13-14 May 2011, Fri-Sat at 8:00 pm.
South Dallas Cultural Center

$10 Admission
$5 Students & Seniors

ARGA NOVA DANCE and the South Dallas Cultural Center invite you to the tenth annual South Dallas Dance Festival, Ten!
The several events included in the festival will be held on Fri-Sun, 12-14 November 2010, at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave., Dallas TX 75210.
 
Planned events will include performances by several companies; a Praise Dance showcase; master classes withLe’Von Campbell;and an award to Susan Savarese for her contributions to Black Dance.  Other events planned include a film and a reception.

Performances - Fri & Sat, 12 & 13 November, at 8:00 pm; Sun, 14 November at 3:00 pm
Admission: $10.00; Seniors, Students, Members of Star System and Dance Council of North Texas - $5.00
Please see schedule below for other events.

SDDF 10 is supported in part by the South Dallas Cultural Center, City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, the James and Gayle Halperin Foundation, the Star System of donors to ARGA NOVA DANCE.

For further information, please e-mail Loris at sddf2020@yahoo.com or call 214-886-2321.  www.BecklesDancingCompany.org

Le`Von Campbell
A native of Chicago, IL, Le`Von began his professional dance training when he received a scholarship to join the Dance theatre of Harlem as a trainee for the company. After much hard work, Mr. Campbell soon left the Dance theatre of Harlem and became a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre second company. Always striving to move forward, Mr. Campbell soon joined George Faison’s Universal Dance Experience.
Dance Credits include The Katherine Dunham Dance Company, Morris Donaldson Dance Company, Rhondo Dance Theatre, Disney on Parade, Gene Marriancio Dance Company, Bryant Ballet, and Sesame Street Live.
Mr. Campbell’s Broadway and National touring include: “The Wiz” with Stephanie Mills, “Raisen” with Virginia Capers, ‘Timbuktu” with the late Ertha Kitt, “ Pal Joey 78” with the late Lena Horne, and Donald McKayle’s “Evolution of the Blues”. Le`Von was also featured in the Opera Enscolto and Amistad.
Over the past decade Mr. Campbell has shared his gift of Dance with several local dance companies in the Dallas Fort Worth area, Dallas Independent School District, Ardmore, Oklahoma School District, and the Atlanta Public School System. Le`Von also served as Ballet Master for Happy Nia Dance Theatre, Membership Coordinator for the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and Associate Artistic Director , Company Touring Manger for the Renowned Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Currently LeVon serves as Company Manager, Massage Therapist for the Atlanta Dance Connection.

Susan Savarese is a graduate of Rutgers University (BA in dance) and
Texas Woman’s University (MFA – choreography and related arts).  She has been teaching for over twenty years, fifteen years in Dallas ISD.  Mrs. Savarese loves to teach students a love for dance that will hopefully open windows to bright futures.

Participating companies are:

• A Dance Expression
• Beckles Dancing Company
• Carver Dance Ensemble
• Dallas Black Dance Theatre II
• Exhibit Dance Collective
• Jennifer Hobson
• Terrance M. Johnson
• Nile Jones
• Mary Lois School of Dance - Performing Company
• Tina Mullone
• O. P. T. Crew / Orizon
• Phase 2 Dance Ensemble / Lacreacia Sanders
• Second Generation Dance Company (from Houston)
• SDDF Scholarship 2010 Recipient Niesha Smith
• The Hockaday School Dance Department
• VerSoulGanic
• W. E. Greiner Dance Company

On Sunday - The Art of Praise Dance

• For His Glory Dance Ministry
• Jubilee UMC Praise In Motion
• Ordered Steps Productions
• Second Generation Dance Company
• W. E. Greiner Dance Company

13 & 14 November, Fri & Sat at 8:00 pm
15 November, Sunday at 3:00 pm

Planned events will include performances by several companies; a Praise Dance showcase; master classes with Michelle Gibson; and an award to contributors to Black Dance.  Other events planned include a film and a reception.

Friday, 18 September at 6:00 p.m.
at
South Dallas Cultural Center
3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave., Dallas TX 75210

Mr. Beckles is looking for professional caliber male and female dancers for upcoming engagements. The audition format will be a warm-up by Mr. Beckles and then dancers will learn phrases from repertory. Please come early to register and warm up. The style of dance is a mix of Ballet, Modern Dance, Jazz Dance and other influences.

Rehearsals are Wednesday and Friday 5:00-8:00 pm.

Beckles Dancing Company (BDC / “Dancing” is our middle name!), is a company based in Dallas. Founded in 1995 by André R. George, it showcases the wonderful talent growing in the area, and reaches a variety of audiences. Loris Anthony Beckles, Artistic Director and resident choreographer, is an award-winning choreographer who has danced with several New York companies and has had works in the repertoires of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble and Dallas Black
Dance Theatre’s Choreographer’s Choice, among others.

For further information, please e-mail: arganovadance_21c@yahoo.com or call: 214-886-2321.

Post Office Box 132865 Dallas TX 75313

Supported by City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, the James and Gayle Halperin Foundation, Etta’s Dance Expression, Star System / donations to ARGA NOVA DANCE.

All dates and times are subject to change.

Beckles Dancing Company .. arganovadance_21c@yahoo.com / 214-559-3993
Sammons Center for the Arts, 3630 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas TX 75219

Photos by: Michael Mc Curley