American Racket (Dance Company) features the sights and sounds of one of our, well, noisiest traditions... American Clogging and percussive dance! Productions feature some of the finest dancers in the country in a celebration of (loud) living traditions. These dancers have represented the United States in Brazil and Costa Rica and have opened for artists cuch as Bill Cosby, Sugar Ray, Ted Koppel, Dane Cook, Kenny Lovelace, and Wayne Brady. American Racket is a guaranteed toe-tapping, hand-clapping good time for all and a celebration of what young adults are doing to revive and reinvent the dance culture of the United States.

For Information, contact:
Andy Howard, Director / Choreographer
(352) 494-0104
email: Andy Howard, Director

Upcoming Shows:

August 29-31, 2008 - with Capital City Cloggers in Reedy Creek, Manitoba (Canada)
October 4, 2008 - Clogging Workshop - (Jacksonville, FL)
October 24-26, 2008 - American Clogging Hall of Fame - (Maggie Valley, NC)
December TBA - Turning Pointe Holiday Performance (Orlando, FL)
January 30, 2009 - Orange County Principal's Breakfast (Orlando, FL)
January 30 - 31, 2009 - Clogging Workshop - (LaBelle, FL)
February 15 - 10:30 AM "American Racket - Live And Kickin'" (Free, UnitedArts ArtsFest, Orlando, FL)
February 17 - American Camp Association Convention (Coronado Springs Resort, Walt Disney World)
February 28, 2009 - South West Florida Fair (Fort Myers, FL)
March 31, 2009 - Arts in April at Highlands Preparatory School (Orlando, FL)
April 18 - Indian River Cloggers' "Pow Wow" Workshop (Merritt Island, FL)
April 18 - White Party at Parliament House Resort (Orlando, FL)
June 7, 2009 - Turning Pointe Dance Recital (Orlando, FL)




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American Racket in Canada - June 2008

Festival Gigue En Fete : A Celebration of Tradition!

American Racket has accepted an invitation to attend “Festival Gigue en Fete” in Sainte-Marie, Quebec, June 23 - 30, 2008.

The company is bringing 18 energetic dancers:

Andy Howard (Orlando, FL), Danielle Buice (Pickens, SC), Erin Hunter (Ormand Beach, FL), Dalita Diaz de Arce (Lake City, FL), Char’lee Pickens (Greer, SC), Dustin Presley (Valdosta, GA), Paul Melville (Palm Bay, FL), Stacey Coschignano (Orlando, FL), Nena Bryant (Morristown, TN), Ty Cannon (High Point, NC), Andrea Apple (St. Petersberg, FL), Erin Arnaud (Dunnellon, FL), Emily Silcox (Gainesville, FL), Kathy Williams (Tampa, FL), and introducing Gatsby Turknett (Melbourne, FL), Eric Highfield (Lexington, KY), Kristie Jackson (Waco, KY), and Shamus Riley (Suffolk, VA).

Musicians will also travel and perform with the group (to be announced at a later date).

For more information, visit:

http://www.gigueenfete.com/

American Racket is looking for sponsors and donations to help with launching this production for our neighbors to the north (including costumes, travel, etc.)

Feeling generous?     andy@orlandoopera.org

Stay tuned.  The Racketeers are planning several events in the next few months to help raise necessary funds, and have some fun in the meantime…