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09/06/2013

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Sarasota News Leader September 6, 2013 Page 97 DE WARREN TO OFFER DANCE APPRECIATION CLASSES AT SCTI The Sarasota International Dance Festival, the presenting organization for the Carreño Dance Festival, will continue its program this fall with classes at the Sarasota County Technical Institute (SCTI), festival organizers have announced. The first of the two courses is called From Crinolines and Heels to Tutus on Pointe, the release notes. It will be an in-depth look at the origins of ballet and dance's development over the past 300 years. Its sessions will be held on Oct. 3, 10, 17 and 24 and will include demonstrations by several young pre-profesRobert de Warren, president of the festival, sional dancers, the release points out. will offer two dance appreciation courses through the Adult Community Enrich- The second class will be offered on Oct. 31 ment (ACE) curriculum at SCTI, a news and Nov. 7, 14 and 21, providing an overview of modern and contemporary dance. It will release notes. feature a guest speaker. The Carreño Dance Festival recently completed its third season of Summer Master Class The sessions of each course will be held from Intensive classes for pre-professional dance 1 to 3 p.m. in the new SCTI complex at 4748 students "with an impressive Festival of Stars Beneva Road in Sarasota (at the corner of Beperformance at the Sarasota Opera House," the neva and Proctor roads) in the dance studio of release adds. "The prestigious international Building 3-114. Registration information may faculty was led by José Carreño, ar- be obtained by calling 361-6590. The cost for tistic director of Ballet San Jose each course is $76, the release adds. % and the festival which bears his name." The release notes de Warren's enthusiasm about directing the first dance courses to be presented by ACE: "Our classes at SCTI are a new feature of bringing appreciation for dance in all its forms to our community." Pre-professional dancer Francisco Serrano was featured in the Festival of Stars performance last month. Image courtesy of the Carreño Dance Festival and the International Ballet Competition

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