Kansas City Belly Dance Coalition
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Why Sign Up for the KCBD Coalition...?
By signing up for the Kansas City
Belly Dance Coalition, you will receive the following benefits....
- You will be added to the KCBD
email list and postal mailing list and receive periodical announcements
of dance events in the area.
- You will receive notification
of the KCBD Newsletter.
- To participate with others in
KCBD Coalition hosted events.
- To collaborate with other dancers
on various projects. The will also help host events that support collaborative
efforts and projects among ethnic and other dancers.
- To participate with others in
the annual Raqsi Awards, recognizing contributions to the field by
area dancers.
- To participate with others in
the annual Raqsi Competition and Peer Review, enabling dancers to share
work, learn from each other, and gain valuable feedback from experienced dancers
in the area.
- To participate with others in
efforts to help shape the
ethnic dance form commonly known as "Belly Dance" to be a recognized
legitimate dance form.
- To participate with others in
efforts to educate the
public about the beauty and history of the dance.
- To participate with others in
efforts to do community outreach and raise the dance's visibilty, awareness,
and status.
- To participate with others in
efforts to promote the dance, as a whole, (not necessarily individuals),
on the theory that "high waters raise all boats".
- To participate with others in
efforts to create a space for discussion of issues important to dancers
and the dance, such as professionalism, business/labor practices, fees,
etiquette, expectations, etc.
- For professional dancers, it is
an opportunity to network with other dancers, share information, and
lay a foundation for future work in Belly Dance the KC area.
In the future, we also hope to offer
discounted items and events to members in exchange for their support, but that
is still a work in progress..! :) We will keep members posted on the progress
of this project.
Mission:
The goals of the Kansas City Belly
Dance Coalition are the following....
- Raise awareness of the dance in
the community.
- To educate the public on the beauty
and history of the dance.
- To create a space for collaboration
with other dancers.
- To create an association to address
professionalism, professional practices, professional ethics, etiquette, etc.
- To promote the dance.
- To do community outreach.
- To honor local dancers for their
contributions to the field.
- To guide students of the dance
into future creative and professional work.
- To create a forum for dancers
to discuss issues, share information, and network with each other.
- To lay a foundation for future
work in the dance in the KC area.
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