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DanceCouncil ofNorth Texas ExecutiveDirector PamDeslorieux


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Editor Linda James


CreativeDirector SarahNesbit


Contributors MargaretCanady


MarquitaDe Jesus KatieDravenstott


JaniceLaPointe-Crump LynneRichardson NancyWozny


AdministrativeManager ElizabethVanVleck


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DANCE is published quarterly by the Dance Council ofNorth Texas and has dis- tribution of 13,000 copies. Membership copies are distributed by direct mail. Articles of interest to the community, per- formance calendar information, letters to the editor, and press releases arewelcome.


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4 END OF AN ERA The Etgen-Atkinson School and Dallas Metropolitan Ballet Finale by Janice LaPointe-Crump


5 NEWMANDATE DallasBlackDance Theatre’s newArtistic Director by Katie Dravenstott


16 FORMER DANCE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HONORED AT STATE CONVENTION by Lynne Richardson


17 15 SIGNS THAT CONTEMPORARY DANCE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN TEXAS by NancyWozny


22 SPARKING CREATIVITY WITH COMPOSITION byMargaret Canady


24 DOING THEMOST GOOD: A YOUNG DANCER’S STATEMENT byMarquita De Jesus


departments 4 editor’s choice


6 the performance calendar


26 what’s upwith dance 28 the lowdown 30 dance directory


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inboxeachWednesday gotowww.thedancecouncil.org DANCE!NORTHTEXAS a publication of the dance council of north texas vol. 17 • no. 4 www.thedancecouncil.org Nov-Jan 2015 page 3


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