Let Your Daughter Dance Her Dreams
I couldn’t tell you there was one better thing my parents could have done for me than signing me up for dance classes at the age of four. My dance school became my second home in high school, where I choreographed, led classes, and learned to be a creative, thinking person. Dance also gave this shy person the ability to have presence on stage and in front of groups. Dance is an incredible tool for young people to establish a healthy self-esteem. If I had a daughter, I’d sign her up tomorrow! (Classes are, of course, open to men and boys as well.)
The BCD School of Modern Dance will provide quality instruction in modern dance unmatched in Western New York. The truth is, there is no other dance school for young people that focuses on modern dance.
Why Modern Dance?
Modern dance can open doors for these students that other forms of dance cannot. Having originated approximately a century ago, modern dance was born out of a rebellion against the constraints of ballet. For many modern dancers who studied ballet as children, coming upon the form was a revelation. In modern dance the possibilities for movement and combinations of movements are endless and unlimited.
Different from other dance forms, modern dance stimulates creativity by incorporating improvisation, or the spontaneous creation of movement, sometimes guided by the use of images, words, music, and props. Students at the BCD School of Modern Dance will have the opportunity to create their own choreography. This is something missing from the typical recital/competition oriented dance studio. Among other personal gains, dance making is an excellent tool for developing problem solving, leadership, and team skills.
Dance instruction will be offered in modern, improvisation, dance composition, ballet, Pilates and yoga. Students will have the opportunity to create their own choreography, working as a team with their fellow dancers. The program will include youth from all regions of the City of Buffalo and Western New York, offering a melting pot experience for participants. Scholarships will be offered to the majority of students. Classes will be held five days a week after school within the first year of programming.
Classes will begin the week of September 10 in Buffalo Contemporary Dance’s studio/theatre in the Great Arrow Building. For further information, contact School Director, Leslie Wexler at 884-2154 or 479-1205.
Photos by Shasti O'Leary Soudant
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al-alo
umm. im not really into dancing, but i really like wearing the tights. can i still sign up?
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isola
what a dumb comment above. why post something like that? this is a gift to buffalo and will help establish it as a cit of the arts. not a city of dumb blog commentary.
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al-alo
isola, please spare me your pretension.
i am all for almost any sort of artistic expression. but i had no idea that surrendering one's sense of humor was a prerequisite to creating what you call a "cit of the arts [sic]". perhaps your tights are a size too small, and the pressure inevitably fossilized any humor and levity you may have previously possessed.
in summation: give me a freaken' break!
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isola
sorry, just happened to notice that there are certain people on these boards who are the first to post an inane comment that has no bearing on the actual point of the article. i try to send out of towners to this site to see what's going on culturally and economically here. every time someone from a place like LA, NYC, London, etc. looks at an inane comment it devalues the article. why post it when it's just as easy and more productive to make a relevent critique? i mean, can anyone gain any insight from that first comment? buffalo is an amazing little town for dance. but that gets lost in the 'tights' discussion. totally pointless.
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AuburnAve
yeah, al-alo, lately all you have been posting are jokes. Not very relevant.
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BuffaloCook
And al-alo is the same person who chastized me for joking about burning down kfc. In summation, a-alo, give us all a break.
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jen
Geeze chill people! I thought people could post here what they like? Apparently not.
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HelenGood
These little girls are going to be so excited when their wonderful dance school tells them that their pictures are online. This was a great post about a wonderful school, made by a talented writer. Look at what it's turned into. Let's hope the subjects' parents can print it out without the comments and let them enjoy it.
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al-alo
first off, BuffaloCook, you were advocating a felony against human life and private property. for that sir (or madam), you are a first class ass. and right after a chimney falls on a firefighter. now that is CLASS! give me a freggin break.
yawn. ok then. great. no jokes. or perhaps a quota on how many humorous (or semi-humorous, i know they aint all gems) line that can be posted within a week. ive got it: a thought review board to approve all comments based on tone, education level, or how close the writer strays from the accepted party line.
of course, if we just complete the language shift to a buffalo dialect of newspeak, we all wouldnt have to worry. hmm, where is my dictionary and white out? aaa, forget the white out, ill just tear out the pages.
so what if i make a lot of jokes, surprise: thats what i do in person as well? what else is there to do here? listen to Chris69 bookend some good ideas with a couple of racist remarks? then a 97 post give and take. . . blah, blah, balh. . .maybe some pro elmwood snobbery where they disparage other parts of town. i guess fighting everybody in the far flung 'burbs isnt good enough. they want to alienate the folks on hertel as well. if its a good day, we can read nonono taking an author to task about some obscure point of punctuation.
but my absolute favorite is the militant preservationists and the militant pro growth (so called) thought nazis fighting over the building/lot/canal/road de jour.
dont you all find it all a little monotonous? i know i do.
should i just become a BR nihilist? actually, that could only be even duller. should i just quit posting? hmm. ive got it, ill just be contrarian! no matter how indefensible the point of view, no matter how unpalatable the alternative, i will be advocating it. now there's a challenge!
ok here i go to start: doesnt high brow culture like this only benefit a select few of elitists while siphoning money out of public and private coffers at the expense of more necessary local priorities like infrastructure, housing, education and nutrition?
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id also like to point out, up to this point i had not ever made a hurtful or personally disparaging joke. all was made in good fun, and much was self disparaging.
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AppleJack
al-alo, I enjoy your jokes. and I enjoy BR, I think that by keeping the commentary light and humorous, people can have a good chuckle over their morning coffee. when you made the tights reference - i pictured myself squeezing into a pair of pink stockings and joining my 8 year old daughter at her dance class, just to spend some quality time.
I think that these girls in the picture will remember this post forever and it most likely made their week. This post was wonderful, just wish i still fit into the age requirements... and was a girl...
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al-alo
ok ok, ive calmed down from my coffee infused sleep deprived high horse.
i was a little more than over the top with that last one. and of course i dont really believe that anti cultural stuff. and all i really needed was a hug and five minutes in my tights. . .ahh thats better.
so there!
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