DANCING THROUGH COLLEGE AND BEYOND Info Fair Open To The Public 10/3

"Dancing Through College and Beyond" this Sunday, October 3, 2010 is SRO - completely filled! To be held at The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center Plaza, 155 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023, this day is for students, parents and teachers to explore dance opportunities beyond high school. It is presented by Career Transition For Dancers, Dancewave, Dance/NYC and Pentacle with space generously provided by The Juilliard School. This is event is a part of Dance/NYC's College 4 Dancers and Dancewave's Kids Cafe Festival Goes to College. This is a full day of networking, information and panels to help high school students, teachers, and parents of students navigate dancing in college from applications through graduation. Free for all participants, the panels will bring together over 20 college admissions representatives, college professors, career counselors, alumni and even parents of dance program alums to give you their expert advice on how to get into the program that's right for you; make the most of all that the school has to offer and prepare for a successful career post-graduation. The Information Fair with representatives from colleges and universities from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm is OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC!

10:00 AM-11:15 AM Ice Breaker Movement Class for Students Taught by renown choreographers / faculty David Dorfman (Connecticut College) & David Neumann (Sarah Lawrence College)
Panel #1: Q & A Forum for Parents and Teachers
11:25 AM-12:40 PM Panel #2: Dancing in College When Your Parents Say NO! or
Panel #3: Maximizing Your Dance College Experience (Choose one panel to attend)
12:40 PM-1:40 PM Free Lunch
1:45 PM-3:00 PM Panel #4: Navigating the Transition from College to Real Life or
Panel #5: Application and Audition Tips (Choose one panel to attend)
3:00 PM-5:00 PM OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC - Information Fair with College Representatives
4:30 PM Door Prize Drawing

The confirmed participating schools in the Information Fair: The Ailey School / Fordham University; American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA); The Boston Conservatory; California Institute of the Arts; The College at Brockport, State University of New York; Connecticut College; Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts; Hofstra University; Indiana University Contemporary Dance; The Juilliard School; Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus; Long Island University, C.W. Campus; Marymount Manhattan College; Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University; Montclair State University; Dance Department, Purchase College, Conservatory of Dance; Tisch School of the Arts, New York University; Sarah Lawrence College; UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University at Buffalo; University of Florida; Webster University.

This is one-stop shopping to meet many representatives from top dance programs in and around New York City and the country. There will be door prizes, including tickets to the Broadway show FELA!; CTFD's 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee November 8th at New York City Center hosted by Angela Lansbury and other prizes TBA. To be added to the waitlist for the panel discussions, visit http://dancingthroughcollege.eventbrite.com/.

Career Transition For Dancers' mission is to enable dancers to define their career possibilities and develop the skills necessary to excel in a variety of disciplines. For more information, visit www.careertransition.org. Dance/NYC's mission is to strengthen professional dance in the five boroughs of New York City and to serve as spokesperson on behalf of the field to the media, to the nonprofit sector, to local and state government, and to the field itself. This is accomplished through three focus areas: advocacy, communications, and services to the field. Dance/NYC prides itself on supporting and nurturing the future of dance. For more information, visit www.dancenyc.org. Dancewave, Inc. is a nonprofit arts organization that offers unique exposure to world-class, pre-professional performing arts training to New York City youth. For more information, visit www.dancewave.org. Pentacle is a leading voice and resource for some of today's most exciting contemporary dance and performance artists. For over 35 years, our exemplary services and projects have empowered artists to do what they do best...create works of art. For more information, visit www.pentacle.org. Now going into its 59th season, the Juilliard Dance Division is a groundbreaking conservatory dance program whose faculty and alumni have changed the face of dance around the world. For more information, visit www.juilliard.edu.