Tag Archives: Center for Dance Education

A Big Day

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By Christina Hecht
Former-president and current member of BRAVO, an active group that contributes thousands of hours of volunteer assistance every year and provides vital services to support SF Ballet.
September 16, 2010
One early afternoon last week, we unpackaged a number of little tights, leotards, t-shirts, and ballet shoes. We then lined them up on tables, with the shoes and clothing arranged by size. We also created a “hair station” for bun-making.  Who, you might ask, are “we,” and for whom were we preparing all this? The San [...]
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Final Practices for the 2010 Performance Project

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By Stacey Blakeman
Dance in Schools and Communities Manager at San Francisco Ballet
May 5, 2010
We are getting close to performance day!  The dancers at Redding Elementary have finished the last section of our dance—which is a fun finale featuring Indian Bhangra. The bouncy music invites everyone to “come dance” and brings smiles to all of our faces. As part of their costumes the dancers have chosen one word to [...]
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Performance Project at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy

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By Emily Pitcher
dancer instructor for the San Francisco Ballet Center for Dance Education's Dance in Schools and Communities program (DISC).
February 11, 2010
Since mid-January, Mr. Hall’s third grade class at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy has been rehearsing every Tuesday afternoon. They are gearing up for their performance at the DeYoung Museum on May 8. Charles McNeal and I completed our ten-week residency through the Dance in Schools and Communities (DISC) program with these students in the [...]
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Rehearsals Begin

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By Erica Rose Jeffrey
Dancer Instructor with the Center for Dance Education at San Francisco Ballet
January 29, 2010
Today was our fourth rehearsal for the Performance Project at Redding Elementary located in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. I am working with a class of 3rd graders who are relatively new to dance having just completed a ten-week workshop with the Dance in Schools program this fall. They are an incredibly diverse group with multiple language spoken in their classroom. [...]
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