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This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 28, 2011.

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Your $10 donation will get you a LEOPOLD GROUP TEMPORARY TATTOO! We know you've always wanted one. (Wear it to a Leopold Group event and get a free ticket.)

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Your $25 donation will get you the above reward plus AN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH OF A LEOPOLD GROUP DANCER'S STAGE DEBUT. (Keep in mind most of us started training at age 3...)

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Your $50 donation will get you the above rewards plus A LEOPOLD GROUP DANCER WILL CREATE A UNIQUE DANCE MOVE IN YOUR HONOR. You will provide the inspiration and direction and we will provide the move. Videotaped and shared with the world, soon everyone will be "doing The Nicole."

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Your $100 donation will get you the above rewards plus A COMMISSIONED VIDEO-DANCE, CREATED AND DEDICATED IN YOUR HONOR. You chose the music, the costumes and the theme. We will do the dancing and editing and post a new work in your honor.

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Lizzie Leopold

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Lizzie Leopold holds a BFA in dance from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Performance Studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, with thesis work at the intersection of choreography and commerce, specifically focusing on Le Sacre du Printemps. In fall 2011 she will begin work on an Interdisciplinary PhD in Theater and Drama Studies at Northwestern University, continuing to focus on the intersection of dance and business. Her work has been presented at the Congress on Research in Dance 2011 Special Topics Conference and the Cultural Studies Association Conference 2011.

Lizzie is the founder and Artistic Director for the Leopold Group, a Chicago based not-for-profit modern dance. In addition to choreographing, Leopold has danced with the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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