NORTH TEXAS


Dance Council of North Texas Pam Deslorieux Executive Director


Dance Council, Inc.


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Voice (214) 219-2290 Fax (214) 219-2289


dancecouncil@thedancecouncil.org www.thedancecouncil.org


Editor Linda James DanceEditor@thedancecoouncil.org


Creative Director Sarah Nesbit


Creative.Director@thedancecouncil.org


Advertising Manager Bonnie Perry


bonnienperry@gmail.com Contributors


Jonathan Bostick Gina Carrico


Katie Dravenstott


DANCE is published quarterly by the Dance Council of North Texas and has a distribution of 10,000 copies. Membership copies are dis- tributed by direct mail. Articles of interest to the community, per- formance calendar information, letters to the editor, and press releases are welcome.


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22 TEACHING TOTS by Katie Dravenstott


22 BEING IN GOOD FORM ON AND OFF THE STAGE by Gina Carrico


departments 4 from the editor


6 the performance calendar


24 the low down 25 what’s up with dance


26 dance directory DANCE! NORTH TEXAS a publication of the dance council of north texas vol. 15 • no. 1 www.thedancecouncil.org February 2012 page 3


16 FROM BREAKING TO KRUMPING: LOOKING BACK ON HIP-HOP by Jonathan Bostick


14 LET’S FLIP FOR DANCE PLANET 16


by Jonathan Bostick


contents features


5 JOFFREY: MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE CHRONICLES HISTORY OF JOFFREY BALLET


13 IN REMEMBRANCE


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