For Immediate Release
Press Contact:
Susan Murphy, President
Connecticut Dance Alliance
info@ctdanceall.org
CT DANCE NOW!
"We Danced Through the Pandemic"

HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut Dance Alliance in partnership with Connecticut University and Collegiate dance departments presents the next event in its CT Dance Now! series on November 29 at 6 PM via Zoom.

Faculty from Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Half Day Program will discuss how they inspired young dancers to navigate the unique challenges of learning and creating dance in the middle of a pandemic and how they returned to ‘normal’ with our last performance.

This event will also feature pieces choreographed by Brandon Collwes, Leslie Frye Maietta and Deborah Goffe.


The CT Dance Now! series is free. CDA's programs and events are supported by our
membership and tax-deductible donations. Membership and donation information can be found on our website. Registration is required for each event. Space is limited, and early registration is recommended. To register and learn more about the workshops and presenters, visit https://www.ctdanceall.org/.











About Connecticut Dance Alliance (CDA)

Connecticut Dance Alliance, Inc. (CDA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public awareness of dance in all its forms and serving the needs of the statewide dance community. Since 1999, CDA has created and presented numerous events such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Dance – a day celebrating African-American dance traditions, CDA Distinguished Achievement in Dance Awards, Healthy Dancer Seminars and workshops on Planning a College Career in dance. In 2011, CDA founded and developed a successful summer scholarship annual competition, the Connecticut Classic , a competition for pre-professional classical ballet students. CDA also administers the Elena Delvecchio Rusnak Dance Education Scholarship. CDA’s current project, The
Dance History Project. Through grassroots networking, the project endeavors to
capture and share, through the art of photography and scholarly writing, a cultural and
historical documentation of the rich and vibrant dance heritage in Connecticut. Using
the 2,000 images submitted by the dance community, the curated Connecticut Dance
exhibition has toured the state since 2017. In addition to the Dance History Project ,
other CDA initiatives include the further development of regional network consortiums
to increase communication, partnerships, and opportunities for Connecticut’s dance
community; dance education programs; and the new statewide dance resource database.
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