About the
Children's Dance Festival
Join us on the 1st Sunday in May for an afternoon of dance for young dancers, ages 6-18, including
Workshops in different styles of
dance and a Gala Performance
Sun, 5/1/11 12-6 PM
Held at Brookline High School Beginning at Tappan Street Gym
66 Tappan Street Brookline, MA
Application Deadline: APRIL 1
Young Dancers and Leaders-Join us for a wonderful afternoon of dance!!
� Groups who want to show their dances in performance.
� Groups who wish to participate without performing.
� Individual young dancers (with chaperone).
� $15/dancer.
Past participants have included
Adamant Eve Dance Company, Andover High School Dance Club, Ballet/Arts of Winchester, Boston Children's Theater, Boston Dance Company, Braintree Academy of Dance Team, Brookline Academy-Junior & Kids Companies, Cambridge Performance Project, Cambridge Rindge & Latin HS Dance/Drama Dept., Chhandika Dancers, Children's Ballet Company, Children's Dance Theater of Natick, Chinese Cultural Center Dancers, Codman Academy, The Dance Inn, Dance Production Workshop, Dancers Workshop, Dances by Isadora, Dancing Arts Ensemble, Dearborn Middle School, Donna Miceli Youth Dance Company, EnMotion Inc. Company C, Fatou's African Sunrise, 4 Star Dance Team, Fresh Pond Ballet, Glasswings, Hip Hop Combi Dance Crew, Hispanic Classical Ballet, Jamnastics, Jaqueline M. Walsh School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Jennifer McGowan's Creative Dance Center and the Young Performers Creative Dance Company, Joslyn Stewart Carter Youth Dance Company, La Pi�ata, Little Upasana, Mass Motion Dance Project, Mulberry Morris and Bubble Rapper, Pine Manor College Dance Ensemble, Rhode Island's Ballet Theatre, Riverside Theatre Works Dance Program, Shannon O'Brien School of Dance, Sherry Gold Dance Studio, SMALL FEETS dance company, Smith Houlihan Academy of Irish Dance, Taking Steps, Team Dance It Up!, Timilty Middle School dance group, Tony Williams Dance Team, Topf Center for Dance Education, Triveni Dancers, Walnut Hill Community Dance Academy, Wilmington Dance Academy, as well as the students of teachers Gloria Castano, Gretchen Hayden, Anna Myer, Pam Raff, and Margo Skalecki.
We'd love to add you to this list! �
Contact us for more info!
86 Greenough Street, Brookline, MA 02445
617-738-7688 or 617-232-3189
ChildsDanceFest@pbjdanceco.org
www.pbjdanceco.org/cdf.htm
Schedule
12:00-1:00 Arrival/ Ice Breaker/ Opening Meeting/ Work on the Final Group Bow.
Dancers are then divided into groups, and then proceed to their workshop studio.
1:00-2:30 Potpourri Workshops
Each dancer participates in a workshop with two-three different teachers in different styles of dance. Some groups will be teching during this time.
1:00-3:50 Tech time
Each group will have 10 minutes in the theater studio to set entrances and exits, and speak to the sound people. Other groups are dressing, snacking, and rehearsing in other studios after the workshops.
4:00-5:30 Performance
Doors open at 3:50
Each group may contribute a dance(s) lasting up to 6 minutes if pre-registered before April 15th .
Sound like fun? It is.
"My students have been excited
to be there and are eager to
return next year!"
-Company Director
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Greetings!
The !9th annual Children's Dance Festival preparations are underway. The day's events will be similar as last year, but the process of registration / participation will be different. Check out the CDF web site for details. |
For Children
Take Workshops,and / or Perform with Your Group
 This Festival is for any level dancer between the age of 6 and 18 accompanied by their dance teacher or parent. Participants come from all over New England, but mostly from Massachusetts to share and learn from each other in workshop classes and a performance. Students may register individually or with their group (submission deadline is April 15th). Your $15 registration fee entitles you to take three workshop classes and see or perform in the performance, plus allows all your family and friends to attend for FREE! |
For Dance Professionals and Supporters
Teach and / or Promote What You Do
The Children's Dance Festival's mission is to enrich young dancers by meeting and collaborating with other children involved in the art of dance through workshops and performance. We value dance of all forms in a family-friendly approach.
If you want to teach a workshop, contact Karyn for an application (submission deadline is April 15th). The organizing committee is enlisting nine workshop teachers from various backgrounds and disciplines to bring their expertise to lead a 30 minute workshop at the Children's Festival and receive an honorarium for inspiring the next generation of dancers.
If you want to bring a group of performers, contact Jeanne for an application (submission deadline is April 15th). The organizing committee is looking for non-competitive dance groups to share in a concert of diverse age groups, styles, and abilities.
If you want to promote your classes, products and services to the festival participants, put an ad in the program. Send a digital copy to Jennifer; then, send your payment to 86 Greenough St. Brookline, Ma.02445 (submission deadline is April 15th) Not only will your ad be seen by up to 500 people at the Festival, it will be seen again and again as this program is often saved as a souvenir. Affordable rates: $90 whole page, $50 half page, $30 quarter page or business card size. Call today!
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Volunteers Needed
See the Festival Up Close
 Like working with energetic people? Feel that dance for children is a worthwhile endeavor? Want to network with other experts on children's dance? Join us! Help with many small tasks that keep the whole day fun for everyone. The Festival needs ushers, program folder, children's supervisors, workshop timers, and so much more! Contact Erica to find out more. Lend a hand and leave with a full spirit! |
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Participation in the Children's Dance Festival brings many benefits:
� program recognition and exposure
� the opportunity to network with other teachers
� a non-competitive performing opportunity for your students
� young dancers meeting others who dance seriously
� a chance for kids to work briefly with other teachers
� participation in a diverse concert of dances before a large audience of supportive peers and adults.
Older dancers will have their own workshop and be inspiring role models for younger students. The day is a lot of fun and the process is always enjoyable and fairly easy to accomplish well!
Due to the size of the space, we must limit the number of participants. Groups may not send more than 12-15 dancers. Groups that are not part of the Organizing Committee will be selected based on variety: technical style, age of dancers, material, etc. Please send in the CDF application. In a major change this year, we will not charge audience members for attending the concert, but will fund the festival through charging each participant $15. The concert will be free of charge. No child will be turned away for lack of ability to pay.
Deadline is April 1. No late applications will be accepted.
Thanks!
We look forward to meeting you!!
Eve Agush, Gloria Castano, Diane Perez de Alderete, Karyn Edison, Neena Gulati, Adrienne Hawkins, Jennifer McGowan, Erica Sigal, Jeanne Traxler, Roberta Udoh, ToRena Webb
Festival Organizers
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