July 2008 Summer Convention
TWO DAYS OF INTENSE TRAINING
July 26 and 27, 2008 10:00AM - 6:00PM at the Maryland Youth Ballet
926 Ellsworth Drive (in the new downtown Silver Spring Shopping Center)
Silver Spring, MD 20910 • (301) 608-2232

Day One: Hip Hop • Day Two: Jazz/Modern
Opportunities to learn from top local choreographers and industry professionals to improve your hip-hop and jazz technique.

Featured Chreographers
Day One: Hip Hop

• Cicely and Olisa from "So You Think You Can Dance"
• Laura Edwards; crew member of "Fish-n-Chicks" from the first season of "America's Best Dance Crew"
• JKevin Aguilar and Jeremi Ellis from "Step Up Two" and "The Capitol Movement Project"
• and more...

Day Two: Jazz Technique

• Stephanie Jojokian, Co-founder of Capitol Movement, Inc. and Director of the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders
• Laura Edwards; crew member of "Fish-n-Chicks" from the first season of "America's Best Dance Crew"
• Tim Roberts from "Cats" and "Jellies Last Jam"
• Chris Hale: performed with Mary J. Blige, Deborah Cox, Tamia, Gloria Gaynor, and Michael Jackson

Choreographers subject to change and are based on availability

Seminar with Brian Gendece
(leading Los Angeles Talent Manager representing dancers, choreographers and singers) check out his website.

Brian Gendece's DVD presentation/seminar will include:

• Video footage highlights of Tina Landon's Rihanna music video audition
• Liz Imperio's Latin Dance Audition for Gloria Estefan's World Tour
• Jeri Salughters' Hip Hop audition for Christina Aguilera
• Photo Examples of Headshots of Los Angeles' top working dancers
• a dance compilation teaser reel of some of Brian Gendece's past and present choreography clients
• Question & Answer session w/ Brian following the DVD presentation.

The Capitol Movement Project (CMP)
Part of CMI's mission is to create opportunities for DC area dancers and artists to train, dance, and perform with top choreographers in the field at prominent venues. By recruiting celebrity choreographers to the District of Columbia, we give underprivileged and undervalued dancers a chance to work with the industry's elite. Thanks to our sponsors, we also offer scholarships to these aspiring professionals to study locally and abroad, as well as creating professional performance experience to boost their resumes through our annual gala, "The Capitol Movement Project." Without these options, many local dancers would not be able to afford and/or participate in this type of dance experience.

The CMP concert, now in its third season, brought together multiple facets of our urban community; from artists, to celebrity choreographers, professional dancers, businessmen and women, and more. The concert explored many genres of dance from jazz, hip-hop, tap, modern…even spoken word and song.
Read our review!

Get a peek at the 2007 Concert!
dis.is.why by Kevin & Jeremi • Water by Stephanie Jojokian • Modern Silhouette by Tony Powell • Lion King by Tim Roberts • Kids Clip by Darrin Henson

Click here to learn about our upcoming CMP workshops and auditions.

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2008 Fundraiser Reception and Silent Auction
Capitol Movement, Inc. (CMI) hosted a fundraiser and silent auction to raise money for the production of “The Capitol Movement Project” (CMP). The 2007 event was covered by Washington Life magazine and other local publications. Click here to read our 2007 article.

All proceeds of the 2008 event will benefit the Third Annual CMP Dance Concert April 26-27, 2008. We would like to thank all who attended, supported, made bids, and sponsored this great event.

Our 2008 sponsors:

December 2007
CMI Kidz Pre-Professional Company performs for the "Basket Ball"

CMI's Kidz Company was invited to open the annual gala for "The Children's Charities Foundation." 25 aspiring dancers between the ages of 8 and 17 brought the house down during a 20-minute show of jazz, modern, and hip hop dance. Feedback was so great, they were immediately invited to do it again this year!

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Junior Wizards Dancers / Capital Kidz
Capitol Movement, Inc. auditioned 75 tiny dancers between the ages of 6-12 to join the NBA Kids Dance Team "Capital Kidz". Previously known as the Jr. Wizards Dancers, 50 of the 75 children were seleceted to perform at 22 home games during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 NBA Washigton Wizards season.

Auditions for the 2008-2009 season are here.

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August 2006 CMP Dancers Perform at Star-Studded Radio One 25th Anniversary
In addition to our main concert, CMP is fulfilling part of its mission by providing local dancers the opportunity to showcase their talents at major media events.

On August 17, 2006, The Capitol Movement Project had the honor of performing for Radio One’s 25th anniversary awards gala. The company was commissioned by Cathy Hughes, founder and owner of Radio One to choreograph and perform with award winning gospel harpist Jeff Majors. CMP also performed two other original numbers in front of a celebrity audience of Janet Jackson, Diddy, Beyonce, Danny Glover, Eric Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole and many more celebrity guests.

CMP has also been hired to choreograph for and perform with up and coming R and B artist Ki-Mani. On September 6, 2006 company members traveled to New York City to perform on BET’s 106 and Park with the artist.

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