Community
 

Summer 2008

Project: BECOMING

In addition to the bouroughs of NYC,
Project: BECOMING has expanded to  North Carolina To request an application
 send an email to projectbecoming@gmail.com

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Christal Brown represented INSPIRIT at Works in Motion, Bronx Council on the Arts monthly Bronx Culture Trolley.
  With performances at 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30; Brown entertained and educated visitors to the Bronx, home of INSPIRIT, a dance company.

For more information on the trolley tours visit: www.bronxarts.org

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March 20, 2008

    INSPIRIT at Urban Pathways

    This after dinner performance for a portion of NYC’s female homeless population

    Is an opportunity for the company to lift the spirit of women facing hardship.

    For more information visit www.urbanpathways.org

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Dancing into the Future w/
Brooklyn Academy of Music

In conjunction with INSPIRIT as the facilitating company, BAM is pleased to offer its new Dancing into the Future after-school program for high school students interested in dance and choreography.  Students will meet for 90 minutes twice a week from October through November to engage in movement-based studio labs and master classes with professional dancers and choreographers. This unique program will focus on various dance-making techniques, developing tools for movement analysis, and creating original choreography. The program will culminate in an informal performance featuring the original work of the students.

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Project:  BECOMING 2007

**Application deadline June 22nd! **
 

To request an application, please e-mail Alex Houston at info@inspiritdance.com

This year, with funding from Eileen Fisher and The Bronx Council on the Arts, INSPIRIT will host a week long session of Project: BECOMING for 10 young women in each of New York City’s five boroughs. 

In addition to each borough having its own closing ceremony, the culminating event will be a public appearance by the participants at INSPIRIT’s  “Art for All Festival” Saturday September 1, 2007 at the Bronx Museum of Art. The teens will have an opportunity to showcase their research and dance theater creation over the week long  workshop.

Project: BECOMING is a spin-off of INSPIRIT’s 2004 collaboration entitled BECOMING, which explored the evolution of the modern day woman.  As a company, we discovered that women of today deal with a many issues that relate to spirituality, health, relationships, education, beauty, and their careers.  Subsequently, at the end of our performance season we realized our artistic work had a greater platform, to cultivate young women into strong competent individuals not overly influenced by media, environment or societal pressures. Thus Project: BECOMING was born.

Unlike the performance centered company work, Project: BECOMING works in collaboration with teen girls from communities throughout the five boroughs.  The goal of these collaborations is to equip participants with the tools necessary to take independent steps toward their life goals. 

The Project: BECOMING curriculum affects an invaluable journey into womanhood, involving yoga, creative writing, dance, meditation, capoiera, and discussions on body image/fashion as well as diet and exercise.  

This program is free of charge to the 10 young women selected from each borough.  In addition, participants will receive metro cards, healthy snacks throughout the day, and supplies to continue their lessons beyond the program.

Due to the competitive nature of this program, attendance is mandatory.  Any lateness or absence is grounds for dismissal from the program.