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CityDances mission is toadvance the art o proessionaldance perormance andeducation in the Washingtonmetropolitan area by reachingout to the community, intothe studio and onto theproessional stage.

Michaela DePrince o Dutch National Ballet, Joseph Phillips o American Ballet Theatre,Rasta Thomas, Artistic Director o Bad Boys o Dance, lead the 2013 Gala cast in bows.

presenting todays best dancetraining tomorrows proessionals

teaching in our communities

CITYDANCE ONS TAGE

presenting and producingproessional dance at venues

across the D.C. metropolitan area

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training young dancers orproessional careers

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CITYDANCE ONSTAGE

CityDance Onstage, an annual perormance series, bringsoutstanding dance to D.C. Metropolitan area stages. WithOnStage, CityDance presents national and internationalcompanies at the regions most prestigious perormancevenues; supports emerging choreographers, local andbeyond; and provides unparalleled opportunities or ourstudents to work and perorm with proessional artists.

CD WPAS pdancetheatreofharlem - Featuring students from CityDance School & Conservatory

October 17 (8pm*) October 18 (8pm) October 19 (2pm* & 8pm)Sidney Harman Hall Tickets: $30-65. Students: $20.

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January 18 (8pm) January 19 (4pm)CityDance Studio Theater at Strathmore Tickets: $25.

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March 15 (8pm)CityDance Studio Theater at Strathmore Tickets: $20.

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- Featuring CityDance Conservatory StudentsMarch 21 (8pm) March 22 (8pm)Lansburgh Theatre Tickets: $30.

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s .j . ewingand dancersin trappedhappiness

April 16 (8pm) April 17 (8pm)CityDance Studio Theater at Strathmore Tickets $20.

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April 25 (8pm) April 26 (8pm)The George Washington University Lisner Auditorium Tickets: $28-48.

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M 10 (7)Lincoln Theatre Tickets: $20, $35, VIP: $150.

2013-14 SEASON SCHEDULE

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CD S & C 600 , 4 19,with high-level dance training including the CityDance Conservatory, anintensive pre-proessional training program that prepares young dancers orproessional careers.

Bringing together leading modern and contemporary techniques with a ballet V , CD the next generation o dance perormers and innovators. Located at the Music Centerat Strathmore, and now with a ourth studio at the nearby The Academy o the HolyCross, close to 100 classes are taught each week in beautiul, large, light-lled studios.

CityDances aculty consists o highly trained teachers, choreographers and coaches.Through the Guest Artist Program, CityDance brings proessional dance artists andcompanies rom around the world to the school each year. They lead master classes,teach proessional-level choreography, create new repertory and perorm with andor conservatory students in a wide range o genres, including contemporary, ballet,jazz, hip hop, Bollywood, Sri Lankan and Aro-Fusion.

Conservatory students perorm requently in CityDances Studio Theater at Strathmoreas well as at larger area venues. Students have been accepted into prestigious summerdance programs such as Bolshoi, ABT, Jacobs Pillow, and universities including AlvinA/F, SUNY/P, P P, A K/LINES BFA, NYU-T So the Arts and Juilliard.

SCHOOL & CONSERVATORY

2013-2014 PERfORMANCES

holidayperformance: the snowqueen

December 21 (1pm /6pm)CityDance Studio Theater at Strathmore Tickets: $20.

citydance atthe phillipscollection

F 13 (7)Phillips Collection Tickets: $20.

springperformance: creatingthe magic

March 1 (7:30 pm) March 2 (2pm / 6:30 pm)CityDance Studio Theater at Strathmore Tickets: $25 / Students: $20.

koreshdancecompany - Co-Presented by WPASFeaturing CityDance Conservatory Students

March 21 (8pm) March 22 (8pm)L T.

children & youthconcert

June 15, 2014 (1 pm)Music Center at Strathmore Concert Hall Tickets: $20.

conservatorydancersin concert

June 16, 2014 (7:30 pm)Music Center at Strathmore Concert Hall Tickets: $20.

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CityDance Community Programs are ofered at over 30 community-basedsites in the regions most under-resourced neighborhoods providing reeperormances, in-school and ater-school programs, and summer camps to 5,000 .

DREAMAs the arts become less accessible in our schools, DREAM reaches into ourneighborhoods, giving back to our students what is undamental to any childsuture- experience and participation in the arts.

Now in its tenth year, the our-hour a week ater-school program is ofered to120 students in grades third to eighth at six DC public schools. DREAM employsthe principles o Advancing Youth Development a nationally recognized modelor instilling youth with the skills necessary or success in lie. Students takeeld trips to proessional perormances; receive over 100 hours o danceinstruction in multiple genres; perorm at a Washington Wizards hal-time; andproduce and choreograph their own end o year perormance highlightingtheir community service projects.

The DREAM Alumni program provides graduates o the DREAM programopportunities to mentor younger students; scholarships or continued dancestudy; and additional perormance opportunities.

ReachDCThrough partnerships with organizations across the metropolitan area, ReachDCexpands CityDances connection to the larger community. ReachDCs programmingranges rom perormances in a vast array o genres to arts-integration residencies,summer camps, ater-school programs, and eld-trips.

ReachDC partners include: Boys And Girls Club, DC Department o Parks &

R, DC P S, DEA Y D P, KIPP DC CSchools, Montgomery County Department o recreation, the sitar arts center,springboard ater-school, washington perorming arts society

2013 nalist or the Presidents National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award2010 winner DC Mayors Arts Awards or Outstanding Contribution to Arts

COMMUNITYPROGRAMS

2014 COMMUNITYPROGRAMSPERfORMANCES

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F 22O 100 DREAM Verizon Center 601 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20004

dreamyearendcelebration

M 11D S CDA G Lincoln Theatre 1215 U Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20009

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karenthomas , chairman

emilylenzner , vicechair

kaykendall , secretary

margaret (marcy) butler , treasurer

abrielleanderson

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alexandra nowakowski , ex-officio

bOARD OfDIRECTORS

The Brazil Project, a two-week summer intensive, gives Conservatory dancersthe exclusive opportunity to experience a cultural exchange in Rio de Janeiro.

Join our mailing list by emailing [email protected] with your name andaddress to learn more about participating in programs like this.

wEDLIkETOTHANkOURMAjORSPONSORS

The Bender Foundation Susan Burt The Morris and Gwendolyn

Caritz Foundation Clark Charitable Trust Clark-Winchcole Foundation The Commonweal

Foundation Dallas Coors Morse

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Foundation The Harman Family

Foundation Jasons Deli The Trawick Foundation

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I F f 2011, CD P I II f -j f (S 405) MCenter at Strathmore into a dual-purpose space: proessional dance studio-- -f-- BBx --. I ,, , S 405 and best practices o sustainable theatrical elements. The studio is nowully unctioning, intimate, afordable and visually stunning a rarecombination. Building this theater is helping CityDance to accomplish itsmission o providing the highest quality contemporary dance perormanceand education programs in the region, while simultaneously creatinga space that will benet generations o Montgomery County students,artists and audience members alike.

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