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Footworks!

May 18, 2010

Welcome to Footworks!, a publication of the Alabama Dance Council. Please stay tuned each week as we keep you informed of news, performances and special events from the Alabama dance community.
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Are you a current ADC member and have an announcement that you would like to share? Performances, masterclasses, special events, scholarship, educational, or audition opportunities - if it's going on, we want to know; and more importantly, we want to share it!

ADC members are eligible to have information published weekly in Footworks! by posting news, performances and special events on the Alabama Dance Exchange.

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The Alabama Dance Council

In this issue:

National Dance Education Organization Job Opportunities

Rhythm World Early Bird Registration Deadline May 25th!

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Ballet Huntsville / Academy of Classic Arts "Spring Performance"

Waltz Magic Dance

Dance Theatre of Huntsville Presents..."The Lion's King's Tale"

Ujima

Southern Danceworks presents "Spring Dances"

Annual Summer Concert

Prudence in Pepperland

National Tap Dance Day

Are you Ready?

National Dance Education Organization Job Opportunities

Check out details for these four recent job openings:

  • Development and Marketing Coordinator, Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. (New York NY)
  • Bella Barre (teacher training offered), Ballet and Jazz Teachers, Abby Bella Dance Studio
  • One-Year, Full-Time Sabbatical Leave Replacement, Department of Dance at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  • International Projects Coordinator, Battery Dance Company (New York NY)
Early Bird Discounts End May 25th. Register Now!

RHYTHM WORLD is the oldest and most comprehensive festival of American tap and contemporary percussive arts in the world. RHYTHM WORLD features an extraordinary master faculty of 24 teachers and two weeks of performance, education and community outreach programs including free public performances at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park,  tap jams at the Chicago Cultural Center's Claudia Cassidy Theater, student showcases, panel discussions and extraordinary faculty concerts at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

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Ballet Huntsville / Academy of Classic Arts "Spring Performance"
Waltz Magic Dance
Dance Theatre of Huntsville Presents..."The Lion's King's Tale"
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New modern ballet "Journey" choreographed by Clinton Rothwell Ballet Huntsville's director. Performances at:

May 21, Friday: 6:30pm 
May 22
, Saturday: 3:00 and 6:30pm
May 23, Sunday: 3:00pm

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The Birmingham Swing Dancers are hosting Waltz Magic on Friday, May 21 at Bailey Studio, 1853 Montgomery Hwy, Suite 103, Hoover 35244 from 7:30 - 10:30 pm. Music by C&E DJ's. Focus is primarily on waltz but other dance music will also be played. Beginner waltz dance lesson from 7:30 to 8:00 pm.

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In May, Dance Theatre of Huntsville will present "The Lion King's Tale," a dance adaptation and interpretation of a classic favorite. Join DTH at Lee High School in Huntsville, Alabama on May 22 & 23 for this spectacular dance event.

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Ujima

Southern Danceworks presents "Spring Dances"
Annual Summer Concert
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Nathifa Dance Company Presents Ujima...Collective Works and Responsibility on May 22, 2010 at 1:30pm. Come and share an afternoon experience of West African dance, praise dance ministry, poetry, fashion and much more.

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Southern Danceworks brings an exciting array of artists to the Harrison Theatre at Samford University on May 22, 2010 at 7:30p.m. and May 23 at 2:30p.m. Co-sponsored by Samford University, the program will feature two world premieres.

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J. Lockhart Performing Arts Institute presents the Annual Summer Concert

Remember the Time...a dance & music tribute to the legendary, Michael Jackson

Saturday, June 5 - 6:00PM

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Prudence in Pepperland
May 25th's National Tap Dance Day!

Are You Ready?

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Join the Downtown Dance Conservatory on June 5th, 2010 for its 6th annual classical and contemporary dance production with the originally written "Prudence in Pepperland." Written and inspired from the entire span of music from The Beatles, the show is a winding road full of whimsical costumes, characters, classical choreography.

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Falling on May 25 every year, National Tap Dance Day is a celebration of tap dance as an American and worldwide art form. National Tap Dance Day can be celebrated with an event which may be organized by a studio, festival, professional company or tap dance interest group.

Check the ITA Calendar for events near you and send us your information if not listed as well as reviews and reports.  The submission link is on the ITA Calendar Page.

Acia Gray
ITA Board President

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