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in themetroplex Demonstrate your support of your local arts organizations by donating funds on September 22, 2016—North TexasGiving Day—and increase the financial benefit of your patronage.
Jennifer Scripps has been named the newdirector ofThe City ofDallasOffice ofCulturalAffairs andHarold Stewardwas appointed the newmanager of the SouthDallas CulturalCenter.
TACA’sDonnaWilhelmFamilyNewWorks Fund awarded grants toBruceWoodDanceProject andDallasBlack DanceTheatre. The companieswill receive funding for the creation of a
newwork.BruceWoodDance Project’s ($70,000), newworkwill be choreographed byBWDP companymember AlbertDrake,whowill create a piece tomusic composed by NewYork-basedmusic director JosephThalken,who per- formed at the company’sMistletoeMagic in 2015 (andwill return for that event in 2016). Theworld premierewill be held June 9- 10, 2017 atDallasCity PerformanceHall.DallasBlackDance Theatre’s ($30,000), newwork byMatthewRushing,New York-based rehearsal director forAlvinAileyAmerican DanceTheater,will be a collaborationwithNewYork jazz artistTedRosenthal.
DianaElizabethGallego recently resigned her positionwith theDallas Independent SchoolDistrict asCoordinator for Theatre andDance Programs.Her tenurewasmarked by signifi- cant growth in dance facultywithin the district.UnderGallego’s leadership, the district implemented theDISDDance Festival and SummerDance Intensive. Previously shewas on faculty at MolinaHigh School andGreinerExploratoryArtsAcademy.
DanielAlvardo, long-time folklorico dance facultymember at Dallas ISD’sGreinerExploratoryArtsAcademy, retired this past May.
Area authorswith newbooks include:AliceAnnDaily’sDailey Strengthening: 6Keys toBalance CoreMuscles forOptimalHealth; Jessica Zeller’s Shapes ofAmericanBallet andLoriDarley’s DancingNaked:AJourney for Conscious Leaders.
in the state BruceWoodDanceProject andDarkCircles ContemporaryDance have been added to the Texas Commission on theArts Texas TouringRoster.
ZenettaDrew,ExecutiveDirector ofDallasBlackDance Theatre for 29 years,was recognized as aDistinguishedAlumni by theCollegeOfBusiness TexasA&MUniversity— Commerce.
Dance SourceHoustondiscontinued its operation of The Barn inHouston’sEastEnd on July 31,
2016.Citing the opening of several newstudio, rehearsal and performance venues, Dance SourceHoustonExecutiveDirector, StephanieTodd Wong, describes the decision as bittersweet, “Asmuch aswe love TheBarn and the role it has played in the development of dance inHouston, the changes in the need for this space over the last three years indicate a growth in our community thatwe are very happy to celebrate. Thismoment should be one of
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pride, an acknowledgment of howfar this community has come and howmuch there is to look forward to.”
in the nation AnnWilliams, Founder ofDallasBlackDanceTheatre, was named the 2016Dance/USA‘Ernie’Awardee at the organi- zation’s national conference inAustin, Texas this past June.
Performing at the 2016 TonyAwardswere Texas dancers/singers AlyshaDeslorieux inHamilton;ChrisEdwards, akaCK Edwards, andKarissaRoyster in ShuffleAlong; andAustin Goodwinin Fiddler on theRoof.
DANCE!NORTHTEXAS a publication of the dance council of north texas vol. 19 • no. 3 Pictured:Ballet Conservatory students
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