8th Annual Dancin' Downtown Festival,  April 25th, 2010

sjDANCEco invites you to participate in Dancin’ Downtown, a dance festival set for the first Sunday of National Dance Week from 12-5PM, and taking place outside at the Circle of Palms/Fairmont Plaza.

An application fee of $25 is required to participate.  Please be prepared to submit payment along with the name of your piece, length of piece, choreographer and time of day/scheduling preference upon application.  Scheduling requests are considered on a first come, first serve basis to groups who met the deadline (March 15) with a fully completed application. 

sjDANCEco agrees to organize and cover the cost of all expenses relating to the Festival, such as equipment, necessary permits, publicity and marketing, and spectator/audience (but not Participant) insurance.  

Dancin’ Downtown is intended to showcase the wealth and diversity of South Bay dance artists. All dance companies, choreographers, studios, performing groups and cultural organizations are eligible to apply.  We are especially encouraging participants from all across the Bay Area to participate, including San Francisco, North Bay, East Bay, Peninsula and South Bay regions.  

Pieces should be no longer than 7 minutes.  Participants can include an additional piece (also no longer than 7 minutes.) Your second piece is not guaranteed however, the total length of the festival is 300 minutes and efforts will be made to showcase the most variety of performers.