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SAVE THE DATES! International Dance Festival@Silicon Valley

SAVE THE DATES! November 7-11- The Full Week of Dance© & November 12 & 13 – The Full Days of Dance© For the best dance experiences of the year. It’s the 11th Annual IDT@SV Full Days of Dance© offer classes Sat., the 12th & Sun., the 13th. All Full Days’ classes are FREE. ALL CLASSES ARE ON ZOOM. DID YOU NOTICE? ALL FULL DAYS’ CLASSES ARE FREE!!!

FULL DAYS OF DANCE© SCHEDULE. ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC TIME. WATCH THIS PAGE FOR CLASS ADDITIONS OR CHANGES. You may take 1, all or any number of classes. Registration info below.

Festival Artists: (L) Audreyanne Delgado Covarrubias; (R) Annie Wilson

Saturday: 9:00 A.M. Pilates Mat with Audreyanne Delgado Covarrubias // 10:15 a.m. Jazz & Samba with Annie Wilson// 11:30 a.m. Ballet Adult Ballet with Leslie Friedman// 1:00 p.m. Line Dances with Etta Walton// 2:15 p.m. Tap with Audreyanne Delgado Covarrubias

Sunday: 1:00 p.m. Mime with Megan Ivey Rohrbacher// 2:15 p.m. Physical Comedy with Megan Ivey Rohrbacher

FULL WEEK OF DANCE© Each class is ONLY $5. Times are listed in PACIFIC TIME. You may take 1, any number of classes, or all of each style offered. Please register, see below.

Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. Pilates Mat with Audreyanne Delgado Covarrubias// Monday & Wednesday, 2 p.m. Line Dances with Etta Walton//Wednesday & Thursday, 1:00 p.m. Tap with Megan Ivey Rohrbacher// Tuesday & Thursday, 4 p.m. Repertory with Leslie Friedman// Festival Artists: (L) Etta Walton; (R) Megan Ivey Rohrbacher

Lively Foundation Artistic Director Leslie Friedman

TO REGISTER: Please let us know which classes you want to take, even if they are all on the Full Days of Dance© schedule and FREE. We send the Zoom codes to registered participants closer to the Festival dates.

You may register by sending us an email &/or mail us a check(address below) or by going to the landing page of this blog, scrolling down the page to find the PayPal logo, and clicking on that.

Since the fee for Full Week of Dance© classes is only $5 per class, we respectfully request that you add $1.00 to help us cover the PayPal charges (yes, they charge service fees for non-profits, too).

livelyfoundation@sbcglobal.net// The Lively Foundation/550 Mountain View Ave./Mountain View, CA/94041-1941

JOIN THE DANCE! We’re eager to see you and dance with you!!!

FULL DAY OF DANCE© CLASS SCHEDULE NOW!!

The Full Day of Dance© is the BEST way to do something you love and try something new. Five classes: all open to mixed levels, each one hour long, fifteen minute break between each class. You may take one or any number of classes. BEST DEAL & MOST FUN: TAKE THEM ALL!Audreyanne Delgado Covarrubias: extraordinary Tap artist teaches Tap on Full Day of Dance© Saturday, May 19, 1:15 – 2:15 p.m.

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 Ballet ( mixed levels, no pointe work, all adults welcome, ages 15 & up & up) 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 Pilates mat (please bring a mat or towel, good for Pilates fans & newcomers

Etta Walton leads the audience in her Electric Line Dances. Take her amazing class, Saturday, May 18, 2:30-3:30

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Tap (If you have tap shoes, that’s great; if not, wear shoes that will stay on.) 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Etta’s Electric Lines (This is a wonderful class for all ages and all dance levels) 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. Ballroom (Waltz & Cha Cha; no partner? no problem. Partners are provided).

REGISTER NOW & receive Early Bird rates. EB rates end one month before the event. Class costs: Price per class reduces with each added class. Early Bird registration: $20 single,$36 for 2; $48 for 3; $56 for 4; $60 for all five; Regular registration: $25 single; $40 for 2; $54 for 3; $64 for 4; $70 for all five. Please send a check made out to The Lively Foundation to: The Lively Foundation, 550 Mountain View Ave, Mountain View, CA 94041-1941 OR pay at the door (no Early Bird at the door) OR go to the landing page of this blog (livelyfoundation.org), scroll down until you see the DONATE sign. Click on that and follow directions for using PayPal. PLEASE IF you pay through PayPal notify us through email that you are doing that and which classes you want to take. THANK YOU! See you on March 18 for a great day of dance!

Contact livelyfoundation@sbcglobal.net with any questions.

Ballet for Adults: Great New Class!

The Lively Foundation is proud to announce a new class, Adult Ballet. The class meets at 7 p.m. at 890 Church St., the Mountain View Masonic Center, Mountain View, CA. The class will be taught by Leslie Friedman. Dr. Friedman, Artistic Director of The Lively Foundation, has experience teaching professional dancers and beginners. She taught the Ballet Rambert, London, England; national ballets of Poland, the Cairo National Ballet, and dancers at the three Chinese ballets/academies in Beijing, Shenyang, and Shanghai, among others. She focuses on good technique to protect your body and the love of movement. Her goal is for everyone of whatever experience and training to enjoy themselves dancing.

Dr. Friedman has performed to great acclaim around the world. The US State Dept. sponsored her tours with host countries in India, Russia, China, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Poland, and many other countries.

The class meets Tuesday evenings, 7:00-8:15. Dancers may buy a 10 class class card for $130 or drop in for $15 per class. There must be 4 class card holders to keep going.

For more information, please email livelyfoundation@sbcglobal.net or call 650/969-4110.

Conference of Birds at the Mexican Heritage Theater, 9/9-911

An exciting dance theater event opens this Friday, September 9, at the Mexican Heritage Theater, and runs for four performances through the weekend. It is a grand program drawing on the skills of ten different dance traditions to tell its story. The cast includes fifteen actors and thirty dancers.The performance is presented by Sangam Arts and EnActe. Its artistic director, Antara Bhardwaj, has been at work on the project for nearly two years. The mission of the producers and directors is to promote multicultural understanding through the arts.

The story is based on the work of 12th century Persian poet, Farid ud-Din Attar. It is about the quest of humanity for understanding of the world and god and humanity’s place in relationship to it. Playwrights Jean Claude Carriere and Peter Brook first adapted it to the modern stage. The production team for this event includes Production Head Usha Srinivasan, Director Vinita Belani, Dance & Music Director Antara Bhardwaj, Composer Randy Armstrong.

Dance styles include Ballet, Bharatanatyam, Aztec, Afro-Brazilian, Chinese, Folklorico, Hula, Persian, Kathak, Odissi, Belly Dance.

Tickets are available now. Visit facebook/sangamartsorg and enacte.org/production/the-conference-of-the-birds Performances are Friday afternoon, Sept. 9 for schools; Friday evening at 8 p.m.; Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. & evening at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinee at 4 p.m. This promises to be an extraordinary theater event.

EnActe Photos: Antara Bhardwaj dancing Kathak, Folklorico dancers