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March 2023.1
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Please join us
Monday, March 27th!
CT Dance Now!
Our CT Dance Now! series continues on
Mondays from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM via Zoom.
Events consist of performances, discussions and classes offered by dance professionals, artists and educators representing dance across the state.
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Named one of Dance Magazine’s 30 over 30, Melanie George is the founder and director of Jazz Is… Dance Project and Associate Curator and Director of Artist Initiatives at Jacob’s Pillow. As a dramaturg, she has contributed to projects by Raja Feather Kelly, LaTasha Barnes, Susan Marshall, Alice Sheppard, Machine Dazzle, and Urban Bush Women, among others. Melanie is featured in the documentary UpRooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance, and founded the global advocacy website jazzdancedirect.com. Publications include chapters in Working Together in Qualitative Research,Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches, and Rooted Jazz Dance: Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century. She is the former Dance Program Director at American University, and has guest lectured at Harvard University, the Yale School of Drama, and The Juilliard School. Melanie is the recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award from the National Dance Education Organization.
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Member Events
BATES SUMMER DANCE FESTIVAL
Master Classes/Audition
Wednesday, March 22nd
Professionals 10-11:45am
Teens 4:30-6pm
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Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Half Day Program
15 Vernon Street, Hartford, CT
Studio A, 2nd floor
These BDF Master Classes are for students curious about Bates Dance Festival’s Young Dancers Intensive & advanced Extensions Program, along with the Professional Training Program (PTP) which will host in person programming from June 25 - July 29. Join Alexandra James, BDF's Director of Training Programs to dance and learn about the Festival's training and performance opportunities for the 2023 season! Classes will culminate with conversation about the application process, scholarship opportunities, and a discussion about BDF's model for training across multiple disciplines, based around rigor, collaboration and deep commitment to equity.
Email Alexa at afleury@crec.org to reserve a spot!
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Real Art Ways
Sunday, March 26th @ 2pm
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Real Art Ways
56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT
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CALLING ALL DANCE MAKERS IN CONNECTICUT!
Wednesday, March 29th
DISCUSSION ~ 6:00PM-7:00PM
Continued mingling/gathering 7:00-7:30PM
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CALLING ALL DANCE MAKERS IN CONNECTICUT!
Wednesday, March 29th
DISCUSSION ~ 6:00PM-7:00PM
Continued mingling/gathering 7:00-7:30PM
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CALLING ALL DANCE MAKERS IN CONNECTICUT!
Wednesday, March 29th
DISCUSSION ~ 6:00PM-7:00PM
Continued mingling/gathering 7:00-7:30PM
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We are reaching out to the community to invite you to join in this discussion, and then to work with your local dance makers in finding solutions towards supporting dance – an art form that needs more infrastructure to thrive here in our home.
The evening is hosted by Alexis Robbins (kamrDANCE), Lynn Peterson (SYREN Modern Dance), and Babz Rawls-Ivy (board member of several arts organizations and all around artist and avid New Havener), BUT ALL PRESENT WILL BE PARTICIPATING TO MAKE THIS DISCUSSION RELEVANT TO EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE.
We believe dance deserves a seat at the table. Local professional dance artists could be presented as often as visual artists, musicians, and theater in Greater New Haven and throughout Connecticut.
We implore you to attend, listen, and to reflect on how you can engage local professional dance artists in your annual curations. Dance is not an extra add-on, it commands the same respect as visual art, music, and theater.
Join us as we ALL discuss ways to rally and commit more support for the incredible art form of dance.
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TED HERSHEY DANCE & MUSIC MARATHON
Saturday, April 1st @ 7pm
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Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford, CT
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Know any high school dancers wanting to expand their training
at the pre-professional level?
Apply now to the
CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Half Day Program
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"Exit Like An Animal" by Larry Keigwin, Photo Credit: Thomas Giroir |
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Our Website
Don't forget to post your events on the
Connecticut Dance Alliance's
Event Calendar
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With so much going on it is the perfect time to join,
or renew your membership to, the Connecticut Dance Alliance
CDA Membership
Please fill out the Membership Form below.
Become part of this important organization and experience
the strength of Connecticut's dance community.
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