Celebrating Youth! - Performers
• Black Star Drumline & Bateria Estrelha Preta -The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County Black Star Drumline program was formed in 2004 and continues to grow. We have performed for various events throughout the community. Our mission is to inspire and enable allyoung people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. We have two facilities serving Dane County, our South Madison branch and our Allied Family Center in Fitchburg. We serve members aged 7-18. Please visit us at www.bgcdc.org.
• EMCC Mad Town Breakers
• Girl Scouts of America - Badgerland Council
•Hip Hop 360
• Hua Mulan Chinese and World Fusion Dance - Hua Mulan Chinese & World Fusion Dance performs and fuses classical Chinese dance with other traditional cultural dances such as Indian Bharatanatyam; flamenco and Bollywood. The choreographers also combine different types of Chinese dance together for very refreshing and innovative combinations. In fact, by seeing Chinese culture through dance in different forms, one’s idea of what really is Chinese can be transformed. If you are interested in taking dance classes with Hua MuLan, or booking Hua MuLan for your show, please visit our website: www.huamulandance.com for more details.
• Kanopy Dance
• Madison Professional Dance Center
• Meadowood Elite Dancers - The Meadowood Elite Team is comprised of 10 middle school youth from Toki Middle School. This is the second year this group has danced together. The team is coached by Faith Stevenson, who started working at MSCR as a Junior Leader while in high school. She is now a Senior at UW-Whitewater majoring in English Education. The Meadowood Elite team practices at the Meadowood Neighborhood Center on Madison’s southwest side. The Center has been managed by Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) since its opening on February 23, 2009.
• Meenakshi Ganesan and the Kalaanjali School of Indian Dance - The Kalaanjali school of Indian Dance is directed by Meenakshi Ganesan in an effort to propagate Bharatanatyam – Indian Classical Dance form through various outreach programs, workshops, seminars, fund raisers etc. The Kalaanjali dancers as young as 5 years to adults have performed in various multicultural and collaborative performances in Wisconsin and other cities of the US, including various preschools, elementary, middle and high schools and Universities of WI. Meenakshi and the dancers have been appreciated by the press and public for their quality and presentation. Please visit www.kalaanjali.com for further information on classes, shows and colorful pictures of the young dancers.
• Trinity Irish Dancers
• Yonim Israeli Folk Dance Troupe - Yonim (Hebrew meaning doves, peace) is Madison's Israeli Folk Dance Troupe. Dancers share their enthusiasm for Israeli Folk Dance and have fun while developing coordination, improving self esteem and learning to respect each other. Yonim members perform each season in Madison and around the Midwest. Their performances include major local Jewish Community celebrations and several other special regional events such as Chagigah Folk Dance Camp a OSRUI, Celebrating Youth!, International Folk Ball, Mit's Israeli Folk Dance Festival, and the Israeli Folk Dance Festival in New York. Any child K-12 who wants to dance and have fun may participate in Yonim. Israeli Dance is a wonderful, culturally rich experience for both Jews and non-Jews alike. Shalom! Visit www.Yonim.org for information. Your feet can learn the steps, but only your spirit can dance!
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