Co-Sponsored by and held at Boston Ballet Center for Dance
Education
19 Clarendon St. Boston, MA
Application Deadline: January 15
Join us on the 1st Sunday in May
(May 4, 2008) for the Children’s Dance
Festival, a day of dance for young dancers, ages 6-18, in
dance groups of all techniques or cultures, including a
Workshop in different styles of dance and a Gala
Performance.
Young Dancers and Leaders -
Join us for a wonderful afternoon of dance!!
Who
May
Attend?
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Groups who wish to participate without performing.
Groups who want to show their dances in performance.
Individual young dancers (with chaperone). |
| Schedule 12:00-1:00 Arrival/ 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
Tickets $6 adults/$4 youth |
 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 to be considered.
Deadline is January 15th.
No late applications will be accepted. Thanks!
We look forward to meeting you!!
Eve Agush, Gloria Castano, Diane de Alderete, Karyn Edison,
Neena Gulati, Adrienne Hawkins, Erica Sigal, Jeanne Traxler,
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, Braintree Academy of Dance Team,
Brookline Academy-Junior Performance Company, Cambridge
Performance Project, Cambridge Rindge & Latin HS Dance/Drama
Dept., Children’s Ballet Company, Chinese Cultural Center
Dancers, Dance Production Workshop, Dances by Isadora,
Dancing Arts Ensemble, Dearborn Middle School, Donna Miceli
Youth Dance Company, Fatou’s African Sunrise, 4 Star Dance
Studio, Fresh Pond Ballet, Glasswings, Hip Hop Combi Dance
Crew, Hispanic Classical Ballet, Jamnastics, Jennifer
McGowan's Creative Dance Center and the Young Performers
Creative Dance Company, Joslyn Stewart Carter Youth Dance
Company, La Piņata, Mass Motion Dance Project, Riverside
Theatre Works Dance Program, Sherry Gold Dance Studio, SMALL
FEETS dance company, Smith Houlihan Academy of Irish Dance,
Taking Steps, Timilty Middle School dance group, Topf Center
for Dance Education, Triveni School of Dance, Walnut Hill
Community 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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