links

just plain fun:

• Great Tap! Subscribe to the Chicago Human Rhythm Project Channel on YouTube - lots of great steps demonstrated! CHRP was co-founded by Lane Alexander, a world-renowned tapper and one of Kathy Francis' mentors...
  
• Check out Confined, a new work by Emily Berry,
  Professor of Dance at Queensborough Community College and Artistic Director of B3W. Emily has been a guest teacher at APA...
• You must watch this - iIt's hilarious. Very precious!
  This is called "ballet is hard!" Don't we know it!

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go see:

Regional Dance Venues:

• The Wharton Center for Performing Arts, East Lansing
  
• Midland Center for the Arts
  
• Grand Rapids Ballet
  
• Remick Heritage Center, Alma College
  

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alma area links:

• Alma Community Art Center - offering adult and children's art classes, mentoring and ongoing exhibitions.
  
• Francis Academy of Performing Arts isa grateful recipient of grants from the Gratiot County Community Foundation
  
• Francis Academy of Performing Arts is proud to be a member of the Greater Gratiot Chamber of Commerce.
  
• Gratiot County Players Community Theatre
  
• Barbara Burdick Voice Studio - discover the joy of singing!
  
• Audio Foundry - providing state of the art audio and video solutions for all areas of media production.
  
• AshLin Portraits - shoots APA still recital shots and composites.
  
• Hayley Hamlin Photography - shoots beautiful action shots at rehearsals.
  
• SnapDragon Photography
  
• Simone Boos Photography
  
• Mark Schrauben Photography
  

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dancers/studios

• Nic Gareiss
• Liz Joynt Sandberg is the artistic director for think/dance collective.
  www.myspace.com/thinkdancecollective
• Emily Berry, Professor of Dance at Queensborough Community College and Artistic Director of B3W
• Barbara Phillips is currently artistic director of R.P.M. (Rhythm and Percussion in Motion) Youth Tap Ensemble, Artistic Producing Director of Third Coast Rhythm Project, and serves on the Executive Board of the San Antonio Dance Umbrella.
• Kathy Francis has studied with Lane Alexander, founder of Chicago Human Rhythm Project, and she and APA students have attended various tap workshops and festivals hosted by CHRP.
  www.chicagotap.org
• Kathy Francis is an alum of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Lou Conte Dance Studio. HSDC performance dates and LCDS class schedules are both available at www.hubbardstreetdance.com
• Surfscape Contemporary Dance Theatre co-director Kristin (Bender) Polizzi is an alumna of Alma College Dance Department and Linda Lee Dance Studio, where she studied with Kathy Francis as a high school senior and through her four years at Alma College. Visit her web site to view this awesome company!
• Mid-Michigan Highland Dancers
  Christie Freestone, Director
  Contact Ladean Anderson for more information.
• Check out fabulous ballet concert opportunities with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company at www.grballet.com and the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago www.joffrey.com