The Cal Poly DanceSport Team is pleased to announce our fourth Mustang Ball DanceSport Competition, to be held on Saturday, February 5th, 2011 in Chumash Auditorium in the University Union on the Cal Poly Campus. Cal Poly is located in San Luis Obispo, which is ideally situated on California’s beautiful central coast. Our central location makes this an attractive competition for both Northern and Southern California teams and individuals to attend and compete at a great venue.

Our competition is open to all amateur competitors and will feature Newcomer through Open levels in International Standard and Latin, and American Smooth and Rhythm. We will also have a wide variety of Nightclub events, a formation team competition, performances, a team match, and other fun events throughout the day. We will be ending the competition with a Professional Dance Showcase.

Any questions or further information contact us at info@cpdst.org or (805) 627-2474

The Bates Dance Festival brings together an international community of choreographers, performers, educators and students in a cooperative community to study, perform and create new work. The Festival offers a supportive atmosphere aimed at fostering a creative exchange of ideas, encouraging exploration of new ground and providing opportunities to experience a wide spectrum of dance/movement disciplines. Artists, students and audiences share their knowledge and inspiration through workshops, jams, discussions, informal showings and performances.

The Bates Dance Festival is comprised of four interwoven programs: two professional training programs including the Young Dancers Workshop (YDW), a rigorous three-week program serving pre-professional dancers ages 14-18; the Professional Training Program (PTP) serving dancers ages 18 and up; a main-stage performances series featuring renowned contemporary dance artists from around the world: and community outreach activities including the Youth Arts Program serving local youth ages 6-17 with dance and music training, and the Community Dance Project that invites local residents to participate in an intensive creative collaboration with a choreographer and Festival dancers which occurs on alternate years. Commissioning and residency projects support new works by established companies, emerging choreographers and international artists.

Ely Folk Festival Committee is proud to unveil the line-up for the 2011 festival which will take place 8 – 10 July 2011. The line-up includes top British and Irish bands Dervish, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Little Johnny England and Salsa Celtica who will provide toe-tapping and body-popping dance music Ely-style while Johnny Dickinson, Heidi Talbot, John McCusker & Boo Hewerdine, Ahab, Roy McLeod and the Martin Simpson Band are just some of the fantastic folk talent that will be gracing the stages. Please note that the Festival Box Office won’t open until February 2011.

The Folk Festival is based on a single site at the Ely Outdoor Centre on the edge of the city (postcode CB6 2SH) and includes marquees, camping facilities, food stalls, trade stands, real-ale bar, real toilets, showers, children’s entertainment. Ely city centre is accessible by shuttle bus (or 20 minutes’ walk) for morris dance displays and pub sessions during the daytime.

There is space for tents and caravans on site, and free parking is provided close to the festival site.

Contact: Fionnuala Lennon

Telephone: 07500527334

Email: info@elyfolk.co.uk

Date:  Friday, 8 July 2011 (All day) – Sunday, 10 July 2011 (All day)

Venue:Ely Outdoor Centre ,Downham Road,Ely CB6 2SH,United Kingdom

The manali winter festival has started with the fashion shows and western film dances at Manu Rangshala too are attracting youngsters. Around 60 folk dance groups from the state are participating in carnival besides 32 groups from other states of the country.

Exact dresses like Wearing ornaments and ancient woollen clothes, Himachali folk dance groups are capturing all the stages of town. No matter if youths vacillate to applaud their performances but tourists are cheering them with noisy claps.

“Festivals are the only way to explain the art and culture where folk dances should be given great attention. People should encourage those few artists who signify fading arts of country, otherwise most of us only condemn the old style by comparing it to modernity, advising people,” said a tourist couple from Karnataka, Banita and Shivanand Naganur.

Kullu hosts more than 500 fairs and festivals in a year where Himachali folk dance remains the principal item of programmes. “Same steps, dresses and music, we can’t tolerate all this in winter carnival, the main event of Kullu-Manali after Dussehra festivity,” “I’m happy that most of the local artists are performing on temporary built stages on Mall Road but outside the main auditorium,” Tilak added.

Following the success of the 2010 Dance Showcase event, we are pleased to announce that the event will be repeated on the 31st March 2011 at the Grimsby Auditorium.

Arts Development has also secured funding from the Arts Council to put on additional dance shows around the same time as the March Showcase so that the event as a whole will form a new Dance Festival.

Dance Showcase 31st March 2011

This will be the second dance showcase event brought to you by the South Bank Youth Dance Hub and will give young dance groups from North and North East Lincolnshire a fantastic opportunity to perform at the Auditorium in Grimsby. Many different and exciting styles of dance will be performed from Street and hip hop to contemporary and classical dance. This project is funded by Youth Dance England.

How to apply to take part in the showcase

If you run a local dance group or belong to a group and would like to apply to take part in the showcase please fill out the attached entry and consent forms and send back to the address on the forms. Please note that the closing date for entries is 11th February 2011.

For more information please contact the Arts Development Team on 01472 323435