http://indigenouspitch.org Dance Companies their outreach work Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:05:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective Selected for Razoo’s March Goodness 2010 NIT Tournament Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective has been selected to participate in the 2010 March Goodness NIT Tournament held by Razoo.  This is yet another example of being recognized by outside organizations for the great work we are doing with traumatized ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/03/08/how-10-can-make-a-difference-or-its-time-for-march-goodness/ Thank you to the choreographers, dancers and tech staff who made "Zata" such an amazing show!  We had a great turnout for all 3 performances.  A special "thank you" to Artistic Director, Lisa Welsh, for coordinating "Zata"! Thank you to the bands, sponsors, 2200 Arch, board members and staff for their ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/02/21/thank-you/ City Paper is running a great preview of our upcoming Zata performances!  Here's how it starts: Picture this: Frenetic, sweaty, lonely-hears swarm a dance floor, propelled by steely club music.  A woman considers the risks and rewards of having an FDA-approved memory chip implanted into her already-surgically-enhanced body. Read the whole thing ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/02/18/in-the-news-a-preview-of-zata/ And you thought it was just a show, and just a ball: 1. All the proceeds go to support the arts education outreach of Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective in New Orleans, Philadelphia and Haiti!  IPDC has been invited to the devastated island nation of Haiti for the first week of July 2010. 2. “Zata” ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/02/17/cool-facts-about-zata-and-the-midnight-masquerade/ Big Announcement!  Check out our great list of musical entertainment for the Midnight Masquerade: The Ringers: In the New Orleans' style, some of Philly's best blues and folk musicians together for one night only!                                                                                                                                                         ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/02/12/musical-line-up-for-the-midnight-masquerade/ If you are snowed in (and if you are in Philly with us, you are!), I have something productive for you to do: riceworks., a Canadian company that makes healthy snacks is sponsoring "Share the Goodness", a contest of inspiring stories of non-profits. Now, I think the work IPDC does ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/02/11/tell-a-story-spread-the-work-of-ipdc-in-5-minutes-or-less/ From Nicole: Please read our press release detailing our new toolbar! This is very exciting for IPDC, as we were 1 of only 100 organizations worldwide chosen for this program! It comes at a critical time- as we are traveling to Haiti in July, to bring our proven, transformational program to ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/02/10/indigenous-pitch-dance-collective-announces-the-launch-of-conduit-gives-community-toolbar-or-we-won-a-button/ If you love our work then tell the world! You have an exciting opportunity to help Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective make even more of a difference in our community. GreatNonprofits – a site like Yelp – is launching a campaign to find the top-rated nonprofits enriching our community through the ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/02/09/help-share-the-mission-of-ipdc-takes-3-minutes/ A big "Congratulations!", "Way to go!" and "YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" to the New Orleans Saints and the city of New Orleans.  We at IPDC consider New Orleans our "home away from home" are we are celebrating tonight!  It is great to see the Super Dome as symbol of victory.  We know that ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/02/07/new-orleans-saints-win-the-super-bowl/ Art and learing- It's what we've always aimed to do with Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective. It is because we are professional dancers and choreographers that we bring such passion and skill to dance genres we teach. This is shown, almost perfectly, in a lecture/demonstration setting. IPDC has been providing ... http://indigenouspitch.org/2010/02/03/pairing-performance-with-education/