2000 FEET DANCE TO PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA--All those feet are building up momentum: 2000 Feet--A Celebration of World Dance (June 19 to 25) is the culmination of the three-year Philadelphia Dances project, presented by the University of the Arts School of Dance and the Philadelphia Dance Alliance. During the weeklong event, more than one thousand performers, as well as choreographers, teachers, scholars, critics, and aficionados will attend performances, master classes, workshops, symposia, exhibitions, and lectures.

According to Susan B. Glazer, the festival codirector as well as director of the University of the Arts School of Dance, "2000 Feet brings together 1000 performers and thousands of professionals and enthusiasts as a way to promote artistic experimentation and growth, increase public awareness of dance, and extend the boundaries of this most exciting and demanding art form."

Pearl B. Schaeffer, festival codirector and executive director of the Philadelphia Dance Alliance, agrees. "This event is unprecedented--not only for Philadelphia, but for the global dance community. Dancers from Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe will showcase their repertory in shared programs with more than thirty-five Philadelphia-based companies including Pennsylvania Ballet and Philadanco."

2000 Feet will kick off with a gala performance on Saturday, June 19 at the Merriam Theater and culminate with what organizers hope will be the world's largest dance party in Philadelphia's City Hall Courtyard on Friday, June 25.