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For the fourth year, North Carolina Dance Theatre will lead a liturgical dance project with area churches. The project, Fellowship N’ Movement (formerly called Dance Friendships) is made possible through a Front Porch grant through the Foundation for the Carolinas. The project seeks to break down barriers, create relationship, and build social trust through the medium of dance.
2009-2010 Fellowship N’ Movement Dance Ministry partners are from:
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (4th year partner)
New Birth Charlotte (2nd year partner)
Resurrection and Christ Lutheran Church (1st year partners)
New St. John missionary Baptist Church (1st year partner)
Members of Hickory Grove Baptist Church (1st year partner)
Each year NC Dance Theatre and their dance ministry partners host five dance workshops at each other’s sites, most of which are free and open to area liturgical dancers. A Meet and Greet social is thrown, and several dance rehearsals are held which culminate in a shared choreographic work and the Fellowship N” Movement Shared Dance Performance held at a community location, open to the public at no cost.
This year the Fellowship N’ Movement Project will kick-off with an Alvin Ailey Dance Workshop, led by two members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, for Charlotte area liturgical dancers and dance ministries.
Fellowship N’ Movement Open Workshops
The following workshops are open to local liturgical dancers and dance ministries. Workshop attendance requires an RSVP to April Berry at aberry@ncdance.org.
Free Workshops
Movement & Message Workshop
Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 6:30-8:30 PM
Cost: Free
Open to: All local liturgical dancers and dance ministries. Beginning and intermediate skill levels.
Location: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
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Holy Hip-Hop - Youth Master Class
Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 10 AM-12 PM
Cost: Free
Open to: All local liturgical dancers and dance ministries ages 9-12 and 13-20
Location: Resurrection Lutheran Church
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Paid Workshops - $15 per person
Ailey Movement Workshop
taught by Hope Boykin and Michael Francis McBride, members of The Alvin Ailey American Dance
Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 9:30-11 AM
Cost: $15 per person
Open to: All local liturgical dancers and dance ministries ages 15 and up. Beginning and intermediate skill levels.
Location: NC Dance Theatre Studios
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Intro to Graham Technique Master Class Workshop
taught by Kim Jones, former member of the Martha Graham Dance Company
Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 6:30-8:30 PM
Cost: $15 per person
Open to: All local liturgical dancers and dance ministries ages 15 and up. Beginning and intermediate skill levels.
Location: NC Dance Theatre Studios
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Fellowship N’ Movement Partner Workshops
The following workshops are open to Fellowship N’ Movement dance ministries only.
Fellowship N’ Movement Meet and Greet
Date: Monday, March 1,, 2010, 6:45-8 PM
Open to: Fellowship N’ Movement dance coordinators, pastors and worship arts ministers
Location: NC Dance Theatre Studios
Putting the Pieces Together, From Warm-up to Choreography
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9 AM-11 AM
Open to: Fellowship N’ Movement dance coordinators
Location: New St. John Baptist Church
Performance
Fellowship N’ Movement Shared Performance
Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 7 PM
Cost: Free
Open to: Public
Location: TBD
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North Carolina Dance Theatre has received funding from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation through its Front Porch Grants program, which is managed by Community Building Initiative. The program is an effort to build informal social capital within our community. Front Porch Grants are awarded to organizations and partnerships for specific programs and projects that foster bridge-building between individuals, communities, neighborhoods and organizations. The goal is to increase trust and expand social connections and informal networks in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
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