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DANCE SALAD FESTIVAL Community Outreach Programs
Dance Salad Festival offers a selection
of programs and activities in locations throughout the greater
Houston area and outlying regions of Harris County.
A Touring
Taste of Dance Salad Festival
November 18, 2009 6:30 PM
Special Film Screening and Discussion in the Brown Auditorium
of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
The screening presents excerpts from the spring 2009 Dance Salad
performances. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to relive
highlights of choreographic masterpieces by leading European dancers
including The English National Ballet, London; The Royal Danish
Ballet, Copenhagen; Mats Ek and Ana Laguna, Stockholm; Gothenburg
Opera Ballet, Sweden; SemperOper Ballet, Dresden; Marie-Agnes Gillot,
partnered by Kader Belarbi, Ballet de L’Opera National de
Paris; Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Toneelhuis Theatre, Antwerp; Carte
Blanche, Norway and others.
Choreographers’
Forum
Co-sponsored by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
the seventh annual Choreographer’s Forum will be held on Wednesday
March 31st, 2009,
at 6:30 p.m. in the MFAH’s
Brown Auditorium, Caroline Wiess Law Building. This free event
highlights the creative process of making dance and is a wonderful
opportunity to understand some of the work being presented at
Dance Salad Festival from the choreographers’ perspective.
A museum reception follows. FREE to the general public.
Co-sponsored by the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston.
Master
Class Series
The Master Class Series provides an opportunity for the local
Houston dance community to interface with some of the world’s
premier dancers, choreographers and company directors participating
in Dance Salad Festival. Classes at all levels, specifically
tailored for the local companies requesting a master class, are
offered throughout the week of March 31-April
3, 2010. The Open
Classes are offered to intermediate-advanced to advanced
students at a nominal charge.
Afternoon
Student Concert Program
Designed for middle and high school age students, the Afternoon
Student Concert Program combin es a short “behind the scenes” tour,
educational talks and a final dress rehearsal performance in
the Cullen Theater, Wortham Center. This free program will be
offered on Thursday, April 1, 2010 from
12:00 – 2:30 PM.
A
Touring Taste of Dance Salad Festival – ongoing,
year long program
This free film program features highlights of the
live Festival performances at the Cullen Theater, Wortham Center.
This film on DVD is available for schools, libraries, community
centers and groups in the Greater Houston Area. If you would
like to have this program shown in your local area, or to your
friends, please email Christina Levin at DSFassist@aol.com.
A Touring Taste of Dance Salad Festival
is a free program and open to the public.
If you are interested in participating
in an outreach activity or for further information, please email Christina
Levin at DSFassist@aol.com.
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