Check It Out.Young dancers are getting involved with giving back to the community and with doing volunteer work. On June 24, at City Center in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Selfhelp Community Services presented In Homage: A Tribute to Families with AIDS. All proceed from the evening went to help clients continue to live at home and keep their families together. The evening's artistic director was seventeen-year-old Rasta Thomas Ratsa Thomas (born Rasta Kuzma Ramacandra July 18, 1981 in San Francisco, California) is a dancer, martial artist, gymnast and choreographer. He was raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. , who also performed solo and with partner Adrienne Canterna. Other performers included DanceBrazil, tap dancers of Newly Released Sound, and Joffrey Ballet Joffrey Ballet, one of the major American dance companies. It was founded in New York City in 1954 by the dancer-choreographer Robert Joffrey. From 1956 to 1964 it made yearly tours of the United States. principal Jodie Gates. Future plans for Rasta include a feature film with Patrick Swayze, one of Homage's presenters. Kerri Edge, the artistic director of Kerri Edge Children's Dance Ensemble A group of dancers preforming under a common name: the dance equivalent of a band. Examples would be Riverdance and Shuvani. (KECDE!), and her dancers have worked together with the community in a year-long project called "Take Back the Park"--cleaning up Brookville Park in Queens, New York. "KEDCE! is not just a dance company, but a community-service organization," says Kerri. "We use dance as a vehicle to bring service to the community and to bring opportunities to the youth." Last year, the students of the Milford Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. in Milford, Connecticut, raised more money than any other studio in the country to become the first Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA DRA Delta Regional Authority DRA Developmental Reading Assessment (educational test) DRA Division of Ratepayer Advocates (California) DRA Data Research Associates DRA Directory and Resource Administrator ) Studio of the Year. The dancers received an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , including classes, performances, and the opportunity to perform at Lincoln Center Plaza alongside dancers from Momix, the cast of Footloose foot·loose adj. Having no attachments or ties; free to do as one pleases. footloose Adjective free to go or do as one wishes Adj. 1. , and the Radio City Rockettes (among others)in the Kick Off for National Dance Week. "Not only was it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but it is also a great way to help the community," says Milford student Stefanie Hennes. For more information about participating in this year's Studio of the Year Competition, contact: DRA/Studio of the Year, 165 West 46th Street, Suite 1300, New York, NY 10036 or fax to (212) 840-0551. LEARN MORE ABOUT SCOTTISH HIGHLAND DANCING You don't need to be a Scot to be a Highland dancer--it's something everyone can do! You can get more information about Scottish Highland dancing in your area by contacting your local Scottish association, listed in your phone book. On-line, check out the Federation of United States Teachers and Adjudicators (FUSTA FUSTA Federation of United States Teachers and Adjudicators ) or ScotDance Web pages for your regional representatives, and they can put you in contact with a teacher in your area, or write to FUSTA at the address below. Some ballet schools, such as Peninsula School of Performing Arts in Palos Verdes, California, offer summer programs in Scottish Highland dancing. Places to start: * Federation of United States Teachers and Adjudicators. www.geocities.com/Colosseum/ Slope/6108. Or write to Nancy Strolle, Senior Executive, FUSTA, 7205 Exner Road, Darien, IL 60561 * ScotDance Canada: www.cyberus.ca/scotdance99 * Highland Dancing, The Textbook of the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing; Lindsay Publications, Glasgow, Scotland; Sixth Edition, 1993. |
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