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ANNUAL “DANCE IS FOR EVERY BODY!” ANNUAL “DANCE IS FOR EVERY BODY!” Showcases-November 7, 8 & 14 Showcases-November 7, 8 & 14 Saturday, November 7, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, November 8, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library, main Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library, main 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Christine Moore and the Figure 8’s The Big Noise/ Gene GeBauer Airborne Dance, Nutty Nutcracker excerpts TNT Taiko/ A Place to B Studios Jennifer DePalo-Peterson Judy Kreith/Ballroom Tribe Nawaar Monica Lettieri/ Corazon Flamenco 12noon 2:00 p.m. Judy Kreith/ Mambo, audience participation Tribal Misfits Cindy Brandle Dance Company Elite Dance Academy Teams Jamie Holzman Mary Willmeng Classical Ballet Company/ Mary Lynn Powell Aaron Allen Jr. Life/Art Dance Ensemble East Dance Company/ Axé 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Production Company Dance Centre Blue Moon Dance Company Hamsa Arts Dance/ Middle Eastern The Schiff Dance Collective Liz Walker-Kreutziger Mary Wohl Haan / HAAN Dances Backbone Dance Company ANNUAL “DANCE IS FOR EVERY BODY!” Hamsa Arts Dance/ Persian Classical TH Samba Colorado AT THE BRANCHES - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 2:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. – 12noon @ George Reynolds Branch, Mountain Contemporary Dance Arts 3595 Table Mesa Drive (across from King Soopers. Dance Cinema Please carpool and park on the street or in the neighborhood) StudiÓle Flamenco Keaka O Kalani Calico & Boots Judy Kreith/Mambo 3:00 p.m. Galit Weinfeld/Partner Blues Dance Halau Hula O Na Mauna Komohana Mary Wohl Haan/HAAN Dances Sheikha & Mountain Kahia Belly Dancers Celtic Steps School of Irish Dance Danse Etoile Ballet 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. @ Meadows Branch, 4800 Baseline Road (behind the Safeway Store near Kaiser Permanente) Celtic Steps School of Irish Dance Galit Weinfeld/Partner Blues Dance Aaron Allen Jr., solo dance Postoley Dance Ensemble Mary Wohl Haan/ HAAN Dances .

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