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Novice and experienced writers are invited to attend the event that runs from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Free breakfast will be served from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m., but participants need to bring a brown-bag lunch. Admission is free, but there is a $10 suggested donation.
For more information, call 544-9340 or 544-1108.
Bring a head shot and dance resume to Central YMCA at 401 Atkinson Drive.
Dance team members are eligible for 80 percent to 100 percent tuition waivers. For more information, call 544-0277 or visit www.hpu.edu/dance.
Berman, former star of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, is one of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts 2002 Individual Artist fellows in the performing arts. She has utilized the award to travel to the mainland to work with various choreographers in expanding her repertory as a solo dance artist.
Most recently, she performed with the American Repertory Dance Company, directed by Bonnie Oda Homsey, another Hawaii native and former Martha Graham dancer. ARDC commissioned Robert Battle, formerly of the Parsons Dance Company and now the director of Battleworks, to choreograph a solo for Berman earlier this year. ARDC will be in residency at Kalani Honua on the Big Island in June.
Berman will work in February with Hernando Cortez, a fellow former Taylor dancer and recently appointed director of the Cleveland Repertory Project. Cortez's new solo work for Berman will be premiered during the miniperformance event.
Immediately following the class and performance, Peter Rockford Espiritu, director of Tau Dance Theater, will hold auditions for choreographers and performing artists who would like to participate in "Ladies' Night Out," an evening celebrating female artists in Hawaii. Be prepared to show a complete work or one in progress.
For more information, call Berman at 226-1429 or Espiritu at 255-8245.
Nominees must have attended Dole Middle School for at least two years, be at least 40 years old and demonstrate a sustained record of bringing honor and pride to the community.
If you would like to be nominated or if you want to nominate someone, call Pam Kino or Vera Shishido at 832-3340. A nomination form will be mailed to you. Forms will be accepted from March through Aug. 31. Selection will be completed in November, and an induction breakfast will be held in January.
There are roles for a hapa male and female in their 20s, a Caucasian male in his 30s or 40s, a Hawaiian male and female in their 40s, two Caucasian males in their 40s or 50s and an Asian female in her 40s or 50s.
Auditions will take place noon to 4 p.m. March 22 and 6 to 9 p.m. March 23 at Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant St.
Auditioners should show up early and plan to stay the entire time. Scripts are available for loan with a $10 cash deposit at KKT. For more information, call 536-4222.
