My mother sent me to Ballroom Dancing School in 4th and 5th grade. My friends and I called it “Monday Night Karate” at school to avoid being made fun of, but every monday night we got dressed up in a jacket and tie and had to act prim and proper and say things like, “Good evening Mrs. Jones. It’s a pleasure to see you again.” At least I didn’t have to wear white gloves like the girls did. The real goal of the weekly class was to teach us manners, but you would think that I would have learned a step or two. I didn’t. I am a terrible dancer, so I’m probably not the best person to tell you about Dancing in the Streets, a NYC based non-profit organization that “strives to illuminate the urban experience with free public performances and site-specific installations that examine the kinetic life and history of natural and architectural public spaces,” but I’m going to tell you about them anyway.
Dancing in the Streets has been around since 1984 (so have I!), and they have produced and presented more than 500 performances in just under a quarter century. They bring dance to the public by putting on performances in public places that are accessible to everyone. The best way to get an idea of what they actually do is to check out their Flickr Stream. Beyond their projects, which include “Hip Hop Generation Next – a block party in Red Hook that celebrates and explores hip hop dance as a significant urban art form that was spawned in New York City streets – and BREAKING GROUND – A Dance Charrette – site-specific dance commissioned for compelling historic sites in transition, Dancing in the Streets also has Education and Outreach initiatives.
Dancing in the Streets is currently working on building a team of interns, and right now they’re looking for Marketing and Media Interns. You can find all of the details on Dancing in the Streets’ Internships page. They need college students to help them “implement traditional and innovative marketing strategies for audience development, institutional documentation, and program expansion on the web.” If that’s something that you can do, send a cover letter and resume to mheggem@dancinginthestreets.org. According to the Idealist posting for this internship, it’s paid, so that’s something to get excited about. It also seems as though Dancing in the Streets may have other internship or volunteer opportunities, so if Marketing isn’t your thing, you should still shoot them an e-mail and see what’s up.
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