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Support alert for Tapestry taking tap to China, performing and teaching.  Come see  in Austin, Sept 24th http://www.tapestry.org Can’t come?  Donate Now.

The Dance Zone is hosting a Pro Dance Prep Workshop and Team Training Camp on April 30th from 1-4pm taught by instructor and owner,  Liz Walter.

You will learn style-specific routines from  professional dance teams, kick lines, special pro team specific workout moves to get you in your best shape as well as tons of other tips and tricks to help you prepare for the upcoming audition season. Including how to get the judges attention, what the directors/judges for each of these teams is looking for ie: what to wear, how to do your makeup and hair, what technical skills to focus on most in your private lessons, why you should add cardio classes and whether or not this is really right for you.

Special guest and Dallas Cowboy’s Cheerleader, Alyssa Sarasani, will also be attending and is eager to share her extensive knowledge about auditioning for professional dance teams. Sarasani began her dancing career in Austin by taking Walter’s UT Informal Street Jazz classes before The Dance Zone opened in 2003 and since then she has danced and cheered with the Ice Bats Batgirls Dance Team, Texas Wranglers, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys. She will be an invaluable source of information regarding the audition process for these professional dance teams.

To  RSVP ASAP for this event email liz@inthedancezone.com

Pre-registration is open and recommended.

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Tapestry Dance Company presents Are You Listening To Me? @ The Long Center Saturday April 9 @ 2pm and 8pm, Sunday April 10 @ 2pm, a spring celebration portraying the journey of life through the love of rhythm.

“This Tapestry production challenges the audience to not only be observers but to find themselves in the characters we are portraying as we take them on a rhythmic journey with tap and spoken word. This is not your average tap dance show!” –Brenna Kuhn

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For tickets www.thelongcenter.org

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The Chaddick Dance Theater’s contemporary dance performance exploring self image, feminine energy and anger “Tender Voices in Flight” will be Feb 17-19th at 8pm and 20th at 2pm, Austin Ventures Studio Theater at Ballet Austin, 501 W. 3rd St. This event will include four evocative pieces with choreography and dance by Cheryl Chaddick and three performances by company members. Purchase tickets in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com. **A percentage of the proceeds from Thursday night’s performance will go to Safeplace.**

Tapestry Dance Co presents the jazzy rendition of everyone’s favorite holiday story entitled Of Mice And Music: A Jazz Nutcracker at the Long Center, Dec 14-19. This professional, non-profit dance company has prepared a rhythmic masterpiece of flappin’ and tappin’ feet that you can’t afford to miss this season. Sunday matinee is already sold out! To get your tickets quickly click here.

Blue Lapis Light will premiere Limitless, their newest site-specific dance work, outside the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Thursday and Friday Nov. 4-5 at 7pm. This aerial dance company will astound, amaze and entertain the audience by utilizing the museum’s outer architecture as their stage, theatre and performance space. This piece was inspired by the  museum’s current special exhibit, Tango Alpha Charlie: Texas Aviation Celebration which will be on showcase until January 9, 2011. You will want to arrive early to secure the best view from the Lone Star Plaza directly in front of the museum,  located at the corner of N. Congress and MLK (1800 N. Congress).   It is $12 for a seat in the risers and free to stand, donations are encouraged. See you there!

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I enter the dance.  Step into.  Roll into.  Fly into.  Climb into.  Descend into.  Elevate into.  Enter into light from light or enter light from darkness.  Back into.  Fall into.  Approach boldly or briskly, gently or with a whisk.

I enter with all and every that I know and with a window open to what I can not at this moment know.  One given I can not escape is that from moment of entry through the last standing moment of completion, I will become what I did not know before.  I will certainly recognize myself yet I may, in the weeks to come, have to spend time practicing entering a newly found reality.

And it is the awe of this entry moment that captivates all my senses.  The space I am about to enter speaks its own anticipation in gross vibrations of the skin covering my body.  A faster rumbling enters my spine as I take in the awe inspiring preparation moments of fellow dancers, participants, and arriving audience if there is one.

Deep within my heart I continue to reconcile the map of the journey ahead of me with my inner dialog for clarity and purpose.  And my feedback system is always rolling up from my gut carrying any residual doubts, always calling my enter life into question.

Rumbling and rattling like an old jet preparing for take-off, my experience is something just beyond overwhelming fear.  My enter structure of soft tissue is on the verge of palpating in unison while I am negotiating with myself to love each sensation rather than dread what I have got myself into.

From my bones, a broader wave of vibration overwhelms all the echoes in every chamber of myself.  And finally at the crest of entering the dance, I send out a final wave of gratitude to all the immensely courageous dancers and explorers who have come to this moment.  And especially I send a shower of thankful flowers and waterfalls to all my persistent parents, mentors, and teachers who have walked this fire with me.  I can not thank them enough for holding the vision of the road ahead through all my fear, unwillingness or just my strict avoidance of taking this step I am about to take right now.

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How many years has Allisyn Paino commanded the attention of audiences for Ballet Austin?  When she danced contemporary, classical or beyond, we had no choice but to enter her territory on stage.  She brought us in.  We became the passion of her dance with such a completeness, my only questions was, “Dare I go there?”

Now she is dedicating her time to helping other dancers understand how to fully engage the dance and how to totally involve the audience.

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