Registration for Palace Theater, City of Waterbury Dance Program Begins in September
09/05/2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 5, 2008
MEDIA CONTACT: Sheree Marcucci
Office: (203) 755-8483 x 133
Cell: (203) 206-8286
marcucci@palacetheaterct.org
DANCES WITH WORDS
Registration for Palace Theater, City of Waterbury Dance Program Begins Next Week
WATERBURY – Student registration for the Fall semester of The City of Waterbury Bureau of Recreation and Leisure’s after school dance program, Dances With Words, hosted by the Palace Theater, is being held from 5:00p.m. to 7:30p.m. on September 16 and 17, in the theater’s Box Office Lobby, 100 East Main Street in Waterbury.
Dances with Words is a 12 week after-school dance/movement and literacy program that offers Waterbury residents ages four through fifteen their choice of classes in a variety of dance disciplines divided by age. Classes focus on fostering an appreciation of poetry and dance as individual art forms and creative means of telling a story, while developing the physical skills needed to practice dance as a life long form of exercise. The menu of classes includes, Creative Ballet, Tap, Jazz/Hip Hop, Modern/Improvisation, Ballroom Dance and Movement for Actors, all of which will be determined by student registration.
Fall semester classes will begin the week of September 22, at Wendell Cross Elementary School in Waterbury, and will conclude the week of December 18. The second half of the program will take place in the Spring. Students who re-register for the second semester will have the opportunity to participate in a culminating dance showcase at the Palace Theater in May 2009.
For additional information about this City of Waterbury Bureau of Recreation and Leisure program, please contact the Palace Theater Education Department at 203-755-8483 x132.
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About the Palace Theater
The Palace's primary purpose is to revitalize the Greater Waterbury community through the presentation of the performing arts and educational initiatives in collaboration with area cultural and educational institutions. Its mission is to build a strong sense of community and an appreciation for the arts by operating, maintaining and sustaining itself as a financially viable not-for-profit performing arts center that generates a positive artistic, educational, social and financial impact on the Greater Waterbury area. For more information, visit: www.palacetheaterct.org.
The Palace Theater gratefully acknowledges support by: Bank of America, City of Waterbury, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Fox 61, Naugatuck Savings Bank, Republican-American, ShopRite, Waterbury Hospital, WATR 1320AM, Webster Bank, and WTNH/WCTX.