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- YMCA Inspires Teens Through Break Dance
- No Boundaries Continues With THE BREAK/S 1/22 1/23 1/24
- New partners line up to dance with Dow Chemical
- Breaking Point: Instead of sending students to detention a Fort …
- Adult dance classes added to The Studio’s winter/spring schedule
- Heather Brownlee
YMCA Inspires Teens Through Break Dance
NY1 NY
Even NY1?s Roger Clark busted some moves while filing the following report. Johnny Figueroa is the center of attention as he shows off break dancing moves at the YMCA in Flushing Queens. “I like the way it works out my body it feels mad good I just have a lot of fun with it” says Figueroa. He is part of the YMCA?s Teen Center program which creates gathering places for young people across the city.
No Boundaries Continues With THE BREAK/S 1/22 1/23 1/24
Broadway World NY
DeFranzWednesday January 21 5:30-7PMAfro-American Cultural Center 211 Park Street Many African American expressive cultures derive their aesthetic capacities from the manipulation of rhythm. In these modes subjectivity emerges in high contrast at the crossroads of performance execution-at the breaks. This talk will explore the break as an aesthetic capacity accessed by performers in spoken word music and dance genres to explore expressive possibilities enabled by the breaking of the beat. Co-Sponsored with Afro-American Cultural Center and African American Studies. Master’s Tea with Marc Bamuthi JosephThursday January 22 at 4PMTrumbull College Master’s House 241 Elm Street Trumbull College hosts an informal talk with Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Dance Workshop with Marc Bamuthi JosephFriday January 23 and Saturday January 24 2-4PM3rd Floor Dance Studio Loft Studios 294 Elm Street An interactive studio session with choreographer Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Capacity is limited to the first 25 people to arrive on the day of the workshop.
New partners line up to dance with Dow Chemical
MarketWatch
That could prove difficult for Dow however which has promised to add $100 million to the $15 billion Rohm & Haas price tag for every month passed the Jan. Meanwhile Dow is taking PIC to court in an attempt to get some of the promised $2. 5 billion break-up fee. But that could take years. No one from Dow Chemical or any of the companies mentioned above was available for comment.
Breaking Point: Instead of sending students to detention a Fort …
Fort Collins Now C
Faulkner also hopes her program will eventually spread to other cities and towns. Hadar Karni an eighth-grader at Lesher Junior High participated in Break It! the first few years of the program’s existence. Though she hasn’t done break dancing in a while she still does other kinds of dance and has fond memories of the club. “I think about how close we all were” she said. “We had a lot of fun meeting new people and performing at other schools. “She said the club functioned as a support system where members could talk about their problems and have an incentive to do well in school. To participate students were required to sign a contract promising to stay away from drugs alcohol gangs and violence.
Adult dance classes added to The Studio’s winter/spring schedule
Reno Gazette Journal NV
Returning students will come to class at the regular time and are welcome to try new classes during this open enrollment period. The Studio offers ongoing classes in ballet tap jazz and hip hop for children of all ages; dance for people with special needs; and classes for adults. The popular ballroom dance series and morning Stretch-a-cise classes with Ron Walker will begin again on Wednesday January 14. Please call 463-9501 for times.
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Heather Brownlee
Fenton Tri County Times MI
The 17-year-old senior at Fenton High School has been dancing at Fenton School of Dance Academy and Dance Extension since she was 3 years old. She spends at least seven to nine hours a week there after school. When she is not dancing or in class Heather is working on the school yearbook staff which she has been doing since her sophomore year. With all of that Heather is ready to head off to college and escape the boring high school life. “High school is getting to be the same” she said.