Atrek St. Louis Dance Collective |

aTrek gratefully acknowledges our Sponsors; Missouri Arts Council, a State Agency, Boeing/Arts and Eductaion Council Collaborative Grant, Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation

Thanks to support from individuals like you in 2010 we were able to

Present 8 professional performances and sponsor 3 developing artist performances, featuring local dancers in a series of dynamic choreographies, reaching an audience totaling over 4,000

Produce the 11th Annual IMPULSE Dance Festival Intensive engaging over 70 participants, up 40% from 2009 (for this workshop we bring nationally recognized guest faculty to offer technique, improvisation and composition training)

Continue our cutting-edge educational outreach programs, Moving through Math and Moving with Science, in schools throughout the Greater St. Louis area, offering 79 classes and performances, serving approximately 2,090 children

Provide financial compensation and stipends to 10 professional artists

Provide artistic opportunities for growth and development to 36 additional developing artists

By attending our performances, sponsoring our summer festival, and supporting our youth programs, you make a substantial impact on our capacity to further the development of contemporary dance in the area and continue offering diverse, innovative and eye-opening opportunities for artists and audiences of all ages. Thank you!

Please help with your contribution to support our 2011 programs

>----------- DONATE TO ATREK DIRECTLY ONLINE ----------<
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Pay for classes and IMPULSE online

Mail to:
Atrek Educational Corporation
Centene Center for Arts & Education
3547 Olive St. Suite 203
Saint Louis, MO 63103
ph: 314.772.7778

Moving Through Math is a fun and lively program which uses dance to teach kids about math. This 50-minute, interactive lecture-demonstration and performance catalyzes children's capacity to grasp mathematical concepts by simultaneously stimulating their visual, auditory, AND kinesthetic input channels. "Moving through Math" is presented through Young Audiences of St. Louis. The success of "Moving Through Math" has encouraged aTrek to develop additional programs that serve school aged children and use dance to support traditional curriculum learning. We are currently seeking funding to create a program that uses dance to teach children about Physics, another that teaches Nutrition, and a third that teaches about African American dance, music and culture in the South America. Additionally, we seek funding to present our educational programs in under-funded and under-served communities who would otherwise not have the opportunity to experience professional dance programs.

After School Dance - aTrek offers creative movement and curriculum related classes and residencies for youth through schools and community centers throughout the St. Louis region. Children experience the joy of creative movement, performance and learn to be good audiences. aTrek's residencies focus as much on developing young minds and bodies as on teaching dance. We promote movement and dance as a mode of healthy physical and artistic expression. We give children structured exercises to explore and expand their body awareness, build self-esteem and develop healthy body images, good posture and respect for others' bodies and modes of expression. Dance classes and workshops in these environments are well received and highly motivational.

IMPULSE Dance Festival, is a two-week dance intensive designed for college students, adults and young professional dancers. Students participate in full day workshops taught by nationally recognized guest and local artists; attend a faculty showcase performance, guest lectures on topics relevant to a developing dance artist, and perform in a student showcase. IMPULSE is designed to develop technical, improvisational, choreographic and performance skills needed to be competitive in the professional dance community.

IMPULSE 2 - we look forward to IMPULSE 2, a modern dance summer intensive for high school aged students in and around St. Louis.

Community Dance Classes are an ongoing service that we provide. Some of our classes include Yoga, Beginning and Intermediate Dance for Adults and Pilates.

Movement and Choreography Labs are designed to develop artists and new works for presentation by the aTrek Dance Collective concert series. These programs are open to the public and target not just aTrek but the larger pre-professional and professional dance community in St. Louis. The choreography labs will additionally serve select audience members by allowing them a unique opportunity to witness and participate in the review process, which contributes to the development of new artistic work.

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Or maybe you prefer to make a 100% tax deductible donation directly to ATREK. You can do that online using the box below, or you can send us a check the old fashioned way. If you would like to make a gift of stock, please contact us.

For more information regarding how to contribute to ATREK or support our progamming, please contact: dancers@atrekdance.org- Please include the subject line "Email From Site" in your correspondence to us .This will help insure that your email is not trapped in our spam filter