Rachel Howard KIROV BALLET AND ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER APRIL 1-20, 2008 Featuring Uliana Lopatkina, Diana Vishneva, Igor Zelensky and Leonid Sarafanov See complete story at Dance 4 America.

New York City Ballet Announces 2008 Winter Repertory Season and Annual Holiday Engagement of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ Eight-Week Winter Season to Feature 13 Distinct Programs Showcasing 40 Different Ballets Highlights Include World Premiere Ballets by Christopher Wheeldon and Mauro Bigonzetti,the Return of Peter Martins’ Full-Length Production of Romeo + Julietand Susan Stroman’s Double Feature,19 Works by George Balanchine Including Jewels and Prodigal Son, and Seven Works by Jerome Robbins Including The Concert and West Side Story Suite The Season Will Also Include a Farewell Performancefor Principal Dancer Nikolaj Hübbe, on Sunday, February 10 . See full story - Press Release on Dance News, New York City, New York The New York State Theater is located on the Lincoln Center Plaza at Columbus Ave. and 63rd St.  The mailing address for the NYCB Box Office is New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, 20 Lincoln Center, New York, NY 10023.  For general information on tickets for any New York City Ballet performance, call 212-870-5570, or visitwww.nycballet.com. A very Big Tip / Heads Up for Ithaca to participate in. 8937  Dancers, 158 Dance Organizations, 50 Dance Styles --- Join Us Now! In May 2007 Dance Parade New York brought together over 4000 dancers and 13 floats down New York's Broadway and Fifth Avenue in the first-ever parade and festival to celebrate all forms of dance--everything from African to Zydeco, Belly to Break dance and Salsa to Swing. The first year success showed that Dance Parade can and should grow to be a positive force and energetic expression of our diverse dance communities. On Saturday May 17th 2008 we will once again join colorful floats, live bands and dj's to dance in the streets to Contra, Disco, Clogging, Ballroom, Irish Step, Hip Hop, Swing, Ballet, Japanese, Sufi, Samba and more - over 50 forms demonstrating that Dance is a vibrant, expressive form of art. Our wonderful parade route starts at 32nd Street, heads down Broadway to Union Square, swings West to Fifth Avenue and triumphantly dances itself through Washington Square's memorial Arch. Inside the park we have a unique Dance Festival with many forms of performance and social dances on as many as four stages! We are an all volunteer run Non-Profit Organization who seek to show that dance is an expressive and unifying form of art--Our aim is to educate the public on the wonderful health and cultural benefits of dance. In doing so, we aim to support and strengthen the role of dance in our culture. Interested? Send us an email