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12 isLand GuidE<br />
April 26, 2012 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ www.fptci.com<br />
Last chance to help bring Bad Boys of Dance to TCI<br />
Ten years ago when a group of young dancers<br />
came here to perform for the first ever Turks and<br />
Caicos Friends of the Arts Foundation event, who<br />
could have imagined how successful they would<br />
be today.<br />
Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet starring the Bad<br />
Boys of Dance has been selling out shows across<br />
the world. From Berlin to Sydney, thousands line<br />
up to see the fusion of classic ballet technique<br />
blended with the excitement of musical theatre,<br />
hip hop, ballet, tap, contemporary, gymnastics<br />
and more.<br />
Versatile and gutsy, these talented performers<br />
stretch the bounds of dancing with athletic<br />
jumps, endless turns and endearing individuality.<br />
Featuring the sensational talents of six Bad<br />
Boys and one Pretty Girl, t<strong>his</strong> show will surely get<br />
you on your feet and smiling.<br />
As TCFAF celebrates its <strong>10</strong>th year, its members<br />
are excited to bring back to the islands t<strong>his</strong> amazing<br />
group of performers. “I cannot express how<br />
thrilled we are at the opportunity to bring such a<br />
world-renowned group to the Turks and Caicos,”<br />
TCFAF founder Barbara Pankhurst told the fp.<br />
Following their sold-out performances in St.<br />
Petersburg, Russia, and dozens of other sold-out<br />
European and Australian shows, the Bad Boys of<br />
Dance are scheduled to hit the stage of Brayton<br />
Hall on Providenciales on May 18.<br />
“But we are only able to achieve t<strong>his</strong> with a tremendous<br />
amount of support from the community,”<br />
Pankhurst said. The TCFAF has been using<br />
online fundraiser website kickstarter.com to help<br />
raise the $25,000 needed to bring t<strong>his</strong> world-renowned<br />
dancing ensemble to the TCI.<br />
Not only will residents and guests have the<br />
opportunity to enjoy performances set to some<br />
of the biggest hits from U2, Michael Jackson,<br />
Prince, Queen, Coldplay and Lenny Kravitz, they<br />
are also offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity<br />
for young local dancers to attend a workshop<br />
with the Bad Boys of Dance.<br />
“T<strong>his</strong> is an amazing opportunity for our young<br />
dancers, something most youths would never<br />
have the chance to experience anywhere, let alone<br />
on an island such as ours,” said Pankhurst.<br />
The TCFAF has been able to raise more than<br />
$14,000 to date, but time is running out to get<br />
the additional $<strong>10</strong>,000-plus needed to make t<strong>his</strong><br />
dancing dream a reality.<br />
Individuals or companies can visit kickstarter.<br />
com to add their donation towards bringing Rock<br />
the Ballet to the TCI.<br />
On the Web<br />
Help bring Rock the Ballet to the Turks and Caicos Islands and<br />
contribute to a celebration of the arts in the islands by visiting<br />
TCFAF.wordpress.com.<br />
Founder, director and principal dancer Rasta Thomas describes<br />
Rock the Ballet as “a new type of ballet for the 21st century,<br />
and we are calling it Pop-Ballet.”<br />
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