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Image:Alicia_Canterna_and_Jerome_Johnson.jpg Image:Jasonalice.index.jpg Image:Alice.Jerome.jpg Image:Liz_Jerome.jpg Watch a video preview() CityDance Ensemble was described as "Washington's preeminent modern dance company."〔The Washington Times, September 12, 2003〕 In 2003, the company was named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch". FilmWORKS was awarded the 2005 Washington, DC Mayor's Arts Award for Innovation in the Arts in January, 2006. The Washington Post praised the company in 2007, saying "finally, we have a home-grown modern dance company that can compete with the best." 〔"CityDance Celebrates," With Talent to the Corps" - the Washington Post, June 18, 2007, page C2.〕 CityDance Ensemble, the dance company, performed dances by choreographers from around the world. Using three signature series, the company kept both historic and cutting edge choreography on the stage throughout its concert season. The Legacy Series reconstructed great and significant works of modern dance from the first 100 years of modern dance's history. In 2007 the company was awarded a prestigious "American Masterpieces: Dance" grant by the New England Foundation for the Arts to re-stage "Folksay," a dance made in 1942 by the late Sophie Maslow. Set to a score by Woody Guthrie, "Folksay" is considered among the most significant modern dances of the period. CityDance has also staged "Dust Bowl Ballads," by Maslow. "Dust Bowl Ballads" reflects upon the American Experience during the 1930s dust bowl which swept through many parts of the American Midwest, causing the dust bowl migration made famous by John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath." Also in the Legacy Series canon is "Harmonica Breakdown" by Jane Dudley. A 1938 work set to the "Harmonica and Washboard Blues" by Sonny Terry and Oh Red, "Harmonica Breakdown" is 4 minute solo work. CityDance Ensemble operates a school for the study of dance. The CityDance Center at Strathmore is located in the state-of-the-art Music Center at Strathmore in suburban Maryland. CityDance is also the dance education partner at the prestigious Madeira School for Girls in McLean, Virginia, directing the dance education programming at Madeira. CityDance Community Programs is the company's education division, with extensive year-round after-school programs for children throughout the Washington, DC area. The program has a special emphasis on at-risk students in the District of Columbia, and partners with the NBA Washington Wizards, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation and others to bring the art and joy of dance, literacy and social skills to elementary and middle school children year-round. CityDance is also working aggressively towards becoming a "green" dance organization, focusing on reducing the company's carbon footprint, building awareness of climate issues, and partnering with other organizations both in the arts world and in government and industry to develop sustainable practices in its concerts, travels and daily operations. The company's lead partner in this effort is the World Wildlife Fund. CityDance is in partnership with many of the Washington areas leading arts organizations, including Washington Performing Arts, the Harman Center for the Arts, home of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, the Music Center at Strathmore, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Levine School of Music. These partnerships expand the opportunities for dance in the Washington area, and for collaborations between music and dance. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CityDance Ensemble」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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