the lowdown


auditions Jul 14 Centre for Dance holds Performing Company Auditions at 7517 Campbell Rd, Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75248. 972-248-1112. www.centrefordance.com


Aug 4Dance Industry holds auditions for their Performing Company. Prep Classes held Aug. 1-3 at Dance Industry Performing Arts Center, 5949 Dallas Parkway, Plano, TX 75093. 972-403-3208. www.danceindustry.net


Aug 25Centre for Dance holds Performing Company Auditions at 7517 Campbell Rd, Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75248. 972-248-1112. www.centrefordance.com


conventions Jun 1-3Austin Belly Dance Convention featuring Virginia at the Holiday Inn - Midtown, 6000 Middle Fiskville Road (near Highland Mall), Austin, TX 78752. 512-451-5757. www.theabdc.com


Jun 8-10Americans for the Arts Annual Convention at the Grand Hyatt, 600 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. www.convention.artsusa.org


lectures Jul 21 Internationally-renowned guest artist Bill Evans will reflect on his career and his choreography in his 2:00 pm lecture—Teaching What I Want to Learn, Auditorium of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St., Fort Worth, TX 76107. Free. 817-922-0944. www.cdfw.org


masterclasses May 5 Contact Improvisation 103: Defy Gravity presented by Big Rig Dance Collective at Green Space Arts Collective, 529 Malone Street, Denton, TX 76201. www.bigrigdance.org/BRDC/Teaching.html


Jun 2 Contact Improvisation 104: Dancing as One presented by Big Rig Dance Collective at Green Space Arts Collective, 529 Malone Street, Denton, TX 76201. www.bigrigdance.org/BRDC/Teaching.html


ongoing performances First Thursday of every month - Harem Nite - repertoire of belly dancers from the DFW area. Free. Stratos Greek Taverna Restaurant, 2907 W. Northwest Hwy, Dallas, TX 75220. 214-352-3321; 214-497-7984. www.belly-dancing.net


social dances/Dallas Pilates Squared offers ballroom social dance for all levels every Tuesday at Pilates Squared, 3122 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, TX 75204. www.pilatessquared.com


Target Second Saturday offers free monthly Latin Dance Lessons every second Saturday of the month at the Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak, Dallas, TX 75204. 214-671-0045. www.dallasculture.org/latinocc Ballroom Dance Party, presented by USA Dance Dallas has two venues, Sammons Center for the arts and Sokol Hall on multiple weekends. Please see web site for times and locations. www.usadancedallas.org


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Dallas Swing Dance Society usually hosts three Swing on a String dances each month. 972-504-6301 www.dsds.org


Swing dances are held every Wednesday night at the Sons of Hermann Hall, 3414 Elm Street, Dallas, 214-747-4422, www.sonsofhermann.com


Irish Dance Club meets weekly. 972-377-3669. www.irishdance.dragonseye.com


North Texas Traditional Dance Society holds Contra Dance/English Dance events on Saturday evening at multiple locations in Dallas. 214-381-7032. www.nttds.org


Marilyn Meyers Dance Connections Club sponsors a ballroom dance on the 3rd and 5th Saturday of every month. 7448 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231. 972-342-1742. www.danceconnectionsclub.org


social dances/Fort Worth Fort Worth Swing Dance Syndicate holds swing dances on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Fri of each month, 1959 Sandy Lane, Fort Worth. www.fwsds.org


Southside Preservation Association holds Swing Night every Tues and Big Band Night on the 1st Fri of every month, Southside Preservation Hall, 1519 Lipscomb Street, Fort Worth. 817-926-2800. www.southsidepreservation.com


social dances/Lewisville A Grand Night for Swing!—Beginners east coast swing dance every Friday night, MCL Grand Theater’s recital hall, 100 N. Charles St., Lewisville, TX. 510-205-6498.


social dances/Mansfield Salsa, Mambo, Merengue, Cha-Cha, Bachata lessons and dancing are held every Wednesday night by the Sandunga Dance Company at Bella Vita Pizza & Pasta, 2000 North Highway 157, Suite 102, Mansfield.


social dances/McKinney Ballroom, Latin and Swing Dances are held on Friday and Saturday nights at the DaVindy Ballroom, 207 East Virginia Street, McKinney.


social dances/Plano Dance, Dance, Dance! for people 50 years and older are held Tuesdays at the Plano Senior Center, 401 West 16th St, Plano. 972-941-7155.


2012 Dance Council of North Texas Honors


Dance Council of North Texas (DCNT)members may nominate an outstanding individual for the:


MARY MCLARRY BYWATERS AWARD FOR LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO DANCE


NATALIE SKELTON AWARD FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE MARY WARNER AWARD FOR SERVICE TO DANCE LARRY WHITE DANCE EDUCATOR AWARD TEXAS TAP LEGEND


Deadline — Friday, May 25, 2012


www.thedancecouncil.com 214-219-2290


DANCE! NORTH TEXAS a publication of the dance council of north texas vol. 15 • no. 2 Call for Nominations for the


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