The CID Circular December 2011 01. Membership fee Members of the CID are reminded to send membership fee for 2012, preferably by cheque, otherwise by www.paypal.com or Western Union for countries with high bank charges. Fee is always 55 € for individuals, 110 € for institutions, 30 € for students (US$ 80, 160, 45). Only recipients of a letter of confirmation for 2012 can use the title of "Member of the International Dance Council CID-UNESCO" 02. Your profile in the CID portal Send your profile (curriculum vitae, biographical note) to be posted on the CID portal. It is the best way to ensure maximum visibility. No other site has so many visits and so many profiles: www.cid-portal.org 03. Choreographic contest in Spain 24-31 March 2012. Awards from the state of Spain, different cultural funds and the organizers of the contest. Mr. David Dzhaparidze FIESTALONIA MILENIO Av. Vila de Blanes 161-169 Altillo 2 ES-17310 Lloret de Mar (Girona), Spain Tel.:+34 972 376550 ; +34 626 673446 info@fiestalonia.com www.fiestalonia.com ; www.tour.fiestalonia.com 04. Festival in Morocco Inviting ensembles from all countries, 25-28 April 2012. Dr. Abdelouahed OUMLIL, Directeur du Festival Tel. +212 528-28-2032 ; Fax +212 528-28-2032 ; mobile +212 661-74-0306 oumlil@univ-ibnzohr.ac.ma ; oumlil33@gmail.com ; aoumlil@hotmail.com www.festival-patrimoine.comA.Oumlil ; www.festival-patrimoine.com 05. University position in the USA Assistant Professor of Dance to teach contemporary dance technique. https://jobs.fsu.edu 06. Competition in Paris 5 to 9 April 2012 (during the Easter holidays) inviting solos and group participants in ballet/modern/contemporary dance. Mr. Angel Stass, director of "Europe Dance Awards" choreo012@alice.it 07. Television program Al Jazeera English television network plans a series which will look at the transformative power of dance through interesting dance projects throughout the world. Proposals are welcome. Ms. Ana de Sousa Programmes|Al Jazeera English 1 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7XW, UK www.aljazeera.com Phone +44 207 201 2878 Mobile +44 7595528767 Ana.desousa@aljazeera.net 08. Residencies in Germany Open to professional dancers, offering accommodation, working space, grant allowance, travel costs, technical assistance and public relations. Ms. Katharina Charpey PACT Zollverein katarina.charpey@pact-zollverein.de www.pact-zollverein.de fax +49 201 289 4701; tel. +49 201 289 4712 09. Ballet competition in Russia Open to the best young ballet dancers from all countries, this is an official event with government support. Judges are Members of the CID. Dates: 5-15 April 2012. Deadline for applications 18 February 2012. Ms. Elena Zavershinskaya Director of the Russian Open Ballet Competition Arabesque http://arabesque.permonline.ru/rules2012en.html arabesque@inbox.ru 10. Festivals in Bulgaria Various festivals in the summer of 2012: contemporary dance, folk dance, children festival. Tatyana Todorova, Eurograde 5 Pirotska, BG-1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel. +359 2 980 6076 ; fax: +359 2 987 46 64 Mobile: +359 886 450 530 office@eurograde-bg.com; office@eurogradebg.com www.eurogradebg.com, www.eurograde-bg.com Skype: eurogradebg 11. Competitions in Italy One in Milan 21-22 January 2012 and the other in Erba 24-25 March 2012. Classical, modern jazz, contemporary, folklore, ethnic and popular, character, fantasy, choreography, hip hop/urban. Ms. Liviana Arnoldi centrodanzalecco@libero.it www.milanodancecompetition.com www.leccodanza.org The CID Circular is sent every month to Members of the CID-UNESCO and over 100,000 other dance professionals in 200 countries. See previous announcements and opportunities at: www.cid-portal.org To obtain contact details for the above write to the CID Secretariat. To ensure you receive your CID Circulars, please add ExecSec@cid-portal.org to your address book. International Dance Council - CID - Conseil International de la Danse UNESCO, 1 rue Miollis, FR-75732 Paris, France www.cid-portal.org ExecSec@CID-portal.org