Dallas Black Dance Theatre

Dallas black dance academy- funding is coming from corporate and foundation grants. The official school of dbdt, celebrates fifty years of delivering educational classes/programs for youth and adult students, delivering dance instructors to a community of diverse backgrounds. -professional dance instructors offer a variety of classes for students of all ages and levels. More than 550+ students per week in 50 dance classes with 4 levels of training which include ballet, jazz, tap and african. -emphasis on life skills and development of self-esteem through self discipline and directed dance studies in a learning environment. -dbda has 3 performing ensembles: allegro performing ensemble - dbdt's premier academy ensemble, the senior performing ensemble and the junior performning ensemble. The groups perform locally at festivals and various events in dallas-fort worth metropolitan area. -dbda has two lead outreach teacher and has provided classes for the dance integration program and the bodies in motion program that meet teks standards to 35 schools in dallas independent school district and throughout the dallas/fort worth metroplex, during the sy2023-2024. -scholarships are provided to a select number of students annually -performance awards ceremony and presentation held at end of year recital in may -in person classes is back in full capacity.

Touring performance dbdt provides residencies that include master classes, workshops, children and senior citizens, matinees, lecture, demonstrations and full evening performances to adults, childen and senior citizens. This fiscal year's touring performances include the cities of san antonio, tx, austin, tx, cincinnati, oh, tyler, tx, new york, ny, desoto, tx, memphis, tn, fayetville, ar, houston, tx, lawton, ok, washington, dc, baltimore, md, landover, md, lancaster, tx. Also include the cities surrounding the dallas-fort worth metropolitan area like frisco, dallas, fort worth, mckinney, irving, the colony, grand praire and richardson. Past notable tours and performances include skopje, north macedonia, the super cruise in costa rica, the kennedy center,.lincoln center, joyce theater, festivals in bermuda, vienna, austria, zimbabwe, belize, ireland, mexico, south africa, italy, spain, chile and peru. Also performed in the 1992 summer olympics in seville, spain, the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta, georgia and the 2012 summer olympics in edinburgh, uk. Dbdt has been designated as an american masterpiece touring artist by the national endowment for the arts in 2008 and received the texas medal of arts award for arts education in 2017. On march 2019 dbdt's artistic director received an achievement award from the national association of negro business and professional women's clubs, inc. In 2022, awards received include dbdt's board of directors being named 'outstanding board of directors' from dallas business journal, execellence award for dbdt's executive director and management from dance, usa. International association of blacks in dance (iabd) of which dbdt is a founding member, was awarded with the national medal of arts by president joseph biden. Dbdt's founder ms. Ann williams attended the ceremony on behalf of dbdt. The national medal of arts is the highest awards the federal government gives to artists and arts patrons. Recent awards includes the 2024 grace awards by new philarmonic orchestra of irving.

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