Class Act Dance Troupe Performs Variety Of Pieces Sunday
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Class Act Dance Troupe will perform Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Lakeview Middle School Auditorium. Tickets may be purchased at the door or at Debra Collier’s School of Dance, or call 574-267-7055. The dance company will perform a variety of pieces, including three by Chicago-based choreographer Jeremy Plummer. The performance will also include performances by Dance Etc. from Debra Collier’s School of Dance. CADT is a non-profit performing company created in 1986 to provide students with additional opportunities to use their dance training and develop their abilities through the creative outlets of performance events and community involvement. The troupe includes students ranging in age from 8 to 18. CADT competes on the local, regional and national levels and has performed for such events as Walt Disney World’s Magic Music Days, the Legacy program in New York City and for the Harlem Globetrotters. CADT also performs for many local events including Warsaw’s First Fridays, the Cruisin’ Hoosiers’ Car Show benefitting Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Kosciusko County Fair’s Kiddie Day. Each season CADT joins the students of Debra Collier’s School of Dance as they host “Bring-A-Friend” Week in honor of National Dance Week, April 23-27. The event is held annually to raise public awareness to the benefits of dance. Annual auditions are held for CADT each spring and members rehearse each Saturday throughout the school year, as well as continue year-round training through the studio. Members added additional rehearsal hours this past season as they prepared to present the studio’s annual Christmas performance, “An Enchanted Christmas.”“We enjoyed watching our dancers take their performance skills to another level by not only performing routines but portraying characters and responding to the narration to convey an entire story to the audience,” CADT Director Kristina Crane explained. Fellow director Courtney Brown said, “CADT has always offered opportunities to our members that you cannot find elsewhere in our area and ‘An Enchanted Christmas’ adds wonderful new challenges for our dancers.” For more information regarding the troupe or to schedule a performance, contact Tammy Seibold at the number listed above or visit the website at collierdance.com
