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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                       PRESS CONTACT: Tamara Bates

August 2, 2006                                                                            (505) 480-5949

                                                                                         tamara.tb@gmail.com

                                                                                       

 

Under the Stars, We Dance . . .

 

A Scholarship Benefit for the Next Generation

 

 

(Santa Fe)   During the Santa Fe Fiesta, Moving People Dance Theatre will present a gala evening to benefit the next generation of dancers and dance audiences.

Janet Eigner, writer for Dance Magazine  says, ÒMoving People Dance Theatre's open-arms approach to collaboration with Santa Fe's home-grown and internationally known dance companies  initiates a new and spirited optimism that invites and unites.Ó       

One hundred percent of the net proceeds will benefit the educational programs of five local dance companies in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Espanola.

The Santa Fe Opera Theater is the setting for the evening of six works mirroring the regionÕs diverse history and contemporary edge.  The magic begins at sunset on September 9. Presenters include:

á      Moving People Dance Theatre

¤     Guest artists from American Ballet Theater

¤     Dancing Earth Indigenous Dance Creations

¤     Danza Folklorica de Mexico

¤     Tewa Dancers of Eight Northern Pueblos

¤     Yjastros: the American Flamenco Repertory Company

 

Businesses and individual sponsors are being sought to bring northern New Mexico students to the performance, to allow as many young people as possible to benefit from the celebration.  

           


 

CALENDAR LISTING

 

What:               Under the Stars, We Dance . . .A Scholarship Benefit for the Next Generation

Where:             The Santa Fe Opera Theater

When:              September 9, 2006                  7:30 pm

Tickets:            $20 to $125, available at the Santa Fe Opera Box Office  505-986-5900 

 

 

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IMAGES, INTERVIEWS, FURTHER INFORMATION

AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Moving People Dance Theatre is comprised of:

q      The professional company - Moving People Dance Theatre

q      The pre-professional company – Moving People, Too!

q      Moving People Dance Centre dance school, with instruction in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Swing, Gyrokinesis, Repertoire, and Creative Movement for ages 3 to adult.

 

For more information contact:

Tamara Bates, Event Coordinator – 505-480-5949  tamara.tb@gmail.com

Roger Montoya, Board Member – 505-927-0108  rogermontoya@valornet.com

Elaine Hausman, Executive Director - 505-660-0283  ehausman@rockridge.biz

 

www.MovingPeopleDance.org  

Moving People Dance Theatre

Location:  2536 Camino Entrada

Mailing Address:

PO Box  29181   

Santa Fe, New Mexico  87592–9181

Janet Eigner is a writer for Dance Magazine and Dance Critics Association. Her reviews are posted on www.eignerdancereviews.com.