Re: [Organizers] Building a multi-generational dance community

Hi fellow organizes, I have a question for you about developing a multi-generational dance series. I book for a series that the late Marianne Taylor ran for 22 years. It is not a predominately 'hot-shot' dance or a regional dance gypsy magnet, but we would like to attract more young dancers (read 12 - 42). I am proposing that we run a techno-dance for one of our monthly dances. I need to describe it to our current dancers and convince them to give it a try if it is going to be a success, although I have yet to attend one myself. Many organizers have the hope of building a multi-generational dance community and we have that same hope at the dance I am describing, but I wonder if that is reasonable. If organizing events that will appeal to younger dancers is going to drive away older dancers we will not be creating a tolerant, multi-generational, community. Your thoughts on describing techno to dancers who have never seen it (in a way that might intrigue them) and on the problem of developing a multi-generational dance community. Thanks, Rickey Holt, Fremont, NH _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list Organizers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers