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5 TAPPIN’ OVER TEXAS: by Janice LaPointe-Crump


DanceCouncil ofNorth Texas ExecutiveDirector PamDeslorieux


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Voice 214-219-2290 Fax 214-219-2289


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Editor Linda James


CreativeDirector SarahNesbit


Contributors LorisAnthonyBeckles


JaniceLaPointe-Crump KellyKilburnLannin ManuelMendoza NancyWozny


AdministrativeManager ElizabethVanVleck


AdvertisingManager ChristieNelson


DANCE is published quarterly by the Dance Council ofNorth Texas and has dis- tribution of 13,700 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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13 VICKIMEEK CULTURAL ICON CELEBRATION by Loris Anthony Beckles


14 INMEMORIAM


18 A DELICATE COLLABORATION JONAH BOKAER by NancyWozny


20 AVANT CHAMBER BALLET byManuelMendoza


21 TO COMPETE OR NOT: A LOOK AT YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX by Kelly Kilburn Lannin


23 RITES AND PASSAGES A VISITWITH DARK CIRCLES’ JOSHUA PEUGH by NancyWozny


25 SUMMER INTENSIVES ANDWORKSHOPS


departments 4 editor’s letter


6 the performance calendar


31 what’s upwith dance 32 the lowdown 34 dance directory


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