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Save the Date! Wesleyan, City of Middletown and

Community Groups Announce Citywide Dance Festival, Middletown Dances!, September 10, 2005

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Dancers and Dance Companies from the State Invited to Apply Now to Perform & Lead Workshops

Middletown, CT, March 30, 2005—Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts, in collaboration with the City of Middletown and community groups, is planning a citywide dance festival, Middletown Dances!, to be held on Saturday, September 10, from noon to 4pm, culminating in a community dance on Wesleyan’s Andrus Field from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. Featuring performances and workshops all along Main Street, Middletown Dances! will showcase several forms of dance—hip hop, modern, ballet, tap, jazz, swing, African, even the electric slide—and invite visitors and families to observe and participate in many kinds of dance.

Currently, the Middletown Dances! programming committee is looking for dance companies and schools in the state to perform in indoor or outdoor venues on the day of the festival. In addition to performers, groups or individuals who lead participatory workshops (ballroom, line-dancing, etc.) are welcome to apply. Stipends may be available. A community stage will be made available for dancers of all kinds who wish to appear before an audience.

Middletown Dances! is one of five Innovation projects funded in part by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCT) and the Wallace Foundation, and is intended to broaden, deepen and diversify participation in the arts.

All groups and individuals interested in appearing at Middletown Dances! should contact Barbara Ally at bally@wesleyan.edu or 860-685-2076 for a submission form. Submissions must be received by May 10.

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