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ANNOUNCING AILEYCAMP ATLANTA - SUMMER 2008!

AILEYCAMP ATLANTA is full for 2008.

WHAT:
The Fox Theatre is proud to present the ninth AileyCamp in the nation and the first in the South.

AileyCamp, the nationally acclaimed youth program conceived by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, combines ballet, jazz, modern, and African dance instruction with personal development and creative communication classes for metro Atlanta middle school students, ages 11-14.

AileyCamp is not a training ground for professional dancers but, instead, uses dance as a vehicle for developing self-esteem, self-discipline, creative expression and critical thinking skills among underserved 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.

AileyCamp was founded by Alvin Ailey and the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey in 1989. AileyCamp curriculum includes daily classes in ballet, Horton-based modern dance, jazz, and West African dance. Classes in techniques of performance and creative communications deepen the students' awareness of their potential for self-expression; and personal development classes provide counseling in nutrition, conflict resolution, drug abuse prevention, decision-making and
goal setting.

WHERE:
Walden Middle School
320 Irwin Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30312

WHEN:
June 2-30, 2008
Monday-Friday
9:00am-4:00pm

WHO:
Following recruitment presentations, individual applicants are interviewed by AileyCamp staffers and volunteer community leaders. All campers receive full tuition scholarships, breakfast and lunch, camp uniforms and dance clothing.

AileyCamp targets students with academic, social and domestic challenges—criteria that often determines a child's risk of dropping out of school. However, AileyCamp welcomes students who have little opportunity to develop their artistic interests. An important aspect of the program's success is in providing positive adult and peer role models for underserved youths.

At the end of camp, students leave with valuable life skills and a sense of accomplishment before they enter the challenging high school years.

One instructor is sent from the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, but the remaining instructors
are from the metro Atlanta area. Diane Sales is the director of AileyCamp Atlanta. She is a local dancer and instructor who as a young New Yorker received her training at the Ailey school and is
a former member of Ailey II.

The Fox Theatre has plans for AileyCamp Atlanta to become a six week program in the future.

SPONSOR A CHILD:
The full cost to send a child to AileyCamp is $600 for two weeks.
Any and all contributions are greatly appreciated.

MORE INFORMATION:

Diane Sales
AileyCamp Director
(404) 881-2086
Diane.Sales@FoxTheatre.org

Sarah Dubignon
Fox Theatre
Outreach Coordinator
(404) 881-2087
Outreach@FoxTheatre.org

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