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Announcements Get Involved...DANCE Fall Young Dancers - ages 8 to 13 Saturdays Sept 29 - Nov 10 11:00 am - 12:00 noon Culminating Performance November 11 at 3:00 pm Information and to Enroll Get Involved...DANCE Adult Repertory - Would you like to perform? Would you like to participate in the delicious process of building a dance? Jane is making a new work for adult dancers and company members for the Improvisation Festival and for Art on the Avenue. All levels of experience welcome. Attendance at all rehearsals NOT mandatory. Rehearsals in Sept 6 pm - 8 pm Information and to Enroll Get Involved....NURTURE VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS We're looking for a few talented and conscientious volunteer board members to lead and strengthen our programs for dance education, community engagement and public performance. If you can contribute your time, thoughtfulness, and leadership one evening every six weeks for a Board Meeting, and for a few hours in between, and are interested in exploring this opportunity, call Jane at 703-298-3235. We're especially looking for folks with donor cultivation experience, with backgrounds in accounting or with computer skills, from the Asian or African-American communities, or who are on the younger side of the community. Or young at heart!
photo by Paul Gillis
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Dance Sampler 2007 Application Deadline Sept 5 If you are a choreographer and want an opportunity to show your work to a supportive and enthusiastic crowd, please submit your choreography for Dance Sampler, a day long festival on Nov 10, 2007, with performances on Nov 10 at 8 pm and Nov 11 at 3 pm. Works will be selected by the adjudication panel: Maida Withers and Dan Joyce. To apply please send a DVD of your completed choreography, a brief description of a proposed workshop, a $25 application fee, and a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of materials to: Jane Franklin Dance, 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington VA 22206. All entries receive a Festival Pass, value $30, and panelist review comments. Selected choreographers receive professional production including publicity, technical support, and a $150 stipend. Workshops and the performance take place at Gunston Theater One, Arlington. For additional information call 703-298-3235. Application form. ____________ Charlotte Dance Festival and Carlisle School, Martinsville We are delighted to announce our performance for Dance Charlotte! at North Carolina's Charlotte Dance Festival. Performances take place on September 6 & 7 at the Booth Playhouse in Uptown Charlotte. On September 5 and 6 we are at the Carlisle School in Martinsville VA, made possible in part by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Paul Mellon Arts in Education Program and the Virginia Commission for the Arts Touring Program. Yes, Virginia Dance Richmond September 15, 2007 KDance's 9th "Yes,Virginia - Dance" festival takes place September 15, 2007 at the Grace Street Theatre in Richmond, Virginia. This yearly event brings together professional dancers and choreographers in the region for a shared concert in contemporary dance. This year Jane Franklin Dance performs alongside other selected dance companies. Grace Street Theatre Richmond, Virginia Information: 804-270-4944
Harrisonburg September 22 Join us in downtown Harrisonburg at a unique theater. Intimate dances for this intimate environment include new works that address the temporal and bodily perception of space, and insistent physical sensation. Made possible in part by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Paul Mellon Arts in Education Program and the Virginia Commission for the Arts Touring Program. Court Square Theatre Harrisonburg, Virginia Information and Tickets: 540-433-9189 _____________ More Announcements GRANT AWARDS FOR 2007 - 2008 We are deeply honored by these grant awards that support upcoming programming. Virginia Commission for the Arts Thanks to the Virginia Commission for the Arts for Project funding for 2007 -08, and for touring support for the 2008-09 Season. Alexandria Commission for the Arts Thank you to the Alexandria Commission for support for our Alexandria-based projects during 2007-08. Brief descriptons of JFD programming are wrapped in a tri-fold design by Holly Halvorson of HH Graphics. Pick one up at our next performance!
Jane Franklin Dance 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization under section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
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DC XIII International Improvisation Festival Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & F St NW Washington DC September 29 at 7 pm and 7:30 pm FREE |
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Mt Vernon Avenue Alexandria VA Oct 6 at 3 pm FREE |
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Artful Afternoons 15 Crescent Road Greenbelt MD Nov 4 at 3 pm
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April Betty
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News
In its eleventh anniversary year, Jane Franklin Dance is seeking a creative, enthusiastic, and motivated Coordinator of Development and Marketing. An independent worker who is willing to ‘do what has to be done’ will thrive at JFD. Now interviewing. Deadline to apply August 30 or until position is filled.
Job Description and information. Contact 703-298-3235
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Special Thanks We wish to extend sincere thanks to recent contributors Kay Arndorfer, Peg Schaefer, Patricia Betty, Charlotte Hollister, Carla Perlo, Rachel Heavers, Jeffrey Hill, Ann Norris, Elaine Topodas, Belford Lawson, Mary Jane Deweerd, Elizabeth Sielen, Martha Larson, Anna Garwood, Colleen Bergeron, Amy Bartlow, Kim Roberts, Ms Hedi Pope, Stair Calhoun, Jean Rainwater, Rob Esposito, Scott Little, Sarah Haim, Robert Parrish, Jim Cornelius, and the Fogarty Family. Thank you to Episcopal High School Arts Chair Doug Kehnlenbrink. We successfully placed our RAINED OUT Lubber Run performance into the Ainslie Arts Center on August 3. Thanks to Ryan Sims for technical direction, and to our many supporters who showed up for this spontaneously-rescheduled-last-minute event.
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