The fourth annual Cincinnati Dancesport Competition takes place Thursday-Saturday at the Omni Netherland Plaza, downtown.

        Spectators are welcome:

        Thursday: 7-11 p.m., $25

        Friday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., $20; 7:30 p.m.-midnight , $30.

        Saturday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., $25, 6 p.m.-midnight, $40.

        Each day includes competitions by amateurs or professionals, performances, awards and open dancing for everyone including spectators. Performers include World Exhibition Champs David and Sharon Savoy.

        New this year is the inclusion of kids from local clubs.

        “Salsa is so popular I decided to visit local clubs — Mad Frog on Vine and 20th Century on Madison — to invite young dancers to participate,” organizer Eleanor Lachman says. Cash prizes are awarded including a $5,000 top prize. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Information: 281-5500 and www.cincinnatidancesport.com.

        Director wanted: The search continues at Cincinnati Ballet for a general/business manager to replace John Zurick who resigned in June. The midsize company starts its 39th season with a $4.2 million operating budget.

        That it is both an established regional dance company and is in the black should appeal to an aspiring executive director. But whoever takes the job must finish a $14 million capital campaign, continue to find financing for a company that's eager to grow bigger and better andhelp develop a blossoming ballet academy.

        The position is also responsible for a staff of 33 — a heavy load for a job paying in the “high five-figure range.” The executive director works with artistic director Victoria Morgan and music director Carmon DeLeone.

        Costume prize: Cincinnati's Forget-Me-Not historical dance company spent June 20-25 in Cesena, Italy, competing at the fifth annual Dance Gran Prix. The event drew 24 groups from around the globe in performances of modern, ballet, hip-hop and folk. Forget-Me-Not, the only historical group competing, took second place in costume design.

        “You could hear the audience's oohs when the lights came up on us onstage,” director Steven Percer says.

        Costumes are a group effort, he says, researched and built by company members. They performed dances from the late 1800s, including ragtime.

        The “Organizers Award” also went to the group to recognize the meticulous efforts taken in preserving historical dance.

        “Nobody in Europe does what we do,” Mr. Percer says. “It was the organizers' way of saying how worthwhile they consider our effort.”

       Contact Carol Norris by fax, (812) 537-5693; e-mail webers@one.net.
       

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