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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

As we head back for the new school year, MDC is continuously working to strengthen and advance dance in the state. In April, MDC voted in a new Executive Committee (EC): Greg Patterson, Chair; Glenn Del Vecchio, Vice-Chair; Denise Allen, Treasurer (Denise’s term ends in October, at which time Missy Lilje will take on this role); and Elizabeth Kattner-Ulrich, Secretary. As MDC’s new Chair, I hope to continue along the path of my predecessors and continue to establish MDC as a leading advocate for dance in the state. With that in mind, the EC is developing new ideas and initiatives to implement over the next year. These initiatives were further developed in MDC’s August retreat, so keep an eye out for new and exciting things!

Many thanks go out to Robin Wilson (former Chair), for her dedication and hard work. Although Robin has stepped down, she still chairs the MDC Festival committee. The 2016 MDC Dance Fest will again take place in Grand Rapids at the Grand Rapids Ballet studios. Finally, I’d like to welcome our newest board members and remind everyone that you are always invited to join our cause by joining the board or volunteering to serve on one of our subcommittees. All the best, Greg Patterson, MDC Board Chair

SAVE THE DATE! Michigan Dance Festival at Grand Rapids Ballet, October 15, 2016

IN THIS ISSUE

Message from the Chair ............................................. 1 MDC Alliance Partner Discounts .................................. 1 MI Dance Festival Returns to Grand Rapids .................. 2 Bring MDC To Your Community .................................. 2 2016 Summer Scholarship Winners ............................ 4 MI Youth Arts Grant Opportunity ................................ 5 News Around the State .......................................... 5-6 Calendar of Events ................................................... 7 Save the Dates: MYAF ............................................... 7

Autumn 2016-Spring 2017 MDC MEMBER PERFORMANCE DISCOUNTS

Use Your Member Card and Save! Music Hall Center for Performing Arts, Detroit: $25 (plus $5 fee) balcony seats. Code: Michigan Dance Council. (313) 887-8501, musichall.org Oct 8-9, 2016: Ron DeJesus, Osiris Dec 9-10, 2016: Wayne State, Winter Dance Concert

University Musical Society, Ann Arbor: 20% off. Code MICHIGANDANCE at 734-764-2538, ums.org, or box office. Not valid on night of performance or on previously purchased tickets. Jan 7-8, 2017: Batsheva Dance Company: Last Work Mar 17-18, 2017: Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre: Bettroffenheit

Wharton Center, East Lansing: 30% off. Code MDC at whartoncenter.com. Feb 16-19, 2017: Inlet Dance Theatre: Among the Darkest Shadows Feb 28, 2017: Jessica Lang Dance Mar 14, 2017: Moscow Festival Ballet: Swan Lake April 18, 2017: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Eisenhower Dance Company will perform in the Showcase Gala concert at the 2016 Michigan Dance Festival. This photo features company members Katie Wiley (L) and Katharine Larson Shapira. Photo by Mitch Carter.

Newsletter 72: Autumn 2016

Photo by Rick Smith.

MDC Executive Board President: Robin Wilson Vice President, Regional Reps: Kellie Lajiness Secretary: Gregory Patterson Treasurer: Susanna Michaels (interim) Board: Matthew Farmer, Susan Harrigan, Melissa Poli, Julie Powell, Samantha Shelton, Titos Sompas, Michael Woodberry-Means MDC Advisory Board Sudha Chandrashekar, Maxine DeBruyn, Lora Frankel, Carol Halsted, Andy Poli Michigan Youth Arts Festival Coordinator Susan Harrigan, [email protected]

Accounts/Membership Manager Anne Trombley

Grand Rapids Ballet

MICHIGAN DANCE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO GRAND RAPIDS!

Michigan Dance Council is pleased to announce that the Grand Rapids Ballet will once again co-host the Michigan Dance Festival at the Meijer Royce Center for Dance in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We are excited that we will be joined by dance artists Monique Haley, Amy Cova, Crystal Frazier, and GRB favorite Attila Mosolygo. This annual event celebrates Dance throughout the state of Michigan through a day of master classes, summer intensive scholarship auditions, the Maggie Allesee Choreography Award competition, and Showcase Gala concert Eisenhower Dance, one of Michigan’s premiere contemporary dance companies. Works choreographed by the 2016 finalists of the Maggie Allesee Choreography Award fill out the program. This year’s festival includes master classes in ballet (Attila Mosolygo), contemporary modern (Amy Cova), jazz (guest artist Monique Haley), and hip hop (Crystal Frazier). Event schedule includes: 1:00-2:00 Registration 2:00-3:20 Master Classes

Ballet (Attila Mosolygo, Grand Rapids Ballet) Young People’s Hip-Hop (grades 6-8) Jazz (Monique Haley, Western Michigan University)

3:30-4:50 Master Classes Hip-Hop (Crystal Frazier) Young People’s Ballet (Attila Mosolygo, Grand Rapids Ballet) (ages 6-8) Modern/Contemporary (Amy Cova, Amy Cova Dances)

5:00-6:30 Summer Intensive Scholarship Audition (High School and Older) (Instructor, Amy Cova); Summer Intensive Scholarship Audition (Middle School)

Artlab J & Detroit Dance City Festival Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Carr Center Summer Dance Intensive Complexions Contemporary Ballet—Detroit Summer Intensive (Wayne State University) Eisenhower Dance (Detroit Opera House Dance Intensive) Flint School of Performing Arts Grand Rapids Ballet Summer Intensive Great Lakes Dance Festival (Oakland University) MPulse Dance Institute (University of Michigan)

3:00–5:00 MDC Annual Membership Meeting 7:00-7:30 Opening Reception 7:30 Showcase Gala Concert “Grand Rapids Ballet is honored and pleased to once again co-host the Michigan Dance Festival with the Michigan Dance Council. This event brings students, teachers and audience together to advance dance throughout Michigan and to celebrate all this art form does for our communities,” said Glenn Del Vecchio, Executive Director of Grand Rapids Ballet and Vice Chair of the Michigan Dance Council of the Board of Directors “Grand Rapids Ballet prides itself on dance awareness and education in West Michigan,” said Artistic Director Patricia Barker. “As Michigan’s only professional ballet company, we are humbled to have been selected for this significant collaboration in the world of dance.” Celebrating its 45th anniversary this season, the Grand Rapids Ballet (GRB) remains committed to lifting the human spirit through the art of dance. A proud recipient of the ArtServe Michigan Governor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Cultural Organization, Michigan’s only professional ballet company has a rich history marked by steady growth, a commitment to excellence, and strong community support.

MDC Executive Board Board Chair (President): Gregory Patterson Vice Chair (Vice President): Glenn Del Vecchio Secretary: Elizabeth Kattner-Ulrich Treasurer: Denise M. Allen MDC Board-at-Large Sudha Chandrashekar, Kellie Lajiness, Don Mazzola, Melissa Poli, Titos Sompa, Robin Wilson, Michael Woodberry-Means MDC Advisory Council Maxine DeBruyn, Lora Frankel, Susan Harrigan, Susanna Michaels, Eva Powers

Editor’s Note. To contribute your articles, advertisements, performance reviews, calendar listings, classes, photos, auditions, research, suggestions, or anything else, send to:

Nathalie Winans newsletter @ michigandance.org

Regional Representatives ANN ARBOR/WASHTENAW COUNTY - Christina Sears Etter

[email protected] Melissa Poli

[email protected] DOWNRIVER Kellie M. Lajiness

[email protected] FLINT/THUMB AREA Karen Jennings

[email protected] GRAND RAPIDS Carrie Brueck Morris

[email protected] HILLSDALE Holly Hobbs

[email protected] HOLLAND Nicole Flinn

[email protected] KALAMAZOO BERRIEN/CASS Cindy Murray Bosma

[email protected] LANSING AREA Elzbieta Alabuszew-Kutek

[email protected] MIDLAND/SAGINAW Susie Harrigan

[email protected] METRO DETROIT Don Mazzola

[email protected] NORTH/TRAVERSE CITY AREA Tom Morrell

[email protected] UPPER PENINSULA Dianna George

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MDC is the ONLY statewide arts organization that serves the entire Michigan dance community. Help us be more relevant!

Students: Does your school have a Dance Club, Orchesis or Dance Student

Association? Consider becoming the Student Liaison between your school and the MDC!

Looking for experience working in a nonprofit? Consider becoming

a volunteer intern in the summer or school year. Many high schools and colleges give credit for field study and community outreach.

MDC PROUDLY ANNOUNCES 2016 MDC SUMMER STUDY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

$200 Ann Zirulnik Summer Study Recipient: Taylor Nichols Taylor Nichols will be a junior at Clio High School and studies at the Flint School of Performing Arts as a member of the Flint Youth Ballet. She attended

American Ballet Theatre’s summer intensive in New York and is very appreciative of the assistance her award provided. Taylor looks forward to seeking out college programs and deciding which university she’ll attend to further her dance career. Taylor says, “This experience opened up the world of dance for me. Through new teachers, new styles of dance, and even through new friends. With vigorous and

spirited training, I have become a more, versatile, knowledgeable, and overall stronger dancer.”

$500 Gay Delanghe Summer Study Recipient: Shaela Owens Shaela Owens returns to Oakland University as a BFA major in the fall and a new member of the OU Repertory Dance Company. She attended the Great Lakes Dance

Festival (GLDF), a two-week intensive hosted by Eisenhower Dance at Oakland University. Shaela says, “I cannot express how grateful I am to receive this award through MDC. The GLDF faculty, which included Natasha Overturff-Denny from Giordano Dance Chicago and Ruben Graciani, (Chair of Dance at Point Park University), have helped me to improve tremendously. “I will definitely use the knowledge that I’ve gained from this intensive to better myself both in dance, and in life.”

Photo by Marwan Prince. Photo by Paige D'Arpini.

www.michigandance.org Autumn 2016

UM FLINT DANCERS RESPOND TO WATER CRISIS

FLINT: Thousands of empty water bottles poured onto the stage as University of Michigan-Flint undergraduate students performed Precipitate, a community-centered response to the Flint water crisis, choreographed by faculty member Emma Davis for the Department of Theatre and Dance’s annual Spring Dance Concert held in April 2016. The dance was devised from personal experiences, with many of those involved in the piece living in the city or spending time on the downtown campus. The dance embodied stories of those directly affected by the Flint water crisis, giving insight to audiences from outside the city, while the creation process shared by UM-Flint dance students and community members at Vista Center provided community catharsis and created stronger relationships both on and off stage.

Ballet class at Flint Institute of Music. Photo: Living Under Photography.

FLINT-AREA DANCE ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATE ON MASTER CLASSES

FLINT: Four Flint-area MDC member organizations have come together to collaborate on projects to support the development of community among area dance organizations. The participating members are Creative Expression Dance Studio, Flint School of Performing Arts, El Ballet Folklórico Estudiantil, and Young People’s Ballet Theatre. The group offered students an opportunity to visit other Flint area dance organizations, meet one another, and explore new and different dance styles, and build a more cohesive dance community in Flint.

Dr. Suarez (far left) with Happendance artistic director Patty Villanueva and

Greater Lansing Ballet artistic director Jim McEwan. Photo: Kevin Fowler.

DANCE LANSING HOSTS DR. JUANITA SUAREZ RESIDENCY

LANSING: In summer 2016, Dr. Juanita Suarez completed a three week residency as part of the DANCE Lansing Community Dance Project and presented a Lecture Demonstration of her work in Latina Dance at Michigan State University's Wharton Center Pasant Theatre. Says Dr. Suarez, "What is happening in dance in Lansing, Michigan has delighted and inspired me. The model that Happendance, with its partners and associates, has created in DANCE Lansing Community Dance Project encourages creative collaboration and brings dance into the community in a way that is reflective and relevant. It is cutting edge and a model for the future."

CHILDREN’S BALLET THEATRE BECOMES CAPITAL BALLET THEATRE

LANSING: Children’s Ballet Theatre of Michigan’s board of directors has announced the company has changed its name to Capital Ballet Theatre (CBT). This nonprofit ballet company and academy is an audition based, pre-professional company comprised of male and female dancers aged 8-18, with training opportunities and ballet instruction offered through their academy, master classes, intensives, and rehearsals. CBT has been in operation for over 35 years. It is an all-volunteer organization with the exception of the artistic staff. CBT has a longstanding relationship with Children’s Miracle Network, providing performance opportunities for its dancers.

NEW DANCE COMPANY FOUNDED IN MID-MICHIGAN

ALMA: Third Coast Dance Company (TCDC) is a mid-Michigan-based dance company that is committed to creating local, quality, accessible modern dance. The goal of TCDC is to make dances about the people, place, and community that they inhabit. Third Coast Dance Company began in 2016 as a conversation between two dance artists, Kristen Bennett and Lynn Bowman, who were both on faculty at Alma College in Michigan. Both artists have traveled far and wide teaching and choreographing and both agreed that mid-Michigan was an ideal place to live and work. Hence, they wanted a platform for making dance, teaching, and sharing in the middle of the mitten. The name "Third Coast” is a colloquial reference to the fact that Michigan has the greatest length of coast outside the east and west coasts of the US. Lynn and Kristen envisioned a company with a collaborative and democratic approach to dance making. Refusing to embrace a single idea of what a dance company should be, Lynn and Kristen are constantly evolving and sharing in their teaching, choreographing, problem solving, and leadership. The TCDC aims to connect artists and art consumers in the mid-Michigan region so as to develop a more self-reliant and resilient dance community. They look forward to growing roots in Michigan and hope to collaborate with other dance artists in the mitten.

MICHIGAN YOUTH ARTS GRANT OPPORTUNITY

Arts Equipment and Supplies Grant for K-12 Arts Teachers

Up to $1,500

Calling all private and public school dance teachers! Michigan Youth Arts is offering grants up to $1,500 for the purchase and repair of

classroom supplies! The Arts Equipment & Supplies Grant, funded by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, allows teachers to fill out a simple and easy grant application to purchase supplies such

as yoga mats, free-standing ballet barres, foam rollers, and more (please note, permanent “furniture” pieces cannot be purchased

including mirrors and wall-mounted barres).

Grant applications are open from August 15 to November 11, and funds are issued on a reimbursement basis. Please note: if you were awarded an Arts Equipment & Supplies Grant in the 2015-16 cycle,

you are unable to apply again until the 2017-18 cycle.

For more information on how to apply, tips on how to fill out your grant application, and a more detailed list of approved supplies,

please visit www.michiganyoutharts.org.


Vivian Costello and Andrew Detloff of Take Root. Photo: Minty Photography.

TAKE ROOT: GROWING ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY

ROCHESTER: Take Root, a nonprofit professional contemporary dance company, was founded in 2013. Its directors and founders, Ali Woerner and Thayer Jonutz, have taken the seven-member company nationally and internationally, including South Korea and Berlin. Take Root is a company-in-residence at Oakland University. Its multidisciplinary approach to concepts and movement allows for accessibility to all ages and backgrounds. This year, Take Root gained momentum through several outreach programs. Over the past year and a half, they have held a Dance for Parkinson’s Disease class once a month for those living with Parkinson’s Disease and their caregivers/spouses. Ali was awarded the Oakland County Executive’s 2016 Elite 40 Under 40 title for this work. Take Root was also recognized by the Governor’s Fitness Awards through a nomination for An Extraordinary Event. Thayer Jonutz leads Take Root in its Arts Education outreach program and has been awarded several mini grants to support it. Take Root will visit selected Pontiac schools this fall to work with the children and bring collaborative dance and music to their schools.

WAYNE STATE ADDS DANCE FACULTY MEMBER

DETROIT: The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University announced the new appointment of Dr. Biba Bell. Bell joins the faculty in the Dance Area as assistant professor. Bell’s work is heavily invested in relationships between dance and architecture and dance in the museum, and research projects investigate contemporary choreography through the lenses of site-specificity, affect, gender, and modernism. Her critical writing is published in Performance Research Journal and numerous performance/art based publications including Sound American, Movement Research Performance Journal, The Front, and Pastelgram. Bell is co-editor of Movement Research’s online journal Critical Correspondence and is guest editor of Detroit Research’s second issue, “On Dance.”

CARR CENTER PRESENTS DETROIT DANCE INTENSIVE

DETROIT: On July 18-25, the Carr Center presented its annual summer dance intensive for dancers ages 7-15. The dancers took three classes each day in ballet, Dunham/Horton, and jazz/modern technique. In addition, the dancers had dance composition lessons, choreography lessons, vocabulary building, and a daily nature dance walk. The intensive ended with a performance showcase in Harmonie Park, with the dancers performing three dances they had learned during the intensive. The Carr Center is located in downtown Detroit in the beautiful Harmonie Park district. Denise M. Allen, Michael Alexander, and Lisa McCall were the dance instructors and choreographers for the dance intensive.

Oakland guest artist Catherine Coury. Photo credit not provided.

OAKLAND DANCE PROGRAM WELCOMES GUEST ARTISTS

ROCHESTER: Every semester, the dance program at Oakland University invites guest artists to work with its students. Three guests are expected this fall. Catherine Coury and Mario Bermudez Gil are from one of Israel’s foremost cultural institutions, the critically acclaimed Batsheva Dance Company, which was founded by Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild who enlisted Martha Graham as its first artistic adviser. Ohad Naharin, one of the world’s preeminent contemporary choreographers, is the current artistic director. Catherine, a graduate of the University of Michigan, is a former member of BDC, and Mario, originally from Spain, is a current member. Both previously danced with companies in New York. Rebecca McLindon Blanchard will also be a visiting guest artist. She is a former member of Eisenhower Dance and a current member of Chicago Repertory Ballet. The guest artists’ choreography will be performed during the students’ four end-of-semester concerts on December 1-3, 2016. Detailed information about the concerts is available on the OU calendar at oakland.edu/mtd.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Research in Dance Education

Theme: Dance Futures Deadline: 30 November 2016

RIDE seeks contributions of ideally 5,000 to 8,000 words on dance

futures in dance and dance education settings. Papers by previously unpublished authors will be eligible for consideration for the Linda Rolfe New Writer’s Prize; the winning article will be printed in the

journal and receive a prize bundle. Unsuccessful New Writer’s articles can be resubmitted and considered under the normal review process for the main journal. Please indicate if you wish to enter when you

submit your paper by selecting “New Writers Prize” as the manuscript type.

Manuscripts should be submitted online at the Research in Dance

Education Manuscript Central site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/crid.


AUTUMN 2016 EVENTS

September Sep 18: Pure Existence presents Improvisation Exploration 5. Info: (517) 474-0454, [email protected]. Sep 18-25: Wayne State holds Choreographic Residency with Ron Brown/Evidence. Info: dance.wayne.edu. Sep 18-Nov 10 DDCdances presents LEAP: Creative Kids on the Move. Huntington Woods Recreation Center. Info: 248-541-3030. Sep 25: MoreDances Contemporary Dance Co presents fundraiser. 3pm, Dick O’Dows Pub, Birmingham. Info: [email protected]. Sep 25: U-M Dept of Dance presents Scholarship Showcase. 4pm, Mendelssohn Theatre, Ann Arbor. Info: music.umich.edu/departments/dance/. Sep 28: Wayne State presents BFA Capstone Solo Works Showcase. Info: dance.wayne.edu. Sep 28–Oct 2: DDCdances & Kristi Faulkner Dance present DANCE & MULTI-ARTS COMMUNITY PROJECT 1. Info: DDCdances Facebook page, ddcdances.org, or 810-444-4553. Sep 30: Marygrove College Dance Program holds Entrance Auditions. 9:30am. Info: dance.marygrove.edu.

October Oct 1: Take Root presents Annual Concert. Red Bull House of Art. Info: takerootdance.com. Oct 1: U-M Dept of Dance presents Football Half Time performance at Michigan Stadium. Info: music.umich.edu/departments/dance/. Oct 7: Grand Valley State University holds auditions. Info: www.gvsu.edu/dance.

Oct 7-9: Grand Rapids Ballet presents MOVEMEDIA: Made in America. Tickets: grballet.com, Ticketmaster.com, or Ballet Box Office. Oct 15: Michigan Dance Festival. Meijer Royce Center for Dance, Grand Rapids. Info: michigandance.org. Oct 15–21: Marygrove College Dance Dept hosts Levi Phillip Marsman Residency. Info: dance.marygrove.edu. Oct 21-23: Grand Rapids Ballet Jr. Company presents Peter Pan. Tickets: grballet.com, Ticketmaster.com, or Ballet Box Office. Oct 21: U-M Dept of Dance presents Alumni Award to Lou Henry Hoover. 5pm, Hill Auditorium. Info: music.umich.edu/departments/dance/. Oct 22: Detroit Public Schools presents Dance Day at Detroit School of Arts. Info: [email protected].

Oct 24: Francesca Harper Project and GVSU Dance present Creatures of Prometheus. Info: www.gvsu.edu/dance. Oct 28-29: Pure Existence presents Experimental Concert. Info: (517) 474-0454, [email protected]. Oct 28-29, Nov 4-5: Hope College Dance Dept presents H2 Dance Co. Info: hope.edu/academic/dance/.

November Nov 4: Wayne State holds Program Audition #1. Info: dance.wayne.edu. Nov 10: DDCdances and Guest Artists present Collage Concert. 7:30pm, Wallace Smith Theater, Farmington Hills. Info: ddcdances.org, 810-444-4553. Nov 10-13: Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers presents Fall Concert. Info: wellspringdance.org. Nov 11: Grand Valley State University holds auditions. Info: www.gvsu.edu/dance. Nov 17: U-M Dept of Dance presents SMTD@UMMA: Image in Motion. 4pm, UM Museum of Art. Info: music.umich.edu/departments/dance/. Nov 20: DDCdances presents Shop for DDC Fundraiser. Leon & Lulu, Clawson. Info: www.ddcdances.org. Nov 23: Marygrove College Dance Dept hosts The MCDC Experience. 10am–3pm. Info: dance.marygrove.edu.

December

Dec 2-3: Hope College Dance Dept presents Student Dance Showcase. Knickerbocker Theatre. Info: hope.edu/academic/dance/. Dec 2-3: U-M Dept of Dance presents Dance & the Related Arts Performances. 8pm, Betty Pease Studio, Ann Arbor. Info: music.umich.edu/departments/dance/. Dec 3-4: Flint Institute of Music presents The Nutcracker. The Whiting, Flint. Tickets: 888.8CENTER or thefim.org. Dec 3-4: Grand Valley State University presents its annual Fall Dance Concert with guest artist and faculty work. Info: www.gvsu.edu/dance. Dec 5-6: Hope College Dance Dept presents Student Dance Showcase. Dow Center. Info: hope.edu/academic/dance/. Dec 8: U-M Dept of Dance presents Composition Class Showing. 2:10pm, Betty Pease Studio, Ann Arbor. Info: music.umich.edu/departments/dance/. Dec 8-10: U-M Dept of Dance presents BFA Performance #1. 8pm, Betty Pease Studio, Ann Arbor. Info: music.umich.edu/departments/dance/. Dec 9: Marygrove College Dance Program holds Entrance Auditions. 4pm. Info: dance.marygrove.edu. Dec 9: Wayne State presents December Dance Concert. Info: dance.wayne.edu. Dec 9-10: Grand Valley State University presents fall Senior Dance Concert. Info: www.gvsu.edu/dance. Dec 9-11: Marygrove College presents The Awakening. Marygrove College Theatre. Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2:00 & 7:30pm, Sun 4pm. Info: dance.marygrove.edu. Dec 9-11, 16-18: Grand Rapids Ballet presents The Nutcracker. DeVos Hall, Grand Rapids. Tickets: grballet.com, Ticketmaster.com, or Ballet Box Office. Dec 10: U-M Dept of Dance presents Improvisation Class Showing. 5pm, Betty Pease Studio, Ann Arbor. Info: music.umich.edu/departments/dance/. Dec 10: U-M Dept of Dance presents Congolese Class Showing. 2pm, Betty Pease Studio, Ann Arbor. Info: music.umich.edu/departments/dance/. Dec 16: Wayne State holds Program Audition #2. Info: dance.wayne.edu. Dec 16-17: Dance Dynamics Performing Arts Center presents The Nutcracker. South Lyon HS Theater. Info: www.DanceDynamicsMI.com. Dec 17: Pure Existence presents X2 Annual Concert. Info: (517) 474-0454, [email protected].

SAVE THE DATES!

55th Michigan Youth Arts Festival May 18-19-20, 2017

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

MYAF is a comprehensive arts spectacular, culminating a nine-

month search for Michigan’s finest artistic talent at the high school level. For the Dance Division, any high school or private studio

dance program can submit a dance piece for adjudication. There is also a student choreography category!

MDC sponsors the MYAF Dance Showcase Concert. All pieces are pre-selected by expert dance adjudicators. All performers in the

accepted works are invited to attend the Festival.

To adjudicate, schools must hold a current MDC organizational membership. In addition, student performers and choreographers

must have individual student memberships with MDC.

New Adjudication Spaces and Days:

MYAF Dance Adjudication Date: Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 Adjudication location: Happendance School, Okemos, MI

Adjudication Submission Form/Application Due Date: Friday, Dec. 9, 2016

For MYAF Information and Dance Division Guidelines: www.michiganyoutharts.org

MDC Membership Forms can be found at:

www.michigandance.org

MYAF Dance Division Coordinator: Kellie Lajiness MYAF Assistant Coordinator: Mary Murphy

MDC (313) 365-0632

GVSU dance student Dustin Schonhard. Photo: Darren Breen.

P.O. Box 2934 Farmington Hills, MI 48333-2934

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