right) practices during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Cheyenne Smith practices during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
The Pierce College Dance Company practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Jasmine Sanchez practices during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
VAAS dancers practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
VAAS dancers practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Dancers hold hands before the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Gabriela Freire (left) and Cheyenne Smith (right) practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
VAAS dancers practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Cheyenne Smith practices during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
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The Pierce College Dance Company practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
The Pierce College Dance Company practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Michelle Johnson (left) and Paloma Ferrer (right) practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
(Left to right) Vanessa Quinonez, Jasmine Sanchez and Michell Johnson practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Katya Castillo practices during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
VAAS dancers practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Dancers practice curtain call before the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Jasmine Sanchez (left) and Katya Castillo (right) practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
VAAS dancers practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Dancers practice the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Mimi Taylor practices during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Mimi Taylor (top), Joyanne Tracy (center) and Rachel Logan (right) practice during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Katya Castillo practices during the Alert the Cul de Sac dress rehearsal in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2019. Photo by Cecilia Parada.
Student and faculty choreographers shared personal experiences of breakups and blindness through movement and music in the fall dance concert. The Pierce College Dance Company, along with dancers from Pierce and Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences (VAAS) performed in Alert the Cul de Sac, directed by Brian Moe. The concert, which ran for three performances, featured 15 dances that students worked on for eight weeks. While most dancers auditioned for the concert at the beginning of the fall semester, two of the pieces featured the Dance Company, led by Denise Gibson.
