Special thanks to the following people
for making this performance possible:
and
Ms. Yolanda
Tyrine Camper
Dance Happens Teachers and Drummers
Donors/Sponsors
Dance Happens Members
Parents/Guardians
Dance Happens Board of Directors
Family and Friends
The Theatre Project
Artscape committee
Dance Happens, Inc.
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“Where I Live”
July 19, 2014
Theatre Project, 45 West Preston Street
“Fireflies”
Choreographer Paula LeVere
Carter-Simon Beauttah, Danielle Sullivan, Destini Dowery,
Nasira Curtis, Jada Weddington, Senaya Hueston,
From The Artistic Director
Welcome to Dance Happens, Inc. and Booker T.
Washington Middle School for the Arts
“Faith, Trust, Survival”
Choreographer Paula LeVere
Abigail Ash, Arianna Hawthorne-Cox, Catherine Peoples,
“Where I Live”
Madeleine Richasrds, Skyler Yates-Johnson, Tarazi Turner
“Celebrating and Remembering”
Choreographer Paula LeVere
Amira Muhammade, Chloe Taylor, Madeleine Richards
“Women’s Right”
Choreographer Gabriel Thomas
Arianna Hawthorne-Cox, Catherine Peoples, Imani Kirk,
Skyler Yates-Johnson
“Tug of War”
Choreographer Paula LeVere
Kayla Nixon, Kendra Nixon
Please join us on a journey in celebrating a rich and
unique city of historical importance. We’ve played a
key role in the events leading to and including in the
American Revolution. We’ve housed individuals such
as Francis Scott Key, Edgar Allan Poe, James”Eubie”
Blake, and Billie Holiday whose impact helped shape
Baltimore’s distinctive local cultural. Sit back, relax
and watch the transformation of a city that is more
than just an existence on paper.
“Remembering the Time”
Choreographer Brittany Bryan
Carter-Simon Beauttah, Nasira Curtis, Destini Dowery,
Aalayah Easter, Arianna Hawthorne-Cox, Senaya Hueston,
Danielle Sullivan, Jada Weddington, Tarazi Turner,
Skyler Yates-Johnson
Sincerely,
Paula LeVere
Artistic Director
“Narrator”
Angelique Fitts Taylor
“Color of Wind”
Amara Taylor
“European Emigrate to the New World”
Choreographer Paula LeVere
Amira Muhammad, Madeleine Richards
“Celebration of the New World”
Choreographer Paula LeVere
Armani Dixon, Catherine Peoples, Kayla Nixon,
Kendra Nixon
“Slavery”
Choreographer Marquise Malloy
Drummers Byron Johnson, Carl Allen
Aalayah Easter, Abigail Ash, Arianna Hawthorne-Cox,
Carter-Simon Beauttah, Danielle Sullivan, Destini Dowery,
Jada Weddington, Nasira Curtis, Senaya Hueston, SkylerYates Johnson, Tarazi Turner
“Underground Railroad”
Choreographer Paula LeVere
Timeline
 1608- John Smith sailed up the river known to the
Native Americans as Patapsco River
 1664- African slavery was legalized in a series of laws.
Africans were brought in the boatload into St. Mary
City, Maryland
 1729- Baltimore City founded
 1849- Harriett Tubman escape slavery to Philadelphia
with the help of the Underground Railroad
 1814- Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangle
Banner
 1827- Nations First commercial railroad (B&O)
 1876- John Hopkins University founded
 1886- Enoch Pratt Free Library opens
 1904- Downtown Baltimore destroyed by the “The
Great Baltimore Fire”
 1913- Baltimore branch of NAACP is founded
 1920- Women right to vote
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1922- The Royal Theatre opening celebration
1955- Baltimore Polytechnic is desegregated
1960- Jewish Museum of Maryland is founded
1980 Harbor Place opens
Kayla Nixon, Kendra Nixon, Kathleen Jones
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Alvin Ailey New York City 2013
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