Welcome to the world of Diffusion: The show for experimental, on the edge cultural dance. Hosted by Visions In Dance, the show will feature dancers from all over the dance community. The performance will be held on Saturday, January 13, 2007. This is a show where you can dance to the music that moves you, in the costume that most exemplifies the essence of the song you have chosen. This show will be closed to minors, so your song and costume choice will be open to a broad interpretation, with no need for creative editing to make the song family appropriate.

Even so, we're not doing this thing willy nilly. Here are our rules:

1. This show is juried. There is an audition process where tapes will be submitted and then judged by a panel of ten judges. Half of our panel are dancers and half are not; we included regular ol' folks so as to be more in touch with the general public.

2. VHS or DVD recordings of your dance need to be submitted to our judge panel by Friday, September 15, 2006. We're not asking for professional taping, directing, and lighting, just that the judges need to be able to see what you're doing and be able to hear your music. Full costuming is not necessary but we need a complete descripition of your costume intentions, whether you describe the costume in full detail on the tape or in writing or draw a picture of it. We will need to provide the description to our judges at the time of the judging. Any costume changes made after submission must be sent in to our judges for further approval.

3. Costuming can be no less than a string bikini, with a full backed bottom (i.e. no thong) and the costume must fit and enhance the dance. We must ask that you not wear a bikini just to wear a bikini. Costuming is a part of our art form and therefore must have a purpose.

4. Any props wanted for your performance- backdrops, veils, chairs, canes, wings, fake trees, whatever- must be able to be placed before the segment and removed afterward by The Dancer and cannot take longer than 30 seconds. It is a small back stage area and simply not enough room for a bunch of stage hands to be waiting.

5. Time limits for performances are as follows: Solos up to 4 minutes 30 seconds. Duets up to 6 minutes. Trios up to 7 minutes. Troupes up to 9 minutes.

6. Any dancers selected by the judges to perform are required to attend a dress rehearsal the morning of the performance. Any performers who do not attend dress rehearsal will not perform that evening in the show.

7. We reserve the right to pull performers out of the show if costuming is significantly different from the description provided to the judges in the submissions.

We are not limiting submissions to Belly Dance or Fusion Dance or Tribal Dance. If you have a Flamenco piece, sumbit a tape! If you are a Modern Dance group, submit a tape! We want to see the whole Community of Dance come together and put on an amazing performance without the normal restrictions placed upon our art in a normal venue. Be creative and do what you've always wanted to do!