[PhiladelphiaDANCE.org Listserv] Audition - Dancefusion's junior company 6-22-08

[Gwendolyn Bye]

Dear Dance Community, Please pass on this information to any young pre-professional dancers in your community.
DANCEFUSION’S
fusion 2
 
AUDITION
for junior dance company
(ages 13 – 18)
 
Sunday, June 22
1:00pm - 3:00pm
 
GwendolynBye Dance Center
3611 Lancaster Ave.
215-222-7633
 
Dancefusion’s fusion 2 is a pre-professional training company for young dancers. Dance students between ages 13 and 18 are encouraged to apply. Dance students who meet the following requirements are eligible to attend:
 
1) Must have at lease three years of prior training and currently study at the intermediate or advanced levels for Ballet, Modern and/or Jazz Dance.
 
2) Must be willing to make a time commitment for performances & rehearsals. 
There are a minimum of 4 public performances yearly and additional outreach 
performances between September 2008 and June 2009.
 
3) Be willing to take a minimum of 5 dance technique classes per week at
the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center.                
 
All applicants must wear dark solid-color leotards and pink tights, no runs or holes. Also, bring ballet slippers, point shoes (if studying point), jazz shoes and/or sneakers to audition. Expect ballet, modern and jazz combinations. Please arrive early; the studio will open at 12:30am. The audition will start at 1:00pm sharp!
 
Please call for more information 215-222-7633
 
 
About fusion2, Junior Company
 
Dancefusion’s fusion2, a training company for young dancers  was formed in 1996 so that teenage pre-professional dancers would have the opportunity to train and perform throughout Philadelphia in cultural centers, schools, and public concerts. The pre-professional dancers study at the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center. Graduates have gone on to Colleges and Universities including: dance programs of TISCH School of Arts at New York University, Barnard, Wesleyan, Temple, SUNY Purchase, Fordham and University of the Arts. They have also entered programs at Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, The Juilliard School, Paul Taylor Training Program, Martha Graham Dance Ensemble and Arthur Mitchell’s Dance Theater of Harlem and The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Performing Arts. Admission reflects the high level of training students received from fusion2 and the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center.
 
On October 14, 2006, nine teen-age members of Dancefusion’s fusion2 performed four Isadora Duncan etudes at the memorial to Nadia Chilkovsky Nahumck A Legacy of Excellence at University of the Arts. And that same year one of the fusion2 company member’s Jovonna Parks, was invited into the prestigious Pennsylvania Governor’s Summer School for Performing Arts.
 
In 2007 fusion2 expand the CAPE project and partnered with the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy for a fifth year creating “Synergy” which was presented at the Painted Bride Art Center on April 22, 2007 along with other works. The project toured health facilities and schools with outreach performances in the Greater Philadelphia area including the Philadelphia Carousel House for Handicapped Persons, reaching up to 2,000 children and seniors.On April 12, 2008 fusion2 presented its Spring Concert along with the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy at the University City High School Auditorium.
 
About Dancefusion, Professional Company
 
Dancefusion was founded by artistic Director Gwendolyn Bye in 1987, it has presented annual home seasons and numerous dances and teaching residencies in the Greater Philadelphia area for 20 years. The company has reconstructed historic works by Mary Anthony, Pauline Koner, Anna Sokolow and José Limón. It has also created new works by artistic director Bye, company members and guest choreographers Colin Connor, Kun-Yang Lin, David Konyk and Myra Bazell. Dancefusion has been presented at Philadelphia Dances, “2000feet” a Celebration of World Dance, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia Presenting Project at the Annenberg Center, DanceBoom! at Wilma Theater, and the Merce Cunningham Studio/Theater in New York City.
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