Summer 2005 VOLUME 10 No. 3
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DANCE CAVISE NEWS
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Summer 2005 VOLUME 10 No. 3
DANCE CAVISE NEWS |
From
The DirectorDear Friends,
We can hardly believe that we are coming to the end of our 16th dance season,
and we still have some students that were with us when we opened in our original
studio on Boston Post Road. So many changes have occurred since then and it
is usually at this time of year that we stop and appreciate our progress. Now,
with our newly renovated studios, we can proudly say that Dance Cavise is one
of Westchester's finest dance facilities. Our 24 member staff, headed by Jamie
Himpel, is an accumulation of the best teachers in the county. Our administrators,
Kim Gaita and Delia McGovern, have kept communication among teachers, parents
and students at its best. We look forward to expanding our classical Ballet
and our Hip Hop programs by welcoming the hottest teachers from NYC.
Off Center Dance Theatre has also had a wonderful season due, in part, by a hard working Board of Directors. Headed by Jen Malherbe, the board helped raise over $10,000 to support the ongoing efforts of our not-for-profit organization. Lori and I want to thank these diligent volunteers for all they have given to this essential company. OCDT looks forward to our new relationship with the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian and the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at the Westchester Medical Center. Don't forget to purchase a BRICK for our garden walk outside the studio. Proceeds will benefit Off Center, and your family name will be a permanent fixture written in stone.
On deck is CAMP CAVISE! Watch how anything can happen when our campers produce their own show!! Have a great summer.
JOE & LORI
This
year started with a visit to The Blythedale Children's Hospital in January,
as well as an appearance at the Rich Forum at Stamford's DanceFest2005. During
Valentine's weekend, members of OCDT hosted a Dance-a-Thon at Dance Cavise to
raise money for the victims of the South Asia Tsunami. The event attracted close
to 100 dancers and raised over $6,700, which was given to the US Fund for UNICEF.
After performing for patients at the New York Presbyterian Hospital in White
Plains, the ensemble has done several interactive workshops for children in
the public schools. In April, the company hosted two performances at its 3rd
annual Dance Invitational 
at
the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College. Special quests this year were
The Parsons Dance Company. In addition to hosting a FREE concert for over 400
Westchester Girl Scouts, the event was also highlighted by a silent auction
which raised over $10,000 to help fund the continuing efforts of the organization.
The company's final performance will be during the Dance Cavise Student Showcases
next month. Thank you to our Board.
MOD2
- Masters Of Dance...After a week long celebration of National Dance Week, what better way to complete the festivities than with our our second annual Masters of Dance Day (MOD). We thank Rebecca Stenn (Modern),JayT. (Hip Hop), Michael Fielder (Latin Jazz) and Rinat Imaev (Ballet) who all led our dancers through an incredible day of dance. Join us next year, same time, same place for Mod 3.
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Camp Cavise 2005Limited space is still available for our summer performing Arts program, "Camp Cavise 2005". Campers will study all aspects of the performing arts in preparation for a full-length original production. They will also learn about backstage skills, including choreography, set and costume design, plus take field trips to Broadway. "Camp Cavise" meets Monday through Thursday, 9:30 AM-3:30 FM.
Creative Movement
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Kid's Korner"Sweat, Physics, and Peanut Butter" Ballet is so much more than pink tutus. It's discipline, sweat, a whirlwind of lines. A good ballet class leaves my body limp, with enough strength left only to melt into sleep. Barre is intensely physical, endless repetitions of tendus and releves. Rib cage in, but chest out. Neck up, but shoulders down. Chin, fingers, even my pinky toes reach out to touch the wall. Concentrating this hard makes beads of sweat tickle my cheeks. Sweating turns my skin inside out and my inside, my soul, is on the outside of my body, raw. It is deeply satisfying, filling me with achievement felt low in my stomach. The ballet barre has a magnetism too strong for me to overcome. Barre is intellectually, almost mathematically physical. I am geometry: my rond-de-jambes are perfect semi circles, my arabesque line shoots out of my toes creating a line that goes forever, and physics in my jumps. I could spend a hundred hours on one tendu, but after only one hour of barre, I daringly adventure to the center, where complicated combinations can now flow effortlessly. I inhale a song and exhale it in my body's movements. I have no shame: there is nothing superfluous about the simple combinations. I am lighter than butterfly wings but at the same time, so controlled and strong that it's impossible to budge me a millimeter. When I waltz, I own this world. One of my teachers once asked the class to take a dance combination and imbue it with feeling. Inspired by the best pre-ballet snack ever, I danced peanut butter. Then, last November, I had to have surgery. This forced
my relationship with dance to change forever. I appreciate dance more
now, even when I cry in the shower from pain after class. I think of peanut
butter and I feel better. Then, last August, I landed the most magical
pirouette of my life. Four turns. In that pirouette, I saw every corner
in the room in slow motion, on a single plane of vision. That crazy feeling
of dancing, that's inside of me, forever, and that's simply glorious. |
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Keep
your little ones on their toes this summer in our NEW Creative Movement
Mini. Camp. Choose one, two or three day options, or come on a weekly
basis. Your Pre-Schooler will twirl like a ballerina, test out their
artistic skills in "Arts & Crafts", sing like an angel
in "Voice", and show their dramatic side in "Acting."
. Please call the studio for fees and schedule.