This Just In! Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
The following is a marketing blurb written by the Seniors at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. Please check it out, details are listed at the bottom!
Dear Friends,
On May 20th and 21st of 2010, the dance majors at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts will present their senior show in the state-of-the art Tony Bennett Concert Hall. This concert of works was choreographed, managed, produced, and will be performed by the students themselves. The styles on display include Argentine Tango, Ballroom, Contemporary, African, Tap, Jazz, Modern, and Hip Hop. This show will be the inaugural senior dance show at the new high school. Come on down and celebrate our achievements with a rousing evening of dance!
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts is located at 35-12 35th Avenue in Astoria, Queens.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students, available at the door.
Dance/NYC Town Hall + YAC Applications Open
The folks at the Youth Advisory Committee are putting on a great event – please come if you can make it!
Emerging Innovations in Dance: New Solutions for Old Problems
Financial stability, self-production, creative programming, audience engagement – these are issues that the dance community knows all too well. Join Dance/NYC’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) and distinguished panelists for a Town Hall, moderated by Melissa Dibble of EmcArts. We will be exploring various innovative models adopted by emerging and established leaders to address persistent problems in the dance field.
Thursday, May 20
6:30-8pm
Ballet Hispanico
167 West 89th Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus Aves)
1, B, C trains to 86th Street
After the event we will move to The Blue Donkey Bar (487 Amsterdam Ave at 84th St) for continued discussion and networking!
RSVP to YAC@dancenyc.org or visit www.yactownhall.eventbrite.com
Facebook event: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=90909901017&ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=122235211124824&ref=mf
Dance/NYC Youth Advisory Committee applications open -
http://yacdance.wordpress.com/about/apply-to-be-a-yac-member/
Apply to join YAC
YAC is comprised of 20 members per year, who commit to service from September though July, meeting as a full committee from 6:30 to 8pm on the first Thursday of each month at Dance/NYC in SoHo. Applications will be accepted though May 31, 2010 for the coming year. If you’d like to join, or volunteer with YAC, please complete this
application form.
We’ll respond to this cycle of applicants in late June. Thank you for your interest!
In Their Own Words, GAHS Behind the Scenes
Student’s spreading the word…
Student Thought’s on Violence; Personal experiences and solutions
Behind the Scenes: Gramercy Arts High School
The last time we checked in with Gramercy Arts High School, Pentacle had just begun to gain momentum in the school’s classroom. We were busy trying to get the students to identify an important cause they wanted to address in their Exit Concert and in their Spring Showcase.
This past month both Salena, career mentor and Adeola, choreography mentor have spent time in the classroom helping the students develop their voices both through speech and dance against violence.
The 9th and 10th grade dance majors have chosen their slogan.
“Stop Hate’nn, Just Dance”
The name they have come up for themselves as a collective is,
Signature Against Violence
The students have created and designed posters that are being displayed on all floors of the building. If you roam the school’s hallways you will catch a glimpse of several students wearing, posting or decorating themselves with yellow caution tape. This is part of their marketing strategy; using a branding image to bring about awareness of the students intentions to address violence.
The students have organized 3 coffee hours in which they will sell coffee and donuts in the lobby of Washington Irving and Gramercy Arts High School for three weeks straight.
They have organized and created sign up sheets for morning announcements where they will bring about awareness of their mission, their fundraisers and their dance concerts.
They will have two lunchtime rallies where we hope to get a guest speaker from an anti-violence organization to address the entire school.
There are more tentative events where Signature Against Violence will be present. Check out the following details including the dance concert date and times.
KEY DATES:
PA Announcements: May 4-14 daily
Coffee Hour: May 12, 19, 26 (7-8am)
Lunchtime rallies: May 19 & June 2 (10:30-11:20am)
Concessions @ school musical: May 13-15
Preview concert: May 20 (6:30-7:30pm)
Exit Project Concert: June 7
Spring Dance Concert: June 8
In the words of the GAHS students,…
STOP HATE’NN JUST DANCE!!!
Success at Career Transition’s Event
Arron Racheal Masters, a volunteer in charge of registration day for Career Transition’s event was kind enough to send Pentacle a follow up reflection on the day’s highlights. Check out what she had to say.
“With over 90 dancers attending our first ever all-day career development conference, my role manning the registration desk kept me busy. It also enabled me to connect to the dancers as they came and went throughout the day, which gave me insight into what I believe is the best thing about Career Transition for Dancers — genuine desire to engage each dancer on a personal level to aid them in their career, no matter what transition they may be in. Whether there for networking, gaining resources and information, investigation or inspiration, the dancers response to the day was overwhelmingly positive. I believe this was due to the well-balanced day of speakers, panels and topic options, as well as the approachability of everyone involved. My favorite response from the day was this, “I left feeling confident and capable.”
TOMORROW: Stepping Into Hope & Change
Don’t forget, tomorrow is Career Transition for Dancers’ big event!
April 8, 2010, 9:30am – 4:30pm
Actor’s Equity, 165 W 46 St, 2nd Fl
Career Transition for Dancers is hosting a FREE full-day seminar for dancers’ career development. Designed to address the changing economic climate for dancers, plenary speakers and break-out sessions will explore survival work, hot careers & exploration and dancing into a passion-based career.
For the full schedule, click here.
Sessions will be webcast and archived at: www.ustream.tv/user/ctfd
Behind the Scenes: Gramercy Arts High School
The Behind the Scenes Program officially kicked off on February 8th, 2010. Meet two of our students that answered questions about the reasons why they believe they are unique from one another, why it is important to have dance in the world and the number 1 problem facing society today.
During the first several sessions Pentacle staff spent time brainstorming and recording the students on their answers to help them narrow down topics and find their voices in creating a “MISSION STATEMENT”. The Gramercy Arts High School students will use this mission statement to propel their work into their very own student produced, marketed and directed Spring production.
The Intern Life
Franchesca is not the only intern in the office!
My name is David Claps and I am a senior in the The Ailey School/Fordham University BFA in Dance Program. I just completed the lastest cycle of the Cultivating Leadership in Dance Internship Program here at Pentacle and I have to say, I think it was a success! Read the rest of this entry »
Dance/NYC Mid Season Symposium
by Juliane Silveira, Intern/Jose Limon Dance Foundation
Pentacle Interns with members of Dance/NYC's Youth Advisory Committee
It was a great experience to attend the Dance/NYC Mid Season Symposium on February 6, 2010 and I was very grateful for the scholarship that allowed me to do so. There was something for everybody as a variety of subjects were covered through the afternoon. These ranged from the use of technology in dance to dealing with the conflict between Concert versus Commercial Dance. I am excited to share some of my experience and also encourage all dancers to participate in this kind of event as I think that events like this are really important to our personal growth as dancers and leaders of the dance world. Read the rest of this entry »
New Place New Face
Hello there arts education enthusiasts!
I wanted to take a moment and introduce myself. My name is Franchesca Cabrera and I am a first year grad student at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU. I am Pentacle’s new intern working with the Educational Programming Department. I came to Pentacle to gain exposure and experience in this particular field of arts education because I am interested in expanding creativity in the classroom, arts integrated learning, professional development and arts organization-school partnerships. Read the rest of this entry »