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ALLEGHENY BALLET COMPANY
P.O. Box 369 - Altoona, PA 16603
The Allegheny Ballet Company, a non-profit organization, is composed of highly skilled, carefully selected dancers dedicated to performing the dynamic art of ballet.

ARTSPATH
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 104 Waller Hall - Indiana, PA 15705
Serving the west central region of Pennsylvania and funded through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ArtsPath is a community-wide consortium which provides quality arts experiences through its artist-in-residence programs, promotes the use of the Arts cross curricula, and advocates the Arts classroom teacher as integral to a complete education.

BERKS BALLET THEATRE
1701 Fairview Street - Reading, PA 19606
Berks Ballet Theatre is a nonprofit performing dance company whose primary purpose is to provide serious dancers with the best possible forum for training and performance in classical ballet and contemporary dance in southeastern Pennsylvania.

BOTTLE WORKS ETHNIC ARTS CENTER
411 Third Avenue - Johnstown, PA 15906
The BOTTLE WORKS, once a soda pop plant, has taken new life as a year-round Ethnic Arts Center and is located in an historically designated neighborhood where immigrants from many different heritages settled, built their churches, established their clubs, and used their traditional values in their new lives.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA YOUTH BALLET
5 North Orange Street - Carlisle, PA 17013
CPYB is an internationally renowned classical ballet and performing company that provides exceptional dance training for serious pre-professional dancers.

DANCE ALLOY
5530 Penn Avenue - Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Contemporary modern dance company under the artistic direction of Mark Taylor. Dance Alloy performs in numerous venues locally, nationally and internationally. The Neighborhood Dance Center offers classes to children and adults in many dance styles. The Summer Intensive Workshop offers professional level classes to dancers.

DANZANTE
200 Crescent Street - Harrisburg, PA 17104
Danzante is a Latino and Spanish school of the visual and performing arts, and a flamenco dance company that offers instruction in traditional and contemporary dances from Latin America and Spain. We also teach theater and Latin percussion at our community art center year-round, and provide arts-in-education programs for school districts.

GREATER YORK CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION
3524 E. Market Street - York, PA 17402
Greater York Center for Dance Education offers a quality, disciplined arts program to dancers of all ages and aspirations. GYCDE is a non-profit organization and home of the Greater York Youth ballet, a Pre-professional regional dance company instituted to provide a professional dance environment for talented, motivated and select dancers.

PENN STATE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Eisenhower Auditorium - University Park, PA 16802
Penn State Center for the Performing Arts is a university-based presenter of a multidisciplinary season of touring artists from around the world, serving the University, Centre Region schools and the community at large.

SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL
P.O. Box 25120 416 Queen Street - Philadelphia, PA 19147
In this unique model preschool/Head Start program, children ages 3-5 learn through appropriate early childhood activities provided daily by artist teachers in music, creative movement, and visual art studios, enabling a tremendous enrichment of traditional early learning environments.

THE RAINBOW CONNECTION & COMPANY AT THE PRINCE
100 South Broad Street Suite 650 - Philadelphia, PA 19110
The Prince Music Theater, formerly known as The American Music Theater, is one of the nation's only companies dedicated to the development and production of contemporary music theater. In addition to mainstage productions of music theater of all kinds, the Prince Music Theater is home to The Rainbow Connection & Company, an education outreach program and performing group, and The Sharon Pinkenson Film Project, an eclectic series of film programs for all ages.

ARTSPATH
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 104 Waller Hall - Indiana, PA 15705
Serving the west central region of Pennsylvania and funded through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ArtsPath is a community-wide consortium which provides quality arts experiences through its artist-in-residence programs, promotes the use of the Arts cross curricula, and advocates the Arts classroom teacher as integral to a complete education.

BLOOMSBURG THEATRE ENSEMBLE
226 Center Street P.O. Box 66 - Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble is a resident ensemble of nine, including actors, directors, writers, and a production manager, and the administrative and technical staff who make a long-term commitment to provide this non-urban region with unique cultural opportunities. On our Mainstage, we have produced more than 120 plays, chosen collectively by the ensemble from the classical repertoire and from contemporary work. Each year, the ensemble tours original shows based on national or international folk literature to thousands of schoolchildren in our region. We offer educational programming to a diversity of ages and economic circles, and we provide an intern program for young professionals. We invite artists from the field to Bloomsburg in order to share ideas and skills. We embody our belief that theatre is a necessary tool for learning and communication.

BOTTLE WORKS ETHNIC ARTS CENTER
411 Third Avenue - Johnstown, PA 15906
The BOTTLE WORKS, once a soda pop plant, has taken new life as a year-round Ethnic Arts Center and is located in an historically designated neighborhood where immigrants from many different heritages settled, built their churches, established their clubs, and used their traditional values in their new lives.

DANZANTE
200 Crescent Street - Harrisburg, PA 17104
Danzante is a Latino and Spanish school of the visual and performing arts, and a flamenco dance company that offers instruction in traditional and contemporary dances from Latin America and Spain. We also teach theater and Latin percussion at our community art center year-round, and provide arts-in-education programs for school districts.

INTERACT THEATRE COMPANY
2030 Sansom Street - Philadelphia, PA 19103
InterAct is a theatre for today's world, producing new and contemporary plays that explore the issues of our time. InterAct's aim is to educate, as well as entertain, its audiences, through its world-class, thought-provoking productions, and by using theatre as a tool to foster positive social change in the school, the workplace and the community.

PENN STATE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Eisenhower Auditorium - University Park, PA 16802
Penn State Center for the Performing Arts is a university-based presenter of a multidisciplinary season of touring artists from around the world, serving the University, Centre Region schools and the community at large.

STAGES OF IMAGINATION
247 North Bishop Avenue - Clifton Heights, PA 19018
Stages of Imagination creates and performs original Broadway-style musical plays for elementary school children to enjoy live in the theater and in school, and at home through video and audio tapes of our original plays. Every play is based on important childhood issues like anger management, tolerance, cooperation and good choices.

THE PEOPLE'S LIGHT & THEATRE COMPANY
39 Conestoga Road - Malvern, PA 19355
The People's Light & Theatre Company, a non-profit, professional theatre founded in 1974, and located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, is committed to long-term collaboration among artists with diverse aesthetics and to active participation in the life of the community.

THE RAINBOW CONNECTION & COMPANY AT THE PRINCE
100 South Broad Street Suite 650 - Philadelphia, PA 19110
The Prince Music Theater, formerly known as The American Music Theater, is one of the nation's only companies dedicated to the development and production of contemporary music theater. In addition to mainstage productions of music theater of all kinds, the Prince Music Theater is home to The Rainbow Connection & Company, an education outreach program and performing group, and The Sharon Pinkenson Film Project, an eclectic series of film programs for all ages.

TOUCHSTONE THEATRE
321 East 4th Street - Bethlehem, PA 18015
Touchstone Theatre is a resident and touring professional ensemble of actor/creators making, performing, and presenting original theatre as a powerful community-building tool.

ARTSPATH
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 104 Waller Hall - Indiana, PA 15705
Serving the west central region of Pennsylvania and funded through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ArtsPath is a community-wide consortium which provides quality arts experiences through its artist-in-residence programs, promotes the use of the Arts cross curricula, and advocates the Arts classroom teacher as integral to a complete education.

BOTTLE WORKS ETHNIC ARTS CENTER
411 Third Avenue - Johnstown, PA 15906
The BOTTLE WORKS, once a soda pop plant, has taken new life as a year-round Ethnic Arts Center and is located in an historically designated neighborhood where immigrants from many different heritages settled, built their churches, established their clubs, and used their traditional values in their new lives.

COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER
414 Plush Mill Road - Wallingford, PA 19086
The Community Arts Center is an organization dedicated to providing quality arts experiences, including classes, exhibitions and programs to the greater Philadelphia area.

DANZANTE
200 Crescent Street - Harrisburg, PA 17104
Danzante is a Latino and Spanish school of the visual and performing arts, and a flamenco dance company that offers instruction in traditional and contemporary dances from Latin America and Spain. We also teach theater and Latin percussion at our community art center year-round, and provide arts-in-education programs for school districts.

ERIE ART MUSEUM
411 State Street - Erie, PA 16501
Nonprofit arts organization with a focus on presenting visual arts to the community.

MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN'S GUILD
1815 Metropolitan Street - Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is a center for arts and learning located on Pittsburgh's North Side. The guild reaches 1,000 young people each week by conducting artists' residencies in partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools. More than 450 students participate in the Apprenticeship Training Program, which offers free after-school opportunities to teens.

SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL
P.O. Box 25120 416 Queen Street - Philadelphia, PA 19147
In this unique model preschool/Head Start program, children ages 3-5 learn through appropriate early childhood activities provided daily by artist teachers in music, creative movement, and visual art studios, enabling a tremendous enrichment of traditional early learning environments.

THE CLAYMOBILE AT THE CLAY STUDIO
The Clay Studio 139 North 2nd Street - Philadelphia, PA 19106
The Clay Studio is a non-profit educational arts organization dedicated to the promotion and development of the ceramic arts and the work of new clay artists.

WAYNE ART CENTER
413 Maplewood Avenue - Wayne, PA 19087
Wayne Art Center has been enriching the cultural needs of the community since 1930. The Art Center has grown into a dynamic nonprofit organization, providing instruction in all phases of the fine arts to individuals of all ages and levels of ability.

ARTSPATH
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 104 Waller Hall - Indiana, PA 15705
Serving the west central region of Pennsylvania and funded through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ArtsPath is a community-wide consortium which provides quality arts experiences through its artist-in-residence programs, promotes the use of the Arts cross curricula, and advocates the Arts classroom teacher as integral to a complete education.

BOTTLE WORKS ETHNIC ARTS CENTER
411 Third Avenue - Johnstown, PA 15906
The BOTTLE WORKS, once a soda pop plant, has taken new life as a year-round Ethnic Arts Center and is located in an historically designated neighborhood where immigrants from many different heritages settled, built their churches, established their clubs, and used their traditional values in their new lives.

THE RAINBOW CONNECTION & COMPANY AT THE PRINCE
100 South Broad Street Suite 650 - Philadelphia, PA 19110
The Prince Music Theater, formerly known as The American Music Theater, is one of the nation's only companies dedicated to the development and production of contemporary music theater. In addition to mainstage productions of music theater of all kinds, the Prince Music Theater is home to The Rainbow Connection & Company, an education outreach program and performing group, and The Sharon Pinkenson Film Project, an eclectic series of film programs for all ages.

ARTSPATH
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 104 Waller Hall - Indiana, PA 15705
Serving the west central region of Pennsylvania and funded through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ArtsPath is a community-wide consortium which provides quality arts experiences through its artist-in-residence programs, promotes the use of the Arts cross curricula, and advocates the Arts classroom teacher as integral to a complete education.

BOTTLE WORKS ETHNIC ARTS CENTER
411 Third Avenue - Johnstown, PA 15906
The BOTTLE WORKS, once a soda pop plant, has taken new life as a year-round Ethnic Arts Center and is located in an historically designated neighborhood where immigrants from many different heritages settled, built their churches, established their clubs, and used their traditional values in their new lives.

DANZANTE
200 Crescent Street - Harrisburg, PA 17104
Danzante is a Latino and Spanish school of the visual and performing arts, and a flamenco dance company that offers instruction in traditional and contemporary dances from Latin America and Spain. We also teach theater and Latin percussion at our community art center year-round, and provide arts-in-education programs for school districts.

ERIE ART MUSEUM
411 State Street - Erie, PA 16501
Nonprofit arts organization with a focus on presenting visual arts to the community.

MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN'S GUILD
1815 Metropolitan Street - Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is a center for arts and learning located on Pittsburgh's North Side. The guild reaches 1,000 young people each week by conducting artists' residencies in partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools. More than 450 students participate in the Apprenticeship Training Program, which offers free after-school opportunities to teens.

PENN STATE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Eisenhower Auditorium - University Park, PA 16802
Penn State Center for the Performing Arts is a university-based presenter of a multidisciplinary season of touring artists from around the world, serving the University, Centre Region schools and the community at large.

SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL
P.O. Box 25120 416 Queen Street - Philadelphia, PA 19147
In this unique model preschool/Head Start program, children ages 3-5 learn through appropriate early childhood activities provided daily by artist teachers in music, creative movement, and visual art studios, enabling a tremendous enrichment of traditional early learning environments.

STRINGS FOR SCHOOLS, INC.
2001 Market Street, Suite 3100 - Philadelphia, PA 19103
Utilizing the talents of Philadelphia's finest professional musicians, we offer the gift of great American and multicultural music to Philadelphia area children, opening their minds and hearts to such wonders as they might not otherwise experience, and making them feel good about living in the world.

THE RAINBOW CONNECTION & COMPANY AT THE PRINCE
100 South Broad Street Suite 650 - Philadelphia, PA 19110
The Prince Music Theater, formerly known as The American Music Theater, is one of the nation's only companies dedicated to the development and production of contemporary music theater. In addition to mainstage productions of music theater of all kinds, the Prince Music Theater is home to The Rainbow Connection & Company, an education outreach program and performing group, and The Sharon Pinkenson Film Project, an eclectic series of film programs for all ages.

WAYNE ART CENTER
413 Maplewood Avenue - Wayne, PA 19087
Wayne Art Center has been enriching the cultural needs of the community since 1930. The Art Center has grown into a dynamic nonprofit organization, providing instruction in all phases of the fine arts to individuals of all ages and levels of ability.



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Please note: Thirteen/WNET New York compiled these profiles using information supplied to it in June, 2001, by the individual organizations. Thirteen is not responsible for the accuracy of this information, is neither affiliated with nor does it endorse these entities, and is not responsible for any advice or other services provided by them.

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