19th Annual
Join us on the 1st Sunday in May for an afternoon of dance
for young dancers, ages 6-18, including
Workshops in
different styles of dance and a Gala Performance
Sunday,
May 1, 2011
12-6 PM
Held at Brookline High
School Beginning at Tappan Street Gym
66 Tappan
Street, Brookline, MA
Location Directions are available here.
Notes about the location are available
here.
Application Deadline: April 1
Young Dancers and Leaders
- Join us for a wonderful
afternoon of dance!!
Groups who want to show their dances in performance.
Groups who wish to participate without performing.
Individual young dancers (with chaperone).
$15/dancer.
 
 
| Schedule 12:00-1:00 Arrival/ Ice Breaker
Ice Breaker/ Opening Meeting/ Work on the
Final Group Bow. Dancers are then divided into
groups, and then proceed to their workshop
studio.
1:00-2:30 Potpourri Workshops
Each dancer participates in a workshop with
two-three different teachers in different styles
of dance. Some groups will be teching during
this time.
1:00-3:50 Tech time
Each group will have 10 minutes in the theater
studio to set entrances and exits, and speak to
the sound people. Other groups are
dressing, snacking, and rehearsing in other
studios after the workshops. 4:00-5:30 Performance
Each group may contribute a dance(s) lasting up
to 6 minutes. Doors open at 3:50 |
  
 Sound like fun? It is.
Participation in the Children’s Dance Festival brings many
benefits:
- program recognition and exposure
- the opportunity to network with other teachers
a non-competitive performing opportunity for your students
- young dancers meeting others who dance seriously
- a chance for kids to work briefly with other teachers
- participation in a diverse concert of dances before a
large audience of supportive peers and adults.
Older dancers will have their own workshop and be inspiring role models for younger
students.
The day is a lot of fun and the process is always
enjoyable and fairly easy to accomplish well!
 “My students have been excited to be there and are eager to
return next year!” -Company Director
Due to the size of the space, we must limit the number of
participants. Groups may not send more than 12‑15 dancers.
Groups that are not part of the Organizing Committee will be
selected based on variety: technical style, age of dancers,
material, etc. Please send in the application on page
3. In a major change this year, we will not
charge audience members for attending the concert, but will
fund the festival through charging each participant
$15. The concert will be free of charge. No child
will be turned away for lack of ability to pay. Speak to
Adrienne Hawkins 617-469-8787 about scholarships.
Deadline is April 1. No late
applications will be accepted.
We look forward to meeting you!!
Eve Agush, Gloria Castano, Diane Perez de Alderete, Karyn Edison, Neena Gulati, Adrienne Hawkins, Jennifer McGowan, Erica Sigal, Jeanne Traxler, Roberta Udoh, ToRena Webb
Festival Organizers
 CDF started as part of
DanceMonth in Cambridge, but it was so successful that it outgrew its home at
The Dance Complex. Past participants have included
Adamant Eve Dance Company, Andover High School Dance
Club, Ballet/Arts of Winchester, Boston Children’s Theater,
Boston Dance Company, Braintree Academy of Dance Team,
Brookline Academy-Junior & Kids Companies, Cambridge
Performance Project, Cambridge Rindge & Latin HS Dance/Drama
Dept., Chhandika Dancers, Children’s Ballet Company,
Children’s Dance Theater of Natick, Chinese Cultural Center
Dancers, Codman Academy, The Dance Inn, Dance Production
Workshop, Dancers Workshop, Dances by Isadora, Dancing Arts
Ensemble, Dearborn Middle School, Donna Miceli Youth Dance
Company, EnMotion Inc. Company C, Fatou’s African Sunrise, 4
Star Dance Team, Fresh Pond Ballet, Glasswings, Hip Hop
Combi Dance Crew, Hispanic Classical Ballet, Jamnastics,
Jaqueline M. Walsh School for the Visual and Performing
Arts, Jennifer McGowan's Creative Dance Center and the Young
Performers Creative Dance Company, Joslyn Stewart Carter
Youth Dance Company, La Piņata, Little Upasana, Mass Motion
Dance Project, Mulberry Morris and Bubble Rapper, Pine Manor
College Dance Ensemble, Rhode Island’s Ballet Theatre,
Riverside Theatre Works Dance Program, Shannon O’Brien
School of Dance, Sherry Gold Dance Studio, SMALL FEETS dance
company, Smith Houlihan Academy of Irish Dance, Taking
Steps, Team Dance It Up!, Timilty Middle School dance group,
Tony Williams Dance Team, Topf Center for Dance Education,
Triveni Dancers, Walnut Hill Community Dance Academy,
Wilmington Dance Academy, as well as the students of
teachers Gloria Castano, Gretchen Hayden, Anna Myer, Pam
Raff, and Margo Skalecki.
 We’d love to add you to this list! CONTACT US FOR MORE
INFO!
If you want to contact the Children’s Dance Festival, the
email address is childsdancefest at pbjdanceco.org. (This is
not a live link so trolling programs cannot send us
spam-just cut and paste it into your email address panel.)
You can reach us by phone at 617-738-7688 or 617-232-3189
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