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Darke
County Center for the Arts
DCCA
presents Dance Ensemble in
Local Schools
Darke
County Center for the Arts
will present the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble's “Kids 'n Motion” program
to fourth
through six grade students in all local public schools during the week
of
February 25. “Laurie Eisenhower's company presents an exciting and
athletic
show that teaches students about the many aspects of dance,” said DCCA
Artistic
Director Keith Rawlins. “Their interactive presentation is fun and
entertaining;
the students don't even notice that they are being educated,” he
explained.
These shows are free and open to the public.
Laurie
Eisenhower, founder and
Artistic Director of the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, has earned several
awards
throughout her career as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Her
dance
company, founded in 1991, is known as the premier contemporary dance
group in
her home state of Michigan and is considered by many critics to be
among the
finest contemporary dance companies in the nation.
DCCA's
Arts In Education program
takes highly skilled professional performing artists into the schools,
offering
shows to all grade levels in Darke County and Greenville City Schools
at no
cost to students. According to Mr. Rawlins, the AIE series inspires
imaginations and fosters creativity, a goal cited by the Eisenhower
Dance
Ensemble as motivation for their own arts education programs.
Arts
In Education is sponsored by
Dayton Power and Light Company Foundation, Greenville Federal,
Maid-Rite Sandwich
Shoppe, Vectren Foundation, Edison Community College, The Andersons
Inc., BASF,
Littman-Thomas Agency, and Mercer Savings Bank, and receives support
from the
Ketrow Foundation and the Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund. DCCA
also
receives operating support from the Harry D. and Esther Stephens
Memorial and
the Ohio Arts Council, which helped fund this program with state tax
dollars to
encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural
enrichment for
all Ohioans.
Performance
schedules are set in
cooperation with the schools. Contact DCCA at 937-547-0908 or
dcca@centerforarts.net for specific performance times for Eisenhower
Dance
Ensemble's “Kids 'n Motion” or to learn more about the Arts In
Education
series.
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