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in the metroplex Joffrey Dance Company alums reunited at the Irving Arts Center to watch an area premiere of the dance documentary— Joffrey: The Mavericks of Dance on February 26, 2012. Lisa Slagle, Director of the Ballet Academy of Texas, made the area screen- ing of the film possible.
StephanieTroyak, Plano (Booker T. Washington HSPVA/Choreography/Silver Medalist) have been nominated for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts.
YoungArts, the core program of the NFAA has restructured. Beginning with the 2013 application season, the national arts awards program has expanded to include 15-18 year old artists. YoungArts selects from more than 5,000 applications each year and is the only national organization to recognize students in each of nine artistic disciplines: cinematic arts, dance, jazz, music, pho- tography, theater, visual arts, voice and writing. Students are asked to fill out an online application and submit portfolio materials in their discipline. The application is available online at
www.youngarts.org/apply until October 19, 2012, and early applica- tions will be accepted through July 9.
The producers of So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) premiere a new dance show in the Fall of 2012 called A Chance To Dance. Emmy Award winning producer and judge of SYTYCD & American Idol, Nigel Lythgoe, held auditions for the new company in Salt Lake City, UT in March; Austin, TX in April; and New York City, NY in May. Dance instructors Michael Nunnand William Trevitt, two former Royal Ballet dancers, will audition, select and train the new company.
Pictured L to R: Alumnae of The Joffrey Ballet—Lauren Rouse, Lisa Slagle, Cameron Basden, and Donna Ross
The newly founded Dallas-based dance company, 8&1 Dance Company, under the artistic direction of founder Jill S. Rucci, presented its premiere performance March 23, 2012 at the Courtyard Theatre in Plano.
TITAS awarded Booker T. Washington HSPVAthe Tom Adams Award for Artistic Collaborations at the 2012 La Fête du Ballet. Two Booker T. Washington HSPVA dance students— Mason Manning and Dominique Harris—were given the opportunity to perform alongside the stars featured in the gala.
London School of Dance celebrates its 45thAnniversary.
across the state Three North Texas dancers are among fifteen talented young artists that have been chosen as 2012 Texas Young Masters by the Texas Cultural Trust and the Texas Commission on the Arts. The 2012 class of Young Masters include: Mason Manning, McKinney (Booker T. Washington HSPVA); Ani Mayo, Plano (Booker T. Washington HSPVA); Michael Stromile, Dallas (Booker T. Washington HSPVA).
The Texas Young Masters program recognizes excellence in 8th through 11th graders in dance, literary arts, media arts/film, music, theatre, musical theatre, and visual arts. The state’s most talented young artists receive the title of “Young Master” and are awarded grants of $2,500 per year for two years to pursue advanced study in their artistic discipline.
in the nation The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), through its YoungArts program has nominated two North Texas dancers for the highest award that can be given to any artistically talented high school senior—the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts. Taylor Rodman, Coppell (Booker T. Washington HSPVA/Choreography/Silver Medalist) and
DANCE! NORTH TEXAS a publication of the dance council of north texas vol. 15 •
On February 14, 2012, President Obama released his FY13 federal budget proposal to Congress, which serves as a starting point for the Congressional appropriations process. The proposed budget addresses funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Arts in Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education, and charitable giving incentives. The budget proposal includes the following:
National Endowment for the Arts - The President has request- ed $154.255 million, an $8 million increase. Last year, Congress cut NEA funding to the amount that the President had requested for FY12 - which meant a cut of $8.8 million to the NEA and a final appropriation of $146 million. The President’s FY13 budget, how- ever, nearly restores the decrease he recommended last year.
Arts in Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education - The President’s budget again proposes consolidating the Arts in Education program into a broader fund for Effective Teaching and Learning for a Well-Rounded Education. Communities representing a wide array of subjects of learning that would be consolidated are in opposition to the proposal, as it would eliminate the ability to track funding for each subject and would diminish federal leadership in these essential subjects of learning.
Charitable Giving Incentives - The President’s budget plan once again proposes capping deductions, including the charitable deduc- tion, at 28% for individual taxpayers earning more than $200,000 and couples earning more than $250,000. Congress has previously rejected these proposals and key tax policymakers have objected to the negative impact the proposal would have on charitable contri- butions. The President also proposes to enact what is known as the “Buffett Rule,” which would apply a minimum 30% tax rate for those with adjusted gross incomes over $1 million, while protect- ing charitable giving. While the protections for charitable giving incentives are an important recognition of the unique value of charitable deductions, the President’s proposal to cap deductibility at 28% has met strong opposition in the nonprofit community.
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