Kansas City Ballet Summer Program Auditions
Peter Pawlyshyn, School Director, will give the audition class.
Following the audition he will teach a Character class at 4:00pm which is open to dance students in the Twin Cities area. He will also offer another Character class on Sunday at 4:00pm to upper level ballet students, teachers and professionals.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
1:30pm registration, 2:00-3:30 audition class
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Ballet Tuesdays are back!
From the Pioneer Press 8/17/2010
Does your work week get too, too mundane? Maybe you need to add some tutu. On Tuesdays.
“Ballet Tuesday” is coming back to Landmark Center. The free ballet program , which started last year, brings tights and toe shoes to the Cortile on the second Tuesday of the month, starting Sept. 14.
Presented by Landmark Center and St. Paul City Ballet, the performances will take place over the lunch hour. You can bring a bag lunch (perhaps some tofu with your tutus?) or buy lunch at Anita’s Café in Landmark Center. The performances are free.
Throughout the nine-month series, St. Paul City Ballet dancers will perform excerpts from their holiday show, “The Enchanted Toy Shop,” as well as “Sleeping Beauty” and “Cinderella.” The first performance has an educational emphasis and will showcase choreographed barre, center and pointe work.
Also see a video promo at kare11.com
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=867635
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SPCB Celebrates National Dance Day July 31, 2010
SPCB is joining the grassroots initiative that encourages the nation, young and old, to move!
On Saturday, July 31, 1:00-2:00pm at our 1680 Grand Avenue studio we will host a family-friendly in-studio performance. Students of our month-long ballet intensive will perform excerpts from the Company’s repertoire and Swan Lake, including the famous “dance of the little swans.”
Join us right after the performance for the Hokey Pokey to get us all moving. Then stay for refreshments and conversation.
National Dance Day, on Saturday, July 31 is being recognized with an official act of Congress. Created by Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer and co-creator of the hit FOX series SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and founder of the Dizzy Feet Foundation, the aim of National Dance Day is to promote health and self-esteem through the art form of dance.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a long-time proponent of healthy lifestyles, will introduce a National Dance Day resolution at a press conference on Saturday, July 31 in Washington, D.C., to promote dance education and physical fitness across the U.S. http://dance.blogs.fox.com/tag/national-dance-day/
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SPCB Alumni return this summer
Alumni Claire Westby is currently traveling in Salzburg, Austria with fellow students from New York University. She will be in residence at SPCB during August to restage choreography which was set on her by Gabriela Komleva.
Claire Laine is home from Louisville and will be attending Macalaster College in the fall. She will continue to pursue her ballet career in the Twin Cities.
Claire Laine and Claire Westby with SPCB
Claire Westby in NYC
Claire Laine (center) in Louisville Ballet’s
Nutcracker
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SPCB Executive Director and owner of Grand Jeté attend the Architecture of Dance NYCB Spring Festival May 5-8, 2010.
Georgia Finnegan Amdahl and Ruthena Fink of Grand Jeté have been invited to New York City for backstage tours, school tours and meetings with directors of the NYCB and the School of American Ballet.
Itinerary is as follows:
WEDNESDAY 5/5
Back stage NYCB Theater tour led by Faith Petrides
Reception on Theater Promenade
Ratmansky Premier Ballet Performance (previous Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet)
THURSDAY 5/6
School of American Ballet tour with Natasha followed by watching a ballet class
Robin Pogrebin interview with Peter Martins (Director of NYCB) and Santiago Calatrava (choreographer and stage architect for the Spring Festival.)
NYCB Balanchine ballet performances
FRIDAY 5/7
NYCB Theater tour with Diane Nixa
Tour of Costume Shop
Tea break at Alice Tully Hall
Stage Rehearsal
Meet with Peter Martins
Performance of Jerome Robbins ballets