Aug 12th | 7:00pm-8:30pm | Bruce Wood Dance Dallas

This month Agora Artists is proud to bring local dancers a special DIDF pop-up class with Lily Cabatu-Weiss! Come learn from the Dallas dance innovator! 

Learn from Lily's signature take on Limón-based modern dance. Expect to be in and out of the floor and big musical phrase work. 

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About the teacher
Lily Cabatu Weiss is the Executive Director for the Dallas Arts District and served as the Artistic Director for Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts and Chair of the Dance Department that is now a national model. Holding two degrees in Dance from Texas Woman’s University, she taught on the dance faculties at Southern Methodist University and Houston’s HSPVA, and joined the faculty at BTWHSPVA in 1978. Her dance credits include John Mead and Dancers in New York and Japan, the Texas Choreographers Award from the Texas Commission on the Arts, guest choreographer for four seasons in the Dance Education Department-New York University, and Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Much of her work was instrumental in Booker T.'s distinction as the Top 8 Magnet Schools by the U.S. Department of Education, Texas Medal of the Arts and the renovation and expansion of Booker T. Washington HSPVA in the first Public/Private Capital Campaign for Dallas ISD. Others include the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Distinguished Teacher, Distinguished Teacher by the Commission on Presidential Scholars twelve different years by 14 students, SURDNA Arts Teacher Fellowship, Bates Dance Festival Teacher Fellowship and featured in two articles in Dance Teacher magazine for her work at BTWHSPVA. She has trained many students who are performing in dance companies both nationally and internationally and was instrumental in current partnership programs such as Sammons Lunch Jams, the sold-out run of the all-school musical, HAIR, and Soundings through the Nasher Sculpture Center. Feature articles include D Magazine and Patron Magazine. She serves on the Boards of TITAS Presents, Booker T. Washington HSPVA Advisory Board, Visit Dallas Cultural Tourism Committee, Advisory Board for the Creative Arts Center, Steering Committee for Moving Cities-Dallas and Texans for the Arts.

Class Price: $15