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Creating New Hope in the New Year
With the beginning of every New Year, we all are all filled with
renewed inspiration for ourselves and our loved ones. We make
promises, resolutions and set goals. The dancer-clients we serve are
no different. They look forward to the inspiration the New Year will
bring, how their careers will develop and how they will continue to
grow. Through all this, Career Transition For Dancers is there. Like
our dancer-clients we renew our hopes and set goals. This year we are
excited about expanding our newest program, Stepping into Hope and
Change; gathering with our partner, Complexions Contemporary Ballet
for our Winter Heat benefit; enhancing our outreach through video
career conversations, and continuing to provide scholarships and
career counseling.

We look forward to updating you monthly on our progress with client
stories through our Moves-- Stories of Transition emails. 2011 will
be a great year! We have high expectations for ourselves because we
fulfil a vital need. Career Transition For Dancers is the only
arts-service organization in the United States dedicated solely to
the planning and post performance needs of dancers nationwide --
entirely free of charge.

During the instability of 2010, you were there with us and helped us
surpass our year's goals. As we embark on 2011, we renew our pledge
of reaching our dancers nationally as we continue the National
Outreach Program and provide counseling services through CAREERLINE,
while helping dancers make choices for themselves and their community
after their performance life.

Looking toward the coming months, I am again so grateful for your
support and interest in the work of Career Transition For Dancers.
Please join me in making 2011 a year of great success as we all
embrace and renew our commitment to the dance community. Best wishes
for a happy and healthy New Year to you and yours!

- Cynthia G. Fischer, President

Amber Moves

Introduction by Joanne DiVito
Career Transition For Dancers, Los Angeles

Transition story by Amber Sorgato
Business Owner and Career Transition For Dancers' Dancer-Client

If I can't dance, what can I do? This is often a dancer's question
later in his/her career. [This question was not] however was not
necessarily on the mind of Amber Sorgato, a chestnut-haired beauty,
at the height of her dance career with The Celine Show when suddenly
she had to put her career on hold because of a rare joint disease
called PVNS. It made her knees swell to a mass the size of a large
egg causing her joints to lock and finally preventing her from
bending or straightening them, making it impossible to continue
dancing. She was in the middle of a successful dance career, having
graduated from Boston Conservatory with a BFA, moving on to work with
Princess Cruises, the Rockettes, Notre Dame de Paris, and eventually
The Celine Show in Las Vegas.

"It was very inconvenient," says Amber. "I was out for 13 months, yet
through [it] all the Dragone Organization and Celine were wonderful
and willing to wait for me to get back on my feet. When I came back,
I did two more years and finished my entire contract." But this was a
time for reflection about her next step.

I had heard about Career Transition For Dancers when I was
recuperating from my knee operation. I went to the workshop they had
at the Nevada Ballet Theatre, here in Las Vegas, in 2005. At that
time, it became clear to me that my end goal was always to teach. I
wanted to have my own dance studio. I had been teaching since I was
16. My mom taught piano, dad taught Karate and they had their own
studio in their home. It eventually became clear to me the reason I
wanted to [obtain] my college degree and dance professionally was for
the experience it would bring to my teaching.

That's why Career Transition For Dancers is such an important
organization for me and other dancers. When you're a dancer, you
rarely have a group in your corner. You're often on your own trying
to get through to your next job. It's so competitive, and to know
that you have someone there for you is really comforting.

[In preparation for embarking for my new career,] I had spent two
years collecting files and plans on what I wanted to do when I was
finished with the show. I worked on my business plan and finally
[had] everything together when I applied and [received] a grant from
Career Transition For Dancers. Then I started looking for properties.
I wanted the right location, a place I could stay for awhile. I had
saved my money and found a space, remodelled it, put in a new floor,
and finally opened the doors three months later.

I had only five more months before the Celine Show's closing
performance. I knew it was my transition, so I tried to stay present
in the experience. I also knew teaching would be my future and just
wanted to enjoy the last days of the show. I recognized it as a big
pivotal moment, I wanted to end my dance career on a high note, I was
age 34 at the time, and luckily I had something to go to that made me
very excited.

On the last night of The Celine Show I was so happy to be a part of
the whole experience. They dropped oh so many rose petals from the
ceiling. It was such a moving event. Celine is such a class act.

Now reflecting on my experience, I think while dance is a huge part
of who you are, it's not all that you are. It's important to know
that if you keep open to every possibility, you'll be surprised at
what actually does come your way. I thank you, Career Transition For
Dancers, for existing for us. Now I feel like I am in the right place
doing the right thing.

Changing the Paradigm

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Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and
recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award, talks about changing
education paradigms.

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Power of Performance

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Arts administrator and live-theater fan Ben Cameron looks at the
state of the live arts -- asking: How can the magic of live theater,
live music, live dance compete with the always-on Internet?

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Calendar

Jan 25,2011 -- 7:00PM - 9:00PM

Career Conversations: PERSONALITY TYPES AND DEALING WITH STRESS
Become energized by your career choices and possibilities by
understanding your personality type and triggers to stress.
Facilitator: Linda Bunch MA.Ed., RPC, RPCC Career Counselor.
Panelists TBA

Career Transition For Dancers
5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400 (The Actors' Fund)
Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Jan 31,2011 -- 5:30PM-7:30PM

Career Conversations: GETTING/COMPLETING YOUR BACHELOR'S DEGREE
Are you thinking about getting your bachelor's degree or picking up
where you left off? It is never too late to complete your education.
Representatives from New York area undergraduate and associate degree
programs will discuss the options for adults returning to college.
They will be joined by performers who have pursued further education
to develop their interests and career options. Panelists TBA.
(Co-sponsored by The Actors Fund).

The Actors' Equity Association
165 W 46 Street (at 7th Ave)
14th Floor Council Room
New York City

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Mar 7, 2011 -- 7PM

WINTER HEAT 2011
Latin party benefiting Career Transition For Dancers and Complexions
Contemporary Ballet

Edison Ballroom
240 West 47th Street
New York City

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SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS Applications deadlines March 9 & 25
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To support more dancer-clients like Amber, please contact, Nicole
Adams, Director of Development for sponsorship opportunities and
details.

(e) nadams@careertransition.org | (p) 212.764.0172
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