The Beattie-Powers Place Online Dance Competition

So you think you can dance....?  Well now's your chance to prove it!

The Friends of Beattie-Powers, a non-profit group dedicated to preserving historic Beattie-Powers Place in Catskill, NY as a cultural resource for the community, invites you to be participate in an online dance competition. It's offered in support of the new Hudson Valley Dance Festival, (#HVdance), produced by and benefitting Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA). Proceeds from the Beattie-Powers Online Dance Competition will be used to support the work of both organizations. All qualifying submissions will be adjudicated by an esteemed panel of judges, including:  

• Duke Dang -- Duke is the General Manager, Works & Process at the Guggenheim  Museum.   
• Phyllis Lamhut -- A the recipient of the 2013 American Dance Festival Distinguished Teaching Award, Phyllis is also on the faculty of NYU dance.   
• Robert LuPone -- A Julliard trained dancer  and member of The Actors Studio who's performed on Broadway, in film and on television.  "Bobby" is the artistic director of MCC Theater in New York City.  
• Marcus McGregor -- For 20 years Marcus danced professionally with 2 renowned Ballet Companies, Dance Theatre of Harlem and Feld Ballet and countless regional companies as a guest artist. 
• Richard Philp -- Writer, historian and Long-time editor of 'Dance Magazine,' one of the most important dance publications in the world.