Celebrating world culture through visual arts, music and dance!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Historic Hoover Theater
1635 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126
Registration Forms:
World Dance Celebration!
- The Cultural Arts and Dance Association is pleased to
announce our first annual World Dance Celebration, Festival and
Gala Showcase, Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 10:00am to 9:00pm.
This event will be held at the wonderful Historic Hoover Theater
in San Jose (across the street from the Rosicrucian Museum). We
selected this location because of its easy access for the
community (both presenters/vendors and audience), the abundance
of free parking and the overall pleasant feel and mood of the
venue and surrounding community! We are excited to present this
event, for it will give individual performers, dance studios and
dance companies across the Bay Area an opportunity to show their
talents and love for dance an audience of fans and potential
customers throughout the day. This is an excellent opportunity
for YOU to be included in this gathering of top Bay Area
dancers!
The festival will include: food and shopping vendors, professional presentations through mini workshops and demonstrations, festival dancing throughout the day and an evening festival showcase and gala featuring world dance presented by some of the finest community dance companies in the Bay Area. We hope to see you at this year’s event and will be pleased to have you as part of the celebration!
Join the Dance Celebration!
CALLING ALL VENDORS!
We are actively accepting vendors to join us in next year's event! As we continue our fund raising drive, we're focused on making this event affordable so that we can have a large and energized population throughout the day. Our vendors will be able to sell goods and services throughout the day while building a robust customer database.Who should sign up as a vendor for this year's event?
We are expecting a diverse crowd of performers and entertainers from across the Bay Area. They will be enjoying the festivities through out the day, searching for professional service referrals, supplies, dance gear, music and other support services and products that will enhance and support their dance work. In addition, there will be hundreds (and thousands) of attendees from the general public who will be enjoying the day's entertainment while shopping through the vendor displays. We welcome and encourage vendors carrying a wide variety of products, including; jewelry, sports supplements, dance costumes, crafts, music, videos, etc. We also welcome service vendors such as; graphic artists, web designers, accounting services, etc. And we also have room for services to be delivered through the event, we welcome massage, chiropractic, reflexology and more! Raising funds for the cause!
Youth art scholarships!
One of our primary causes involves awarding scholarships to students pursuing an education in arts. Money raised at our dance celebration will be added to our 2010 scholarship fund. Times are hard and an education is becoming more difficult for all of us. Help a young person in your community get a step closer to their artistic dream!
Date: April 24, 2010
Location: Historic Hoover Theater
10:00a.m. to 7:00p.m: The Hoover Theater is a fabulous location with a full professional stage where dance troupes and companies will be presented throughout the day. Demonstrations and mini workshops will also presented, giving our attendees the opportunity to sample a variety of dance and fitness formats for their consideration.
During this the open festival there will also be shopping and food vendors for all to enjoy!
7:30pm to 9:30pm: The event will end with a gala show celebrating dance throughout the world!
Now scheduling event performers and presenters!
Performances and workshop demonstrations will be available throughout the day. There will be approximately; 16 forty five minute demonstration/mini workshop segments and 50 eight minute stage performances featured throughout the day! These performances and presentations will provide entertainment and incentive for a large audience to attend and stay for the day’s activities. Complete and submit this <form> to be considered for the festival stage or to be a presenter.
- Submission deadline for festival stage is 3/1/2010
- Submission deadline for presenter application is 3/15/2010
(all are first come first serve, festival dancers are at decided by committee).
We are currently considering acts and individuals to present as part of the evening gala event. Participants will be our featured entertainers for our annual premier event and will receive the following in consideration for being a part of the evenings show. If interested in being considered for the gala show, please forward a sample of your work, a brief description of your performance and the number of individuals in your troupe or dance company. The theme for the program will be a celebration of world cultural dance; celebrating the diversity of the dance across the globe. DVD/Tape submissions can be sent to Cultural Arts and Dance Association (CADA), PO Box 6344, Hayward, CA 94540-6344 or Youtube (or other media links) can be sent via email to info@artsanddance.org. Submission deadline for gala show consideration is Monday, February 1, 2010.