Baltimore County, MD smARTS, 31 Jan 2017

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From YouTube: Dancer and Candice Webster

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Enjoy a performance by Towson University Community Dance

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There's a vibrant dance scene in baltimore county., so please enjoy this performance by margaret king from towson university community dance.

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What a lovely performance! with me now is: the studio is candice webster,, who directs towson university community dance.

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good to see you!. Thank you for having me. well. Can you give me a quick overview of towson university community dance??

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Absolutely., we are the community arm of the department of dance for towson university.

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And our mission is the same as the mission of the department of dance:.

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Dancing for a lifetime. and there's no more clearer vision than that.. We offer dance classes starting at age, three, all the way to 66 plus.

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okay., all right. ( laughing ).

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I think I'm on the other end of that spectrum., how does dancing help nurture the creative spirit?.

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It enables dancers, and just people in life.

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To express what they're feeling inside,.

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What may be happening in their own day-to-day life.

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That they need to maybe evoke out into a more creative atmosphere.

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And it also enlivens them with an opportunity.

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To really express who they are as an individual.

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So, community dance, one typically thinks "non-professional,".

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But you do have obviously professional instructors,.

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But as well, some partnerships or collaborations. tell us about that.

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Within our community dance program,, we have a very special program called our pre-collegiate program.

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And this is very elite, intensive program for high schoolers.

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And within that, they have day-to-day ongoing practices.

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With our tu faculty,, as well as guest artists within the field.

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Well, let's talk about those guest artists, that being philadanco.

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Absolutely. we have a partnership with the gordon center,.

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Which we are very, very happy to announce that this is our third year.

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That we've been working with professional companies that they bring in.

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And those artists come in for a week,. They work with our high school students,.

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Teaching them life skills about what's--, best practices in the studio,.

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But what best practices in the life as a professional, dancer.

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And we'll all be able to enjoy that at the dance celebration.

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Quickly, in the few seconds we have left, tell us about that.

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Absolutely., our students will be the opening act for philadanco in february, february 25th.

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Within those best practices that they've been learning and being guided,, they will now--.

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And if you were to describe philadanco, it is...

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powerful., yeah., powerful., wonderful, dance group from philadelphia. absolutely., based mostly on african-american...

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Dancers, and their life experiences.

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And bringing that to the stage and to our audience.

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Terrific. well,, thank you so much.. I wish we had more time to talk, candice webster. thank you. thanks.