Music & Motion Dance Productions to Appear at the 6th Annual Frankford Arts Festival

Music & Motion Dance Productions will be performing their new dance work ELEMENTS at the Sixth Annual Frankford Arts Festival on Sunday, October 2 at 2:00 PM at the St. Mark's Church, 4442 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

(PRWEB) September 23, 2005 -- Having premiered at the National Constitution Center for the Philly Fringe & Live Arts Festival, Music & Motion will again feature their new dance work, Elements" at the Frankford Arts Festival on October 2 at 2:00 PM. The performance will take place at the St. Mark's Church at 4442 Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia. Tickets are $10 for general admission. Also included on the bill at 4:00 PM is the acclaimed 7 Dance Co. presenting "Journey Still Seven".

Music & Motion Dance, which is geared for a family audience, consists of fourteen female dancers, ages 14 to 18, who have collaborated in an artistic vision joining together the roots of our planet, of our spirits and each other. Humorous and abstract pieces offer a kaleidoscope of movement inspired by the four elements of antiquity - earth, water, air and fire.

The Sixth Annual Frankford Arts Festival takes place over the weekend of September 30 through October 2 in various venues around the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue. This years festival features a variety of performance artists ranging from dance, theater, storytellers, spoken word, new vaudeville, and street performers, as well as visual art displayed in venues throughout the area. The festival offers visitors the rare chance to see inside of a number of our citys architectural treasures that are normally closed to the public.

Music & Motion Dance Productions is a non-profit corporation, which is both owned and operated by teens with mentoring from outside corporations and individuals. It is a group of pre-professional dancers ages fourteen thru eighteen, who have expressed an interest in pursuing dance and the performing arts. Under the artistic direction of Steven Weisz, this groups mission has been to empower young people through dance and creative collaboration in the performing arts, building self-esteem and inspiring self-expression and community action.

Cast members are: Maddie Breslin, Yardley, PA; Nicole DeHelian, East Greenville, PA; Stacey Folks, Green Lane, PA; Christina Heupel, Newtown, PA; Kristen Konski, Bristol, PA; Brittany LaCava, Quakertown, PA; Kate Lubenetski, Quakertown, PA; Katie Paul, Hereford, PA; Christina Picariello, Frederick, PA; Andrea Piovane, Philadelphia, PA; Lynley Schaffer, Pennsburg, PA; Olivia Schaffer, Pennsburg, PA; Noelle Tolbert, Harleysville, PA; and Monica Zukowski, Pennsburg, PA

For more information: http://www.frankfordartsfestival.org/
For ticket reservations: http://www.music-and-motion.com/frankfordarts.html
About Music & Motion Dance: http://www.music-and-motion.com
Publication Ready Photos: http://www.music-and-motion.com/media.html#performance

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