"Reflections on Love"

Join the Colette Harding Contemporary Dance Company and Tangocentric for an intimate and casual studio showing on Sunday, May 29th at 3:00pm.

CHCDC and Tangocentric present:

“Reflections on Love”

Hosted by: Colette Harding, CHCDC & Susan Lake, Tangocentric.
Reflections on Love is an intimate look at love from both a youthful and experienced perspective. It poses questions on what is believed of love in our youth, and what insight on love is true once a life is fully lived.

This performance will be held in a very casual setting,
an in-studio performance, and is open to all.

Sunday, May 29th at 3:00pm
Stage 7
3980 30th Street
San Diego, CA 92104-3005

$5 Ticket Donation at the Door Suggested

For more information, contact:
colette@chcdance.org
SusanLakeProductions@gmail.com

Facebook Invite:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=146143735456685
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More about the CHCDC and Tangocentric:

CHCDC's Mission:
The mission of the Colette Harding Contemporary Dance Company is to build community, unite the arts, and introduce new audiences to Modern Dance and other contemporary art forms through collaborations, performances, and education. Productions and classes should enrich, educate and cultivate the arts in our growing population. CHCDC is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Arts Organization.
More Info: www.chcdance.org & Facebook at Colette Harding Contemporary Dance Company

Colette Harding, CHCDC Artistic & Executive Director:
Colette Harding is the Artistic Director and Choreographer for the Colette Harding Contemporary Dance Company, based in San Diego, CA. As CHCDC’s Director, Colette has always been inspired to create and express emotions, concepts, observations and stories through dance. To her, movement is the most honest form of human expression. Originally from the East Coast, Colette has choreographed and performed in dance companies across the USA. Recent presentations include a collaboration with Art of Elan at MCASD’s Sherwood Auditorium with ALICE: Re-imagining Wonderland through Music, Dance and Spoken Word. Colette’s choreography has been presented at the SOLA Contemporary Dance Festival, the Florida Dance Festival, by Moving Current Dance Collective, the California Ballet, at The Neurosciences Institute as part of the Performing Arts at The Neurosciences Institute Series, the Vine, the Emerge Modern Choreographers Showcase, the Celebrate Dance Festival, Ray at Night, and many others. Colette has Instructed students, and choreographed for, MiraCosta College, Saddleback College, St. Petersburg College, the University of Tampa, and Eckerd College. She participates in the San Diego Emerging Leaders for the Arts and Culture. Colette graduated with her MFA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine, and is a certified BASI Pilates Instructor currently teaching at the White Light Studio in La Jolla, CA.

Tangocentric:
The TANGOCENTRIC Dance Project is a learning environment where students study, learn and perform. Our dance projects are a unique blend of tango based choreographies and classic dance forms. These dynamic works of contrasting styles create beautiful and thoughtful dance theatre.

Susan Lake, Tangocentric Director:
Susan Lake is a multi-talented visual and performing artist residing in San Diego and Palm Springs, California. The name Susan Lake and the Argentine tango are synonymous throughout southern California. She is the creator of the TANGO BALL, held in San Diego for nine years and producer of the International Argentine Tango Showcase Competition. Susan is currently the Artistic Director for TANGOCENTRIC Dance Project, in residence at Stage 7 School of Dance. Susan has been featured on CNN en Espanol's Detalles Con Sasha highlighting leading Southern California artists. Her storytelling ability through dance is surpassed only by her talent for creating costume artistry that brings her choreographies to life. Susan's headwear designs have been photographed by New York fashion photographer Seth Sabal. Her headwear designs and choreography of Tangolicious...Fashion and Tango! was presented as the closing event of Fashion Week Escondido. Susan’s reputation and history as a choreographer, designer, artistic director and producer has made her a unique leader in the arts community throughout San Diego and Southern California. “There is dance in every movement, and feeling passionate about the way you dance through life brings purpose and beauty to the way you live!” -Susan Lake To learn more about Susan Lake please visit the website: www.susanlakeproductions.com & www.tangocentric.com

Join us for Happy Hour & Macy's Community Shopping Day!

Support CHCDC with Macy’s Community Shopping Day!
Donate $10 now to receive your
Macy’s Shopping Ticket for Saturday, May 14, 2011.
OR just make a donation of any amount to help our efforts!

Please, join CHCDC in our 2011-2012 Fundraising efforts!

CHCDC has joined the Macy’s Community Shopping Day event in order to raise funds for our 2011-2012 Season, community artist collaborations, and community outreach programs.

Join us for Happy Hour Wednesday May 11, 2011 at Alchemy in South Park, San Diego, for a drink and casual conversation while you make your $10 donation to CHCDC and receive your Macy's Community Shopping Day ticket!

With your donation, you receive more than just Dance and Art:
This fundraiser is a win for everyone! With your $10 donation, you receive a shopping pass with exclusive savings and special offers at select Macy's stores on Saturday, May 14, 2011. This includes $10 off your purchase of $25 or more on all regular priced and clearance items, and 10%-20% off throughout the store. This includes both Macy’s stores and Macy’s Home stores. Plus, you can enter to win a $500 Macy's gift card if you enter your ticket information stub in the drawing box located by the escalator of your Macy’s store. If you enter your shopping ticket stub in the drawing box, you may be helping our organization receive a split of all the sales received on May 14th. (The more of our organization’s tickets entered in the $500 Gift Card drawing, the more chance we have to receive Macy’s sales funding with this event.)

What your donation gives us:
As a participating Nonprofit Organization in this Macy’s event, we keep 100% of the proceeds from the sale of each pass (your $10 donation). And since every little bit helps, your $10 donation will help a lot in funding our future endeavors!
Plus, with your $500 Gift Card drawing, we have a chance at receiving even more funding from Macy’s!

How to get your Macy’s Community Shopping Day Ticket:
You can donate your $10 to any CHCDC representative to receive your shopping ticket before May 13, 2011. You must have your shopping ticket in hand on the shopping day of May 14th.

***Join us for Happy Hour on Wednesday, May 11th at 6:30-8:30pm! Join us for a drink and casual conversation while you make your donation and receive your shopping ticket. What could be better than fun with old and new friends while supporting CHCDC?
Meet us at Alchemy in South Park -
503 30th Street San Diego Ca. 92102 / 619.255.0616 phone

Cash and in-person donations to CHCDC representatives are recommended,
but you may also donate via check.
Make checks payable to: Colette Harding (We have a stamp for the company name),
and put “CHCDC Donation” in the Memo Line of the check.

You may mail your donation, but we must receive your donation by Friday May 6th in order for us to be able to then mail you your shopping ticket. Mail donations to:
CHCDC - 1727 31st Street, San Diego, CA 92102
*Please, include your return mail address so we can mail you your shopping ticket.

We hope you will join us in our fundraising efforts!
Every little bit helps, and sometimes many small donations can do more than a few large donations. Even if you do not wish to participate in the Macy’s event, a donation of any amount, large or small, will be helpful and appreciated! We hope to do great things in our community, but we need our community to support us in making great things happen.