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December 6, 2007

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Reminder! Miss Thang screens TONIGHT - Thursday in Harlem! 
 
The New York African Diaspora Film Festival 
(http://www.nyadff.org) 
presents the award winning HD feature, 
The Rise & Fall of Miss Thang. 
As a part of their Women's Indies Night, 
"Miss Thang" will be shown with the short documentary Gene 
Boy Came 
Home. 
After the screenings there will be a Q&A with the film's 
star, 
Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, and filmmaker Stacie E. Hawkins 
followed by a 
catered reception. The event will take 
place at the Schomburg Center in Harlem this Thursday 
December 6 at 
8:30pm. The Schomburg Center is located at 
135th street and Malcolm X Blvd in Manhattan. 
Tickets are $25 and can 
be purchased at the door or online 
(click special events and look for Women Indies Night). 
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?BevaId=144424 
 
The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang 
tells the story of a young Chicago woman who re-kindles her 
love for 
the art of tap dance. "Miss Thang" recently won the Best 
Feature 
Narrative Award at the International Black Film Festival of 
Nashville. 
The film stars Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, a world renowned 
tap dancer 
who made history when she became the first female dancer in 
Savion 
Glover's Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk on Broadway. 
http://www.myspace.com/missthangmovie 
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Dendê & Hahahaes 
Original Afro-Brazilian Music 
Saturday, December 8th 
8:30pm - 1:30am 
SOBs 
204 Varick Street (@ Houston) 
212-243-4940 
www.sobs.com 
Formed in 2002, Hãhãhães is named after the Indian tribe 
Pataxó-Hãhãhães that once inhabited the city of Salvador in 
Bahia, 
Brazil. Lead by master Afro-Brazilian percussionist Dendê, 
the beat is 
always central, but it is tempered by thought provoking 
lyrics and 
sweet melodies. Comprised of musicians of various 
backgrounds, the 
groups' diversity permeates its music with rhythms ranging 
from 
Nigerian Afrobeat to Brazilian Samba to Cuban Pilón. 
About Dendê 
A former member of Timbalada, Dendê has been performing 
professionally 
since the age of 14. With Timbalada, Dendê toured all over 
Brazil, 
Europe and Asia, appeared on various television shows and 
has performed 
and recorded with such artists as Marisa Monte, Gilberto 
Gil, Carlinhos 
Brown, Yvette Sangalo and Sepultura. Having left Brazil in 
2001, Dendê 
now lives in New York, performing and recording with his 
groups 
Hãhãhães, an Afro-Brazilian/Afro-Cuban band, Arrastão an 
Afro-Brazilian 
percussion band and Ologundê, an Afro-Brazilian folkloric 
music and 
dance group. With these groups he has toured all over the 
US and 
Europe. In addition to his own work, he has his performed 
and recorded 
with artists such as Mongo Santamaría, Jerry Gonzales, 
Daniel Moreno, 
Tico da Costa, Vinicius Cantuária and Alessandra Belloni. 
Dendê also 
teaches Afro-Brazilian percussion in the New York City 
area. 
 
The Band 
Dende: percussion and vocals 
Leslie: percussion and vocals 
Jean-Marie Collatin: percussion 
Adriano Santos: drums 
Kahil Ferraris: guitar 
Ze Grey: bass 
Miho Nobuzane: keyboard 
Ze Luis: sax and flute 
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Carnaval with Dendê in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil January 27 
 
February 10th, 2008 Experience Carnaval with Master 
Afro-Brazilian 
Percussionist Dendê 
 
Spend the week before Carnaval in intensive classes at the 
Office of 
Musical Investigation in Pelourinho, the historic center of 
Bahia. 
Then spend the week of Carnaval playing in bloco Kizumba 
and parading 
with bands like Ile Aiye, Timbalada, Olodum and Muzenza. 
Travelling 
with Dendê will give you access to a side of Carnaval that 
most 
tourists never see. If you love to drum or want to learn 
how, this is 
the way to experience Carnaval in Bahia!??A former member 
of 
Timbalada, Dendê has been performing professionally since 
the age of 
14. With Timbalada he toured all over Brazil, Europe and 
Asia, and has 
performed and recorded with such artists as Marisa Monte, 
Gilberto 
Gil, Carlinhos Brown, Yvette Sangalo and Sepultura. Having 
left Brazil 
in 2001, Dendê now lives in the US, performing with his 
groups 
Hãhãhães , Arrastão, Ologundê, and Samba de Tres. He has 
also 
performed with such notable artists as Giovanni Hidalgo, 
Zakir 
Hussain, Cheikh Tidiane Seck, Graham Haynes, Adam Rudolph, 
Daniel 
Moreno and many other exceptional musicians. He has been 
featured in 
performances with the Italian singer/percussionist 
Alessandra Belloni 
and has peformed internationally with Vinicius Cantuaria. 
Dendê also 
teaches Afro-Brazilian percussion classes in the New York 
City to both 
children and adults. 
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Lee Howard article in The Southtown Star by Courtney Greve! 
 
Check it out: 
 
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/greve/674922,120207chatter.article 
 
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A message from Crystal Chapman: 
 
YES! THE TAP FLOOR IS DONE! 
 
We will be back at Broadway Dance 
Center for tap classes. Thank you all so much for 
continuing to 
support my class while we were at Fazil's. I look forward 
to seeing 
you there. 
 
Also--look for schedule changes for my theatre dance class. 
 
Thanks again! 
Crystal Chapman 
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Tap Legacy Instrument and Finger Lakes Tap Dance Festival 
The Tap Legacy™ Instrument will be in the upcoming 23 
PRiME, Inc. 
production of "Where the Music Lives" directed and 
choreographed by 
Andrew J. Nemr and featuring CPD PLUS and a live SEVEN 
piece band. 
Held at the Julia Miles Theatre (NYC) January 9-13, 2008, 
for details 
visit wherethemusiclives.com 
 
Registration for the 2008 Finger Lakes Tap Dance Festival 
is now 
ONLINE. This year's festival will be held from March 
28-30, 2008 
featuring Dr. Jimmy Slyde, Dianne "Lady Di" Walker, 
Michelle Dorrance, 
Rocky Mendes, Andrew J. Nemr, and Baakari Wilder. 
 
For details visit: 
 
www.fingerlakestapfestival.com 
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NY! DEC. 6! HOUSE DANCE CHRISITIANS ( conference)! HAUS 
FRAUs from 
DENMARK! DANCE ALL NIGHT! 
 
PARTY PEOPLE, 
 
HOUSE DANCE CHRISTIANS ( a.k.a. COnference), is here this 
month to 
give people CHRIST (who says,' I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, 
and THE 
LIGHT!! Whoever believeth in me shall not perish, but have 
eternal 
lift!!). 
DANCING, MOSTLY, all night long, except for a short 
interlude by 
HAUS FRAUS who wants to perform for you all from DENMARK!! 
Come 
support. The name change ( HOUSE DANCE CHRISITIANS) is just 
to tell 
people how much I and some of the owners in the HDC love 
CHRIST!! If 
you love something else, believe in something else, still 
come down. 
Through him, and also LOVE is the way to get into heaven, 
says, 
JESUS!! Also, " We will all be judged the measure in which 
we judge ". 
This accounts for all beliefs. GOD creates and is in 
everything. 
LOVE ALL OF YOU and stay truly loving, tolerant of others 
that are 
still sinning against others while you are not and have 
realize the 
errors of your ways. Because when you were in sin against 
others, 
there were people who were tolerant of you. If you have to 
take a 
person 1 on 1 and tell them their errors of their ways, and 
listen to 
them as well. Have forgiveness, and try not to repeat what 
you hear. 
Passing what you hear, only passes sin to another's ear, 
and then 
makes a person assume about another person. Which does not 
give the 
person talked about any time to grow and change in the mind 
of the 
person that listened to the rumor said. Let's start to 
change. EVENT: 
HOUSE DANCE CHRISTIANS ( conference) DATE: DECEMBER 6, 2007 
PLACE: 
CLUB REMIX ADDRESS: 27 Park Place between Broadway and 
Church DJS: Qu 
and P-Funk ( House and House Classics) and DOC ( Hip-hop, 
Breaks, 
Funk, and Classics). PERFORMANCE: HAUS FRAUS from DENMARK ( 
10 minute 
show then DANCE ALL NIGHT!) THEME: DANCE ALL NIGHT!!!!! 
TIME: 10pm-4am 
PRICE: $12 without flyer/$10 with flyer HDC MOTTO TILL 
JANUARY IS 
DANCE ALL NIGHT!! NO SHOWS!! JUST DANCE with GUEST DJs in 
the next 
months!! Many Djs and more.......SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR 
JANUARY and MARCH 
HDC!! JANUARY will be a BBOY CONTEST with Judges: KEN 
SWIFT, HONEY 
ROCKWELL, and more TBA!! MARCH, my birthday party, WILL BE 
AN ALL OUT 
HOUSE EVENT!! ALL QUESTIONS ASKED!! THANKS CHENZO and 
JAZEREMOTE FOR 
GETTING BUSY ON THE WHEELS LAST CONFERENCE!! DEFINITELY 
BRINGING THEM 
BACK AGAIN!! www.myspace.com/housedanceconference (popular 
event for 
all dance styles) www.housedanceconference (home website of 
the event 
for basic info!! Site changing soon!) 
www.23prime.com/worldsoul. for 
bookings www.eliteforcecrew.com. for bookings 
www.kr3ts.com. for 
booking www.23prime.com. ( CPD PLUS) for bookings 
www.style2ouf.com ( 
french dance website for the world of urban dance) 
www.justedebout.com 
( french dance website for the world of urban dance) 
www.mrwiggleshiphop.net ( U.S. website for history of 
Funk,Hip-hop, 
and urban related dance styles) www.housedancer.com (U.S. 
website 
focusing on House culture) www.freetylesession.com (U.S. 
website/event 
focusing on Hip-hop and Funk styles culture) www.bboysummit 
( U.S. 
website/event focusing on Hip-hop and Funk styles culture) 
www.KR3ts 
(U.S. website/event/children foundation for kids in the 
Barrio!!) 
MONEY FOR THE THEATRE SHOW IN JULY WAS DONATED TO KR3ts ( 
KR3ts.com), 
and MUMATCHI; which is a new child foundation being created 
by a 
dancer named Natalie from France that lives here. This is 
to help 
teach kids in Nigeria, Africa about dance, education, and 
give them 
inspiration. She will be selling her T-SHIRTS at the coat 
check of the 
next House Dance Conferences. ALL SUPPORT!! BECAUSE THE 
MONEY GOES TO 
A GREAT CAUSE!! THANKS FOR ALL THAT SUPPORT; MENTALLY, 
PHYSICALLY, and 
SPIRITUALLY!! ' 
 
GOD BLESS ALL, SUPPORT EACH OTHER, and KEEP DANCING, 
 
Brian "Footwork" Green 
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DANCE?DEC. 21 + 22?FORCES OF NATURE DANCE THEATRE:? 
A Kwanzaa Celebration??"Salaam's Solo Seven" Seven 
outstanding solo 
works 
performed by seven exceptional dancers. In addition, see 
"Earth's 
Rites", an evening dedicated to the survival of Life on our 
sacred 
planet featuring Axis: Temples of Ice, a new work on global 
warming. 
Kulture Seed, a harvest ritual for urban life. 
 
http://harlemstage.org/SEASON/index.php?id=55 
 
http://harlemstage.org/SITE/tickets.php 
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STATIK ENT. PRESENTS: CHRISTMAS WITH 
PATTI LABELLE & FRIENDS LIVE IN NYC! 
SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2007 
@ UTOPIA'S PARADISE THEATER 
 
STATIK ENT. INVITES YOU TO A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVENT 
FEATURING 
LEGENDARY R&B/SOUL VOCALIST PATTI LABELLE. PATTI LABELLE IS 
THE 
ORIGINAL DIVA OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS. WITH A STRONG AND 
SOULFUL VOICE, 
SHE HAS BEEN A RECOGNIZABLE FIGURE IN THE MUSIC WORLD FOR 
OVER FORTY 
YEARS. THE TWO TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER IS TAKING HER FOUR 
OCTAVE 
VOICE ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND SHE IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE 
LEAPS AND 
BOUNDS THE WORLD OF RHYTHM AND BLUES HAS MADE SINCE HER 
START IN THE 
1960'S. SHE HAS RELEASED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN ALBUMS AND 
SOLD MILLIONS 
OF RECORDS WORLDWIDE AND IS DEEMED ONE OF THE GREATEST 
VOCALISTS IN 
THE HISTORY OF MUSIC. SOUL DIVA PATTI LABELLE ENJOYED ONE 
OF THE 
LONGEST-LIVED CAREERS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, NOTCHING HITS 
IN A 
VARIETY OF SOUNDS RANGING FROM GIRL GROUP POP TO SPACE AGE 
FUNK TO 
LUSH BALLADS. BORN PATRICIA HOLT IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1944, 
SHE GREW UP 
SINGING IN A LOCAL BAPTIST CHOIR, AND IN 1960 FORMED A 
GROUP CALLED 
THE ORDETTES. A YEAR LATER, FOLLOWING THE ADDITIONS OF 
VOCALISTS NONA 
HENDRYX AND SARAH DASH, THE GROUP WAS RECHRISTENED THE BLUE 
BELLES AND 
SCORED A TOP 20 POP AND R&B HIT IN 1962 WITH THE SINGLE "I 
SOLD MY 
HEART TO THE JUNKMAN," SUBSEQUENTLY HITTING THE CHARTS IN 
1964 WITH 
RENDITIONS OF "DANNY BOY" AND "YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE." BY 
1973, 
LABELLE HAD GONE GLAM, TAKING THE STAGE IN WILDLY 
THEATRICAL, 
FUTURISTIC COSTUMES; A YEAR LATER HER GROUP BECAME THE 
FIRST 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACT EVER TO APPEAR AT NEW YORK'S 
METROPOLITAN OPERA 
HOUSE, A LANDMARK PERFORMANCE THAT ALSO INTRODUCED THEIR 
LONE 
CHART-TOPPING SINGLE, THE FAMOUS CLASSIC "LADY MARMALADE." 
AFTER TWO 
MORE ALBUMS, LABELLE MOUNTED A SOLO CAREER, ISSUING HER 
EPONYMOUS 
DEBUT IN 1977. PATTI WENT ON TO SCORE NUMBER ONE R&B HITS 
IN 1983 AND 
ALSO REACHED THE POP TOP 20 WITH HER BEVERLY HILLS COP 
SOUNDTRACK 
CONTRIBUTION "NEW ATTITUDE." HER 1986'S "THE WINNER IN YOU" 
WENT 
PLATINUM AND SHE FOLLOWED IT UP WITH 1989'S BE YOURSELF 
WORKING 
ALONGSIDE ROCK LEGEND, PRINCE. LABELLE'S CAREER EVOLVED IN 
THE NEXT 
MILLENIUM AS SHE RECORDED DUETS WITH MARY J. BLIGE, ELTON 
JOHN, AND 
RELEASED NUMEROUS WORKS AS WELL AS BOOKS. PATTI LABELLE IS 
KNOWN FOR 
A VOICE THAT PRACTICALLY DEFINES THE R&B GENRE. LONG 
RECOGNIZED FOR 
HER GOSPEL-FLAVORED SOUL, SHE IS NOW OUT ON THE ROAD 
PERFORMING THE 
HITS THAT MADE HER A LEGEND. PATTI LABELLE CONCERT TICKETS 
ARE A GREAT 
GET FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES R&B AND SOUL, AND MS. LABELLE IS 
KNOWN TO 
NEVER DISAPPOINT HER AUDIENCE WITH HER ENERGETIC AND 
ENGAGING 
PERFORMANCES. LABELLE HAS BEEN PLAYING TO HER LOYAL LEGION 
OF FANS FOR 
OVER 40 YEARS, AND PATTI LABELLE TICKETS WILL BE A LIVING 
TRIBUTE TO 
HER MUSICAL LONGEVITY. SHE'S PERFORMED LIVE AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE, 
CARNEGIE HALL, AND JUST ABOUT EVERY WORLD-CLASS VENUE ONE 
CAN NAME. 
NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AND FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, 
EVERYONE'S 
FAVORITE R&B LEGEND IS COMING TO THE BIG APPLE! SO, GET 
READY FOR A 
NIGHT PACKED WITH EXCITEMENT AND SURPRISES AS THIS SOUL 
DIVA TAKES TO 
THE STAGE LIVE AT THE BRONX IN UTOPIA'S PARADISE THEATER! 
 
UTOPIA'S PARADISE THEATER < 2413 GRAND CONCOURSE BTWN 187TH 
& 188TH 
STREET BRONX, NY 10468 FOR TICKET INFORMATION: 
WWW.TICKETMASTER.COM 
V.I.P. - $100 ORCHESTRA - $85 MEZZANINE - $75, $65 TO BUY 
TICKETS 
UPFRONT AND NO WAIT CONTACT SK STEVE : 
STATIKSTEVE@GMAIL.COM FOR MORE 
INFO GO TO: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/PATTILABELLELIVE 
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AILEY NEWS: 
 
Finis offers a new level at a new time on Sundays:  
 
Beginning Ballet  
will replace  
Absolute Beginner Ballet at a new time. 
 
12:30–2pm Sundays 
 
For those of you who wanted a slightly more  
advanced level with Finis Jhung.  
 
Join us on Sundays and don’t forget about  
Finis’ Absolute Beginner Classes on  
Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30pm! 
 
Space is limited!  
Sign up today for this yoga workshop created specifically 
for professional dancers. 
 
Monday, December 10, 2007 
6:30-8:30PM 
Enhance your performance and prevent injury through the 
benefits of yoga taught by OM yoga instructor and 
professional dancer  
Shila Tirabassi. 
 
$20 per person 
 
Call 212-405-9500 or 
 
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! 
 
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER  
The Joan Weill Center for Dance 
405 West 55th Street (at 9th Avenue) 
New York, NY 10019 
(212) 405-9500 
 
www.alvinailey.org  
 
www.myspace.com/aaadt www.youtube.com/aileyorganization 
 
To learn more about Ailey's new season  
call AileyConnect: (212) 514-0010 
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Barcelona Dance Award Competition 2008 
 
DANCE SEASON 2008: IT'S TIME TO DANCE!! 
 
BARCELONA DANCE AWARD & DANCE GRAND PRIX ITALIA: 
where EVERYBODY is UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT! 
 
DANCE, COMPETE, PERFORM: 
LIVE a GREAT THEATRICAL ADVENTURE 
WITH DANCERS from ALL OVER THE WORLD!! 
 
 
Just fill in the form, and you will receive the new 
brochures and posters for the DANCE SEASON 2008!!! 
 
 
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OPPORTUNITY: 
 
Plus Size Productions Casting for Two Stage Plays (Chicago) 
$$$ 
 
Thank you Eugene Parker, Melody Oates, Katherine Lofton 
sharing... 
PlusSize Productions Casting for Two Stage Plays, Saturday 
- 12/08/07 
Reply to: plussizeaudition@aol.com 
Date: 2007-12-01, 2:07PM CST 
 
 
Open Casting Call 
 
Plus Size Productions (Last Stage Play: The Grass Ain't 
Greener - 
August-September 2007) is seeking an ethnically diverse 
cast of 
actors\actresses for two new non-equity comedic\dramatic 
stage plays 
in its 2008 season at the Jacob Carruthers Center in 
Chicago. The Play 
Titles are: He Ain't Cheatin', She is and Jezebel Ain't 
Dead. 
 
ALL TYPES ARE ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION, short, tall, large, 
slim, etc. 
There is a role for every type. 
 
You may submit Headshot and Resume to: 
plussizeaudition@aol.com 
 
Or 
 
You can bring them with you to the audition. Auditions will 
take place 
in order of arrival. 
 
No need to prepare any monologues. The audition will 
consist of cold 
reading from the script. 
 
Breakdown of Roles for: He Ain't Cheatin', She is 
 
Female (African American) (late 20s - mid 30s) 
Female (Any) (late 20s - mid 30s) 
Female (African American) (late 30s) 
Female (African American) (late 20s-mid 40s) 
Male (African American) (late 20s - mid 30s) 
Male (African American) (mid - late 30s) 
Male (Caucasian or Latino) (late 20s - late 30s) 
 
Breakdown of Roles for: Jezebel Ain't Dead 
 
Female (African American) (late 20s - mid 30s) 
Female (Any) (30s) 
Female (Caucasian, Native American or Latino) (mid - late 
20s) 
Female (African American) (mid - late 20s) 
Female (African American) (late 30s) 
Male (Any) (early - mid 20s) 
Male (African American) (late 20s - mid 30s) 
Male (African American) (mid - late 30s) 
 
AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD: 
WHERE: Irving Park YMCA, 4251 W. Irving Park (Common Room) 
(Chicago, 
Illinois) 
WHEN: December 8, 2007 
TIME: 9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. 
 
REHEARSALS AND SHOWS ARE PAID. 
 
ALSO IN NEED OF TWO LIGHT AND SOUND TECHNICIANS. REHEARSALS 
AND SHOWS 
ARE PAID. 
 
Any questions, comments or concerns can be emailed to: 
plussizeaudition@aol.com 
 
We look forward to seeing you there!!! 
 
Location: Chicago 
Compensation: $80.00 - $90.00 Stipend 
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www.divinerhythmproductions.com 
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