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DESE Professional Development
DESE invites BPS Arts Specialists to participate in several professional development events. Please see attached and below for more details. The Arts Department is interested in identifying arts teachers from each discipline to attend the workshops being held on June 23, 24, 25. If you would like to attend these meetings or any of the other workshops, please reply to nprefontaine@bpsarts.org Learn more...

To register for any PD event, please visit mylearningplan.com or email Nicole at nprefontaine@bpsarts.org.

BPS District-Wide Dance Festival 2010
The BPS District-Wide Festival took place on Monday, May 10, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Boston Ballet, 19 Clarendon St. Boston.

Students participated in collaborative dance exercises, performed, and interacted with professional dance educators, dancers, and choreographers.

Participating Schools:
Edison K-8 School
Umana Middle School
Burke High School
English High School
Henderson Inclusion School

Urbanity Dance
Urbanity Dance is a Boston-based contemporary dance company entering its second full season. Its thirty company dancers come from strong technical backgrounds in dance, and aim to use their formal training to push boundaries and affect change. Community workshops celebrate accessibility to the arts, and Company performances are often a product of cross-disciplinary collaboration with other local musicians, fashion designers, even architects. In May 2009, the Company presented its first exclusive revue to sold-out crowds and favorable press. In March 2009, Urbanity Dance received international recognition as a member of the Conseil International de la Danse, the official umbrella organization for dance around the world. In 2010, their work on stage and in the community garnered support from institutions such as Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston Cultural Council and Boston Dance Alliance.

Boston Ballet Educational Series
Think about Boston Ballet for 2009/2010! Boston Ballet introduces the first ever educational series that brings together in-class studies with in-theater experiences. Make stories come alive! Go behind the scenes! Bring the ballet to your classroom! For more information call 617-456-6343. Read more...

Citydance is a scholarship dance program offered to third-grade students in the Boston Public Schools. Each fall, professional staff members from Boston Ballet provide lively workshops for more than 4,000 third-grade students. Those students who show a strong interest and natural aptitude for ballet are invited to Introduction to Ballet. Read more...

Introduction to Ballet is a ten-week course that invites Boston Public School students to the Boston Ballet studios in the South End to participate in a 90-minute dance class each week. Transportation to and from Boston Ballet is provided by the Boston Public School system, and classes, dancewear, and shoes are provided for all students enrolled. Read more...

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