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Overcoming Lack Of Confidence in the Performing Arts
Lack of confidence can be one of the most severe problems to affect aspiring performers. However old you are and however good you are, if you don't feel confident going into new environments, meeting new people and performing to an audience, you're unlikely develop your skills to their very best.

Trey McIntyre Project Celebrates Stellar Inaugural Year; Announces Year 2: 2009-10 Season
In what can only be described as a ferociously ambitious inaugural year, Trey McIntyre Project finished its first season as a full-time dance company with a remarkable list of accomplishments -- and now announces Year 2 performance schedule.

See NBC's "Last Comic Standing" Tour at the Durham Performing Arts Center
On January 4, 2009, enjoy an evening of great stand-up comedy with the finalists from the popular NBC show "Last Comic Standing" as the official tour comes to the new Durham Performing Arts Center. Experience an unforgettable night of laughter at the Carolinas' largest performing arts center.

Brooklyn Educator Uses Faith and The Arts To Transform Hearts, Futures Of Inner-City Youth Through Her Non-Profit Youth Development Performing Arts Or
Brooklyn Educator, Bridgette Chapman , brings the arts to inner-city youth through her Non-Profit 501 C 3 organization, Revelation Performing Arts Studio, Inc. Located in Brooklyn, NY, RPAS is built on faith and instills values, and surround their students with love and inspiration all the while providing an enlightening experience that will transform their hearts and their futures in the process.

Apogee to Launch Performing Arts Awards, Training and Events Across South Asia
The Apogee Foundation, an international nonprofit dedicated to the development of human excellence in the art of performance, will offer performing arts programs across India and South Asia to identify, support, develop and promote the region's elite talents.