Anticipation was in the air on the Monday morning of January 22, 2024. 学生 buzzed together in groups, moving back and forth to peek into the sunlight-filled, empty dance and music studios of the 保利艺术中心. The rooms were ready for the sounds of woodwind and brass instruments, and the soft shuffling of shoeless feet moving across the dance studio floor. Grade 5 dancers took the bragging rights as the first students to use the studio. 整整一个星期, 中学 dancers and musicians had the new performing arts studios to themselves while 上学校 students focused on midterm exams. 

First Event to First Classes in 保利艺术中心

学生 and families who attended Afternoon of Student Choreography (ASC) on Sunday got a glimpse of the new spaces. “We couldn’t have asked for a better first event to celebrate the new 保利艺术中心,” said 迈克尔•罗宾逊艺术总监. “We had an incredible audience show up to support our students, and those attending brought enthusiasm as they toured the new classrooms and viewed the cross-divisional student artwork in the new gallery space. ASC was so impressive this year, and the choreographers and dancers really showcased why the 保利艺术中心 is so important to our program’s growth and success.”

“With new seating areas and improved accessibility to the connecting buildings, there’s a quality of life improvement providing greater ease of movement and space to spread out.”

迈克尔•罗宾逊艺术总监

Connection and Presentation

The long awaited 保利艺术中心 means more than just a new physical space for students and faculty, it represents a new era of performing arts at Poly where a path is paved for exploration by a literal connection between spaces. The 保利艺术中心 is a state-of-the-art space to highlight the high caliber of our programming and our students’ creative talents and aspirations.

“It has been so wonderful to see students discovering the new classrooms and community spaces that the 保利艺术中心 provides,罗宾逊说. “With new seating areas and improved accessibility to the connecting buildings, there’s a quality of life improvement providing greater ease of movement and space to spread out.” Visual artists now have a bright, brand new exhibition setting in the Howard Aibel Lobby Gallery. 在二楼, world-class studios allow students to deepen their skills and hone their performing arts. 在演出之夜, after the curtain falls and the applause fades away, friends and families return to the Brandman Family Theatre Lobby to congratulate their loved ones on a spectacular performance.

Here’s What 学生 Have to Say

“I’m very excited about the new arts building because I’m a passionate student of the arts. This to me represents Poly’s investment in the arts and their commitment to making it more of a focus at Poly. The new dance studio is really awesome, the large windows let in a lot of natural light, the floor is great for dancing and turning, 我们有酒吧, the temperature control is much better than the old studio, which was either too hot or too cold, too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer!” – Zeke Weis, 24岁

“The building you can see from almost all the classes. 跳舞 really has a presence on the campus. Whereas in the old studio, you can hear the music sometimes but having the building here, people are seeing what we are doing in class. They’re appreciating our movement and it’s made a statement on campus about dance and arts at Poly. – Miyana霍尔顿, 24岁

“…Poly cared enough to take the time and money to open up a place for us to work on dancing. It’s almost like we are performing all the time for the school. I can see the dancers from my English class. It’s inspiring… We’re not hidden away anymore, we’re showing what dance is at Poly. It’s cool that during ASC we were the ones that opened the 艺术中心, it shows what dance means to Poly.” – 伊登·戈伦，26岁

For more information about the new 保利艺术中心 and how you can support it, visit 保利艺术中心.