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SarahHaileyPadilla, a 2014 graduate of SMUwith aBFAin Dance Performance,was one of 10 choreographers selected byDoug Varone to create a newwork under hismentorship for his CHIN Project,which premiered inNewYorkCity at the 92nd street Y in August.
Paul Taylor: CreativeDomain, a documentary filmwhich showcases the creation of ThreeDubiousMemorieswhich had itsworld premiere at theEisemannCenter in 2010, was released theatrically September 11, 2015 at the FilmSociety of LincolnCenter.
Jennifer Fermaint of Fermaint Photography in Plano, Texaswas named aDiamond Photographer of the Year during Professional Photographers ofAmerica’s 2015 International Photographic
Competition.Mrs. Fermaint’swork featuringDFWmetroplex dancerswill be on display at theGeorgiaWorldCongressCenter in Atlanta,Georgia, Jan. 10-12, 2016. This International Photographic Exhibit is held in conjunctionwith Imaging USA<
http://www.imagingusa.org/>, an annual convention and expo for professional photographers and several photographic asso- ciations.
Earlier this year, theU.S.House ofRepresentatives and theU.S. Senate each approved legislation to replace theNoChild Left BehindAct of
2001.Recently, a select congressional conference committee has begunwork to reconcile theEveryChildAchieves Act (S.1177) and the Student SuccessAct (H.R. 5) into a final piece of legislation. If successful, itwill be the first time in 14 years that federalK-12 education policy has
advanced.Combined, the two bills contain 13 arts-friendly provisions, including retaining the arts as a core academic subjectwhich is a key legislative priority for the Obama administration.
Beginning in 2016, theCulturalData Projectwill provide the orga- nizational data collection platformforArts&Economic Prosperity 5 (AEP5),Americans for theArts’ fifth national economic impact study of the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture industry. This coop- erative effortwill enrich national research and policy efforts,while at the same time streamlining data reporting for arts and cultural organizations, through a single online platform.
www.culturaldata.org/2015/07/20/americans-for-the-arts-to-use-cul- tural-data-project-platform-for-national-economic-impact-study/
around theworld MasonManning, 2014Booker T. WashingtonHSPVAalumand stu- dent at The Juilliard School,was invited this past summer to create a newwork for the 8thCopenhagen InternationalChoreography Competition. The Juilliard School presentsManning’swork inNew YorkCity this year.
Stephanie Troyak
In 2014 shewas selected for the Young Choreographer’s Festival inNY. Previously, she apprenticed withGallimDance.
DallasBlackDanceTheatre II performs at Festival Internacional de Otoño inMatamoros,Mexico from November 4-8, 2015.
DallasBlackDanceTheatre per- forms atDanceXBZ Festival inBelize City,Belize fromNovember 24-27, 2015.
Scholarship Application Deadline
February 9, 2016
StephanieTroyak, 2012 graduate ofBooker T. WashingtonHSPVAand recent graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of theArts, joined the Batsheva YoungEnsemble in 2015. In 2012 she was named a youngArtsWinner inDance and a Presidential Scholar in theArts semi-finalist.
Where the joy ofdance becomes the beauty ofart! Classical Ballet training from pre-ballet to pre-professional
MasonManning andHailey Turek
Katarina Jakimier, age 14, former TBTS stu- dent and recipient ofDCNT’s 2015BethWortley Ballet Scholarship,was invited to attend and is studying at theBolshoiBalletAcademy in Moscowthis semester.
Katarina Jakimier DANCE!NORTHTEXAS a publication of the dance council of north texas
Studio: McKinney Performing Arts Center 901 N. McDonald St. • McKinney,TX 75069 214.477.9434 •
www.texasyouthballet.com
vol 18 • no. 4
www.thedancecouncil.org Nov.-Jan. 2016 page 27
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