Emily Dunuwila will be performing a Sri Lankan dance at the Cottage Street Creative Exchange’s 2nd Annual “Globalocal” dance show. Dunuwila is pictured on stage at Vassar College.
SOUTH PARIS – The Cottage Street Creative Exchange will present its second “Globalocal” Show, Friday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in South Paris. Admission is free. Tickets are available at Books N Things in Norway and at several local schools. Donations are accepted at Books N Things, at the door and on the Project side of artmovesdance.com.
An exciting line up of dance is on tap, including: Art Moves Dance Ensemble, Collective Motion, Exchange Kids, Hoop Girl, The Moving Company, Neveah, Portland Youth Dance and Circus Maine.
Easy-to-follow Brazilian and Jamaican dances will be taught at 6:30 p.m. on stage before the show, and can be found on the CSCE Facebook page. Over 50 performers graced the stage for the Globalocal show in 2015. CSCE aims to double that this year.
Cottage Street Creative Exchange, Inc. is a publicly-supported, nonprofit corporation with a mission to spark integration into dance and the arts, locally and globally…one step at a time. “Globalocal” is a term created by the Debi Irons, artistic director of CSCE, as a simple way to express the mission of the CSCE to connect people and cultures on local and international levels.
Programs include free dance classes for kids, collaborative opportunities for Maine dancers, and meaningful cultural exchange. To become involved, please contact Artistic Director Debi Irons or one of the dancers: Sasha Richardson, Tegan Bullard, Karianna Merrill, Erika Lindstrom; or, a director: Aranka Matolcsy, Mickie Shibles, Amanda Daniel and Shellie Leger.

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