2009 PICCOLO SPOLETO PERFORMANCE
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Footlight Players Theater, Charleston, SC
Six students, two local artists and recent alumni performed works by Robert Battle, Alfred Dove, Meredith Early, Cecile Gibson, and Maritza Mercado-Narcisse.
2008 KENNEDY CENTER PERFORMANCE
June 19, 2008
Millennium Stage
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Six students, three local artists and the artists of Rising Appalachia performed works by Anna Morris, Alfred Dove, Maritza Mercado-Narcisse among others.
NATIONWIDE 2007 SUMMER TOUR!
NORDC/NOBA Center For Dance students tour country, share their stories of life after Katrina and a commitment to dance.
 To See Tour's National TV Coverage, Click Here!
“Well-choreographed message” by Maria Montoya, Times-Picayune
“Dancing through the storm” by Thomas B. Harrison, Mobile Press-Register
Five CFD Students
Three Local Professional Dance Artists
Two Musicians
June 14 - 18 Los Angeles, CA (MNR Dance Factory)
June 21 - 23 Mobile, AL (National Dance Education Organization Conference)
June 28 Lee, MA (Inside/Out Stage, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival)
June 29 - July 3 New York (A Dance Experience)
Five exceptionally talented young dancers, ages 14-18, auditioned and were selected to represent the NORD/NOBA Center for Dance on tour from California to New York. These students will took classes, visited universities, performed, and attended performances. This talened ensemble served as ambassadors for the city as dedicated and hopeful teens with extradordinary talent for more than 7 years.
NORDC/NOBA Center For Dance Bio
For 20 years, the NORDC/NOBA Center For Dance, a nationally award-winning, cultural, community partnership of the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission and the New Orleans Ballet Association, has reached more than 6,000 children with free after-school instruction. Founded in 1992, The Center was born out of a need to make dance accessible to all school-age children. The program currently serves more than 350 students, ages 6-18, each semester through free dance training at 11 sites citywide. Through a professional faculty, master classes, a mentor program and field trips, the Center works with each child to cultivate dreams and strengthen futures. The Center has been featured in performances with Luna Negra Dance Theatre, PerksDanceMusicTheater, Urban Ballet Theater, and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company as well as at the Essence Music Festival, New Orleans Dance Festival, Mississippi Children’s Theater Series, and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Recognized nationally as a leading model in arts education, the program has garnered awards and recognition from the White House (2002 Coming Up Taller Award), National Dance Education Organization, the National Endowment for the Arts, state and local government.
For booking information contact Millette White at (504) 522-0996 ext. 213.
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