document.write('<p><strong>Nancy Van Ness</strong> is the founder and director of the <a href=\"http://americancreativedance.org\">American Creative Dance</a> group in New York City. A life-long modern dancer in her 60s, Nancy has studied with one of the greatest maestros of tango in Buenos Aires and was cast as the female lead in <em>Tango Passion</em>, a romantic comedy set in a tango salon.</p>\n\n<p>Nancy innovated an <em>avant garde</em> system of dance and musical accompaniment for her company. The troupe\'s dance work requires performers to be creators, using their own bodies to make art; they do not perform dance classics. She has performed in numerous venues around the world.</p>\n\n<p>Nancy is also very active in the international peace movement and hopes to see an end to global militarization in her lifetime.<br />\n</p>');