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Should I Quit My Day Job? Dance Off:
: brings REAL people who wanna move together with local choreographers! Interested in directing a bunch of bakers, a crowd of cops, a swarm of psychologists?
Choreographers: let us know of your interest by July 20th - ask for details at info@dancemetrodc.org
Know REAL people who wanna dance for a cause? Let us know at info@dancemerodc.org
Look for details on the website under opportunities soon for more info!
MOVING ALERT DANCE ALERT MOVING ALERT DANCING ALERT:
ALERT: MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW, But Congresswoman ELeanor Holmes Norton invites you to the Dance on July 31st....stay tuned for Info on an All-Come-All-Dance Opportunity for the Congresswoman's National Dance Day
Norton Introduces Resolution to Launch Annual National Dance Day
July 13, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution to recognize July 31, as National Dance Day. Norton will also host a National Dance Day Flash Mob on July 31, 2010 on the National Mall featuring Nigel Lythgoe, celebrity judge and producer of the popular national television show "So You Think You Can Dance." Norton, an avid proponent of healthy lifestyles and a lover of popular and other dance forms, is using National Dance Day and her resolution to promote physical fitness across the United States and the First Lady's Let's Move campaign.
"Astonishingly, more than 31 percent of U.S. children under the age of 19, and an estimated 68 percent of American adults are overweight or obese," said Norton. "National Dance Day and my resolution encourage Americans to live a physically active lifestyle and to have fun doing it. Organizing an annual National Dance Day in the nation's capital and throughout the country is a terrific way to promote fitness, and to emphasize the First Lady's Let's Move initiative to combat childhood obesity."
The Congresswoman's resolution received special recognition last week on So You Think You Can Dance when Nigel Lythgoe announced her resolution to recognize July 31, as National Dance Day.
In January, Norton introduced the Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act to promote exercise and diet changes. Norton's LIFE bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be a lead agency in combating obesity and sedentary lifestyles.
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www.dancemetrodc.org:
: the new website will debut as soon as we get the new dress we bought for its coming out party altered! Look for it no later than August, with new and improved ways to list your dance events and more user friendly portals for the general public to get to know you and your work better.
Dance Is The Answer 2011:
: still opens on tax day, April 15th, and this installment reaches out with a theme of Art That Moves! Reach out to your visually stimulated friends as we team up with Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, area studios/galleries- and any empty wall or lobby space you have in your studios or venues- to perform or just promenade through art that takes a literal-to-abstract view to moving, movement, momentum...
Speaking of Moving!
We are traveling to a location near you soon! Look for us to be in residence in Virginia and Maryland- both virtually AND physically, as we unveil some new partnerships in the next few months...
We’re bundling and so can you!
DancePassPRO now does more than get you a seat in the theater!! It will now be available for purchase (to those who qualify) at individual and organization rates beginning later this summer, with an effective start date of September 1.
You’ll still be able to list performances on the website without it, but your upgrade through purchasing DancePassPRO will allow you a bundle of other one-stop shopping perks: special placement for listings and photos, banner ads, multiple listings, as well as discounts to performances as before. More info to come asap!
Should I Keep My Day Job? Dance Off:
: brings REAL people who wanna move together with local choreographers! Interested in directing a bunch of bakers, a crowd of cops, a swarm of psychologists? Look for details on the website under opportunities soon for more info!
The 10th MetroDC Dance Awards:
: moves to October, and to the Harman! REAL people winners of the Should I Keep My Day Job Dance Off will join!
VelocityDC Dance Festival:
: once again at the Harman, with performances preceded by the Awards earlier that week. MRP and Velocity team up again for Late Night!!! too.
Dance Town Hall Meetings, Roundtables and Summits:
: are you tip-toeing through the dancing tulips and don’t feel like you have a clue? The Advisory Committee and Staff of Dance/ MetroDC will hold two Dance Town Halls (one each, fall and spring!) so you can be more a part of the process.
Forward 5/Professional Capacity Building Workshops:
: this current crop of F5’s has been experimenting and evaluating processes and products all year. This pilot has taught us a lot, and we will share with you in our Nov and Dec sessions in open sessions for capacity building for all. In the meantime, look to the last weekend of Sept, when we celebrate the beginning of the season.
: the NEXT group of F5’s? Look for application materials to appear early in 2011 for a start time beginning in June!
2010/11 Season Highlights
Dates subject to improvisation and/or choreographic changes: check the website!
July
15th
Deadline for Choreographer Interest in SHOULD I KEEP MY DAY JOB? DANCE OFF!!!
August
13th, 14th
Metro DC Dances at Carter Barron
September
13th
SHOULD I KEEP MY DAY JOB? DANCE OFF!!!
Prelim Elimination Round and Velocity/Awards Awareness Party
25th, 26th
Forward 5: Portions Open for Workshop and Public Showing
October
3rd
Prelude Honors for the 10th MetroDC Dance Awards/Millennium Stage
6th
FINALS: SHOULD I QUIT MY DAY JOB? DANCE OFF!!!
Ceremony and Honors for the 10th MetroDC Dance Awards/Harman Center
7th,8th, 9th
VelocityDC Dance Festival/Harman Center
9th
VelocityDC Dance Festival/Late Night!!!
November
14th
Town Hall Meeting #1 for Community w/ Advisory Comm 5:30 – 7:30pm
December
3rd 4th
Forward 5: Portions Open for Workshop and Public Showing
AWARDS: NOMINATE EARLY AND OFTEN...Why not nominate Fall performances now, before the Spring gets away from you???
April
15th
Dance Is the Answer: ART THAT MOVES Begins!!!!
May
2nd
Dance Is the Answer: ART THAT MOVES Ends
June
12th
Town Hall Meeting #2 for Community w/Advisory Comm 5:30 – 7:30pm
15th
Awards Nominations DUE
29th
SOLSTICE: Looking Back, Looking Forward PARTY
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