It’s summertime and the living is easy. Summer is in full swing at your DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). DPR's recreation centers, parks, pools, and spray parks are open and ready to be enjoyed by District residents. During July, DPR continues to offer a full range of summer activities at parks, swimming pools, and recreation centers across the District of Columbia. July 30, 2010 Trip to Cameron Run Waterpark, Alexandria, VA Time: 10am - 4pm Ages: 6 – 17 Camp adventure will travel to Cameron Run Waterpark for a day filled with water play and fun! For more information, call Priscilla Jones, CTRS at (202) 698-1794. July 30, 2010 Trip to the Planetarium in Rock Creek Park Time: 11am - 2pm Camp Funward Bound will travel to Rock Creek Park to visit the Planetarium. For more information, call Rita Robinson, Recreation Therapist at (202) 698-1794. The Kennedy Center announces the 10th ANNIVERSARY of the LOCAL DANCE COMMISSIONING PROJECT Awarded Recipients Include ANGELLA FOSTER, MARY LANE, & STEPHEN CLAPP and LAURA SCHANDELMEIER Free Millennium Stage Performances October 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, 2010 at 6 p.m.
movement, text, live music, and video projections to tell the stories of families who care for special needs children who cannot speak. Foster has experienced first-hand the continuous and often difficult process of reaching into a family member’s silent world for answers. Her family relies on communication boards—a series of pictures, symbols, and simple words to which someone can point to express her needs—to dialogue with their loved one who cannot use speech. Using her cousin Taylor’s story and interviews with her aunt as a starting point, Speechless will give voice to the struggle to love, communicate with, and care for a silent child in a noisy world. Composer Rob Collier will create an original, live score to accompany the piece. Foster will also collaborate with videographer Betty Skeen to create a prologue comprised of interviews with parents and caretakers of special needs children who cannot speak. Angella Foster is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and costume designer based in Greenbelt, Maryland. She began her classical ballet training at the Kentucky Repertory Dance Theatre under the direction of Sue Champion. Upon completion of her B.A. in dance performance and choreography from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, she was accepted to the Professional Training Program at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio in New York City. Foster has performed the works of numerous choreographers including Steven Iannacone, Randall Flinn, Steve Rooks, Clay Taliaferro, Ed Tyler, Joe Poulson, and Colleen Thomas. She has also danced with the Ad Deum Dance Company in Houston, Texas, and she is a regular guest choreographer for Refuge Dance Company in Atlanta. Her choreography has been performed in New York City, Washington, D.C., Houston, Atlanta, and Moscow, Russia. She recently received her Master of Fine Arts in Dance Choreography at the University of Maryland-College Park where she was awarded a Graduate Teaching Assistantship and the Smith Award. |
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