RDA at Jackson.Regional Dance America has once again been invited to perform at the Jackson, Mississippi Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. State of Mississippi. It is one of the county seats of Hinds County; Raymond is the other county seat. As of the 2000 census Jackson's population was 184,256. , USA International Ballet Competition The USA International Ballet Competition, or USA IBC, is one of the world's top competitions for the dance sport of ballet. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this competition draws the top dancers from all over the world to compete for their country for a bronze, silver, or gold , to be held June 13-28. This is the third time the Jackson competition has generously extended to RDA RDA abbr. recommended daily allowance Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) The Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) are quantities of nutrients in the diet that are required to maintain good health in people. an invitation to present a full concert. RDA companies have performed there in 1991 and 1995. Sixty-five companies competed for the honor of representing our country's grassroots dance movement to the illustrious international audience; eight were chosen. They represent all five RDA regions--Northeast, Southeast. Southwest, Mid-States, and Pacific. The winners were chosen last June at the National Festival in Houston; judges were Sally Brayley Bliss, Bill Evans
William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous and influential American jazz pianists of 20th-century. , Robert Barnett, Jeffrey Gribler, and the late Maria Grandy. The technical level of dance in America keeps improving at an amazing rate . The representative companies chosen to perform come from small towns and large, and young choreographers and seasoned company directors are responsible for the dances. The styles range from classical ballet Noun 1. classical ballet - a style of ballet based on precise conventional steps performed with graceful and flowing movements ballet, concert dance - a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers and modern dance to Chaplinesque comedy. It is interesting to note that three of the nine choreographers chosen--Leslie Jane Pessemier, Charles Maple, and Amy Moore Morton--are all alumni of RDA's annual workshop, the Performance/Choreography Conference. Pessemier and Morton were both Monticello scholarship winners, and Pessemier has been the director of choreography for three of the conferences. The Jackson concert will be held on June 25, the last day of Round III, at 2:30 P.M. Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (representing the Northeast region) opens the program wit Allan Hineline's Sans Souci Sans Souci (säN s  sē`) [Fr.,=without care], palace built (1745–47) at Potsdam, Germany, by Frederick II, who lived there for 40 years. , set to Brahms, and closes it with Richard Cook's Dance of the Hours, set to the familiar ballet sequence from Act III of Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda La Gioconda can refer to:
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet student Abi Stafford. The rest of the program, in order of appearance, consists of: * Susan Quinn's Texas Canyon Texas Canyon is located in Cochise County, Arizona about 20 miles east of Benson, AZ on I-10 and lies between the Little Dragoon Mountains on the north and the Dragoon Mountains to the south. , set to Richard Souther and Chuck Koester; Southeast Alabama Southeast Alabama is the term used to identify the southeastern counties in the state of Alabama. Other names for the area are The Wiregrass and Lower Alabama. The area includeds the Counties of Dale, Pike, Houston, Coffee, Henry, Geneva, Barbour, Crenshaw and Covington. Dance Company (Southeast) * Leslie Jane Pessemier's Les Chansons, set to Canteloube; Allegro Ballet of Houston (Southwest) * Joe Istre's High Heel Blues, set to songs by Tuck and Patty; Twin City Ballet (Southwest) * Debra Pearse Rogo's Aranada, set to John Williams; Mid-Columbia Regional Ballet (Pacific) * Charles Maple's Lachtro Drom, set to Ravel; Petaluma City Ballet (Pacific) * Amy Moore Morton's With Chaplin, set to Charlie Chaplin movie scores; Appalachian Ballet (Southeast) * Sharon K. Randolph's The Gift of Balance, set to Henryk Gorecki; Interlochen Dance Ensemble (Mid-States). Watching and encouraging the development of these young dancers, most of whom are between thirteen and eighteen, is the raison d'etre of Regional Dance America. We are highly honored that the International Ballet Competition in Jackson has once again decided to share this exciting phenomenon with our international colleagues. Muriel Topaz is a senior editor of Dance Magazine. |
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