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Discipline and Heart

Ballet Tech's Kids Dance got its start on the subway, not in a dance studio. Eliot Feld, a choreographer, was on a train with primary school students in 1977. They appeared to be ordinary children, but Feld recognized something more in them: potential dancers. He established a training program that eventually evolved into an autonomous public school in collaboration with the New York City Department of Education. Dionne Figgins is currently in charge of the artistic direction of Kids Dance, which she founded in 1994 as Ballet Tech's performing division. The students, who are in sixth through eighth grades, have experienced a lot over the previous few years. The epidemic not only interfered with their academic work but also with their

The group visited the Joyce Theater once more on Friday, stage with a winning blend of boldness and self-control as dance, tap, and jazz.

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They didn't crumble turn out as they had wanted. They went on. They could see a good example right in front of them: On the program, Johnson Guo, a former student of Ballet Tech and a member of the Limón Dance Company, danced José Limón's "Chaconne" (1942). Feld's lovely 2015 play "A Yankee Doodle" served as the evening's opener, and he was a member of the original cast. The little dancers, decked up in white unitards with blue and red stars or a stripe down one leg, hopped on their feet before leaning forward and performing. return to the energizing beat. They shone when they were alone. They gave a graceful bow. And if these young dancers decide to follow it, Guo, with her grace and capacity to carve places in space expansively in Limón's solo, was a sign of the future. There were also brand-new dances, including Figgins' debuts and pieces by faculty members including Men Ca and a collaboration between Robert La Fosse and Brian Reeder, who were both former dancers with the American Ballet Theater and the New York City Ballet. The most evident nod to Alvin Ailey's "Revelations" was a billowing piece of fabric at the rear of the stage. Ca combined contemporary dance with John Coltrane's "Blue World" in his earthy "Embers Of."

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