PARTY FOR ART 2012

pARTy for ART returns to Atlantic Station to kick off your summer with DANCE! Come join Dance Canvas for this FREE day-long event onSaturday, June 2nd!  

Join us from 11-3 pm for interactive dance workshops in ballet, jazz, hip hop, pilates and more to keep visitors moving all afternoon. Fun for the entire family!

Dance Canvas' outdoor dance concert begins at 3 p.m. (encore performance at 5pm), featuring beautiful new work of choreographers Lonnie Davis, Ray Hall, Kassandra Newberry, Tianna Sykes and Katie Stull performed by the talented professional dancers of Atlanta.

For more information visit our website www.dancecanvas.com

"SHE CREATED IT" FEMALE CHOREOGRAPHER SUBMISSIONS

Calling all female choreographers! "She, Created It" is currently looking for female choreographers for our 3-DAY Extravaganza Weekend of Performance, Workshops, and "Woman 2 Women" talk back brunch. The Extravaganza will be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The City of Arts and Innovation!

"SHE, Created IT" will select only 10 choreographers! If you are chosen to become one of our following choreographers for "SHE, Created IT", you can look forward to:

• Up to 15 minute performance slot at "Arts Council Theater"
• 30 minute Lighting Designer access 
• 1 hour Final Dress Rehearsal Tech Time Slot
• Free Rehearsal Space for Creation, Pre-Production
• DVD Copy of your choreography
• Full Marketing and Promotions arranged by "SHE, Created IT".
• A opportunity to present work for 2013 National Black Theater Festival
• Access to "SHE, Created IT" Workshops and Brunch
• PAID Performance Stipend

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: DECEMBER 3rd, 2012

Choreographer Submission Checklist:

1. Application ($25.00 application fee)
2. HEADSHOT
3. Danceshot
4. Current Resume'
5. BIO
6. Choreography Statement (tell us why you should be a part of "SHE", What's Your Story?)
7. Short Choreography Sample (Video file accepted; .mov or .wav) No more than 3 mins length and1GB.
8. Application (there is an administration fee to provide a professional panelist)

*Any application submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Serious Inquiries Only Please.

For more information visit http://dld.bz/b2utV or www.shecreatedit.info.

JUNGLE BOOGIE MASTER CLASS

Jungle Boogie Crew wants to invite all the children and their friends to boogie down at their Master Class on Saturday, May 19 at Dance 411 Studios. The master class is $15 a class and there will be a $5 discount to all Dance 411 kids. Don't miss out on this great opportunity! To learn more about the master class visit Dance 411 online. 

Schedule:

2pm-3pm Beg/Int Hip Hop

3:15-4:15 Int/Adv Hip Hop

MAD EXPRESSION CHOREOGRAPHER'S SHOWCASE

Leah Love presents the Mad Expression Choreographer's Showcase Monday, May 14 at the VIXN Lounge (2930 Ember Dr. Decatur, GA 30034). Doors open at 9:00 pm and the show starts at 10:00pm! Advance tickets are $10 and $12 at the door. Performing live D-Ray Colson, Marcus Allan, Lyrik London, Codie Wiggins, Monica Noble, Sakinah, Rachel Truitt, Chris "Skeetaman" Ford, Shaquan, and the Go-Go Vixens. This is a night you don't want to miss!

2012 MODERN ATLANTA DANCE FESTIVAL

The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta's (MJCCA) "Live at the J", in partnership with Full Radius Dance, announces the seventeenth annual Modern Atlanta Dance (MAD) Festival at the MJCCA's Morris & Rae Frank Theatre at Zaban Park (5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody). One performance only on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

The artists/companies appearing:

Zoetic Dance Ensemble - "The Otherside", choreography by Corian Ellisor. "The Otherside" explores the journey from intolerance and isolation to self-acceptance and love within a community of strong women. 

Independent Artist Kerry Lee - "In Mourning", depicting a Chinese-American woman mourning the death of her mother, belatedly cherishing the lessons her mother taught her. Choreography is by Kerry Lee and Hwee-Eng Y. Lee. 

Rhythmix Dance & Performing Arts Company - "Temporal Confinement - An Exploration in Human Suffering & Perseverance", choreography by Tianna Pourciau Sykes. The human spirit perseveres and bondages are broken; however, sometimes it still takes awhile for one to truly embrace what it means to be free.

Refuge Dance Company - "Sabbath", choreography by Katherine Gant. "Sabbath" is inspired by, and set to, a sermon by Derek Sweatman, with drums played by Shawn Cartwright. 

SIDEWAYS Contemporary Dance Company - Excerpt from "Breaking Bounds", looking at the ties that bind us physically and emotionally, with choreography by Charlotte Foster and Christopher Coates. 

Host company Full Radius Dance - "Ethos/Pathos/Logos", choreography by Onur Topal-Sumer - an abstract dance work inspired by philosophy. 

For more information visit The MAD Festival online.