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Welcome to Ballet Theatre Company
Ballet Theatre Academy Announces Tickets for Up-coming Performances
Tickets now available for both Ballet
Theatre Company's Nutcracker under the artistic direction of Brett Raphael at
the Hoffman Auditorium, West Hartford CT and the Granby Education
Foundation's presentation of Connecticut Ballet's Nutcracker with Ballet Theatre
Company at Granby High School, Granby.
Open Auditions Announced
Ballet Theatre Company with
Connecticut Ballet announce open auditions for 2008 “Nutcracker”
and “Romeo and Juliet” Productions
Ballet Theatre Company will hold open
auditions for its 2008 production of “The Nutcracker” with guest
artistic director, Brett Raphael on Sunday, September 14, 2008. At the
same time, Mr. Raphael will hold open auditions for the children’s
roles in Connecticut Ballet’s upcoming production of “Romeo and
Juliet”. Auditions will be held at the Ballet Theatre Company
studio at 20 Jefferson Ave., West Hartford, CT 06110.
The audition schedule is as follows:
Ages 5-6: 12:00-1:00pm (including boys)
Ages 7-8: 1:00-2:00pm (including boys)
Ages 9-11: 2:00-3:00pm (including boys)
Ages 12-15 with little or no previous ballet training: 3:00-3:30pm
Ages 12 and up with 3+ years of previous ballet training: 3:45-4:45pm
All groups should wear dance clothes and be prepared to do a warm-up
and short class as part of the audition. Dancers may audition for
one or both productions. There is a $15 audition fee payable to
Ballet Theatre Company.
“Nutcracker” performances take place
at the Hoffman Auditorium, Saint Joseph College, December 17 – 21
and “Romeo and Juliet” performances take place at the Bushnell Belding
Theatre, October 25 and 26
Advanced dancers interested in auditioning
for Ballet Theatre Company will be considered during the 3:45 audition.
For further information, contact
Ballet Theatre Company at 860-570-0440.
Iraqi War Veterans, U.S.
Marines, Combine Experience & Ballet to Tell Their Story
On May 31st
at 7:30 pm. and June 1st at 1:00 pm. at Hoffman Auditorium,
Carol Autorino Center located within the campus of St. Joseph College, Exit 12 Dance Company joins Ballet Theatre Company’s 10th
Anniversary Performance to present an excerpt of their recent work.
Led by Roman Baca, a US Marine who served in Fallujah, Iraq, and Lisa
Fitzgerald, an accomplished ballerina, the company is hard at work producing
a show based on a young man’s decision to leave the art world for
the military, how that decision impacted those close to him, and how
his life turns when he is shipped to war.
Sergeant Roman Baca and Sergeant
Joseph D’Amico spent long nights on post together when they weren’t
patrolling Fallujah, Iraq with their fellow U.S. Marines. In the
midst of the chaos and boredom, they passed the time by discussing what
they would do when they returned from war. Topics ranged from
restaurants that they would visit, vacations they would take, but every
conversation eventually turned back to talk of a show about war, ballet,
love and loss. Together they even wrote a rough script and visualized
potential audiences.
Summer Programs
Carlos Molina and Erica Cornejo
"Midsummer Nights Dream"
:: Photo by Gene Schiavone
Ballet Theatre Company Presents
Studio Showcase Performances
Ballet Theatre Company presents
two showcase performances Sunday, April 13, 2008
On Sunday, April 13, 2008,
Ballet Theatre Company performed two showcase programs featuring
classical and contemporary works from the company repertory and works
in progress. The informal performances took place in the intimate setting
of the Company’s studio.
The program included: “Primordial
Embers”, the contemporary fusion work created last season by guest
choreographer, Carlos Fittante. Mr Fittante is the artistic director
of New York City’s Balinese-American Dance Theatre (BALAM); “Ex
Nihilo” where a sculpture dreams his artwork is alive, by Robert Smith.
Also on the program were works by Company Director, Tracy Dorman: “Voices
of Spring”, a moving Viennese waltz, “The Skaters” and solo variation
for the senior company dancers. An excerpt from the Swan Lake pas de
deux was also performed.
Ballet Theatre Company Performs in Ted Hershey Dance Marathon
Ballet Theatre Company mad its ninth annual appearance in the Dance Marathon on March 15, 2008 performing the premiere of Robert Smith’s “Motion Pacific”
This year marked the tenth anniversary of the Dance Marathon at the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford. In honor of the late Ted Hershey, a principal dancer with the Hartford Ballet under Michael Uthoff and co-founder and director of Works Contemporary Dancer, the Marathon brought together the Greater Hartford Dance community.
This year twenty-five ensembles and individual artist performed in the program.
The new, contemporary work by Robert Smith entitled “Motion Pacific” featured the entire company including apprentices and junior company members and will be performed again in Ballet Theatre Company’s tenth anniversary spring season, May 31 and June 1, 2008.
For more information on the Marathon and related events go to the website: www.tedhershey.com.
Ballet Theatre Company Provides Opportunity to Honor Your Grandchildren
Ballet Theatre Company is excited to announce that we will be adding a Grandparents’ Page to its program books this year. The Grandparents’ Pages will appear in programs for the annual holiday performances of “The Nutcracker” and in our tenth anniversary spring performance program the weekend of May 30 – June 1, 2008. Your tribute will be read by 4000 patrons of the arts! At the same time, you will be supporting the artistic endeavors of Ballet Theatre Company. Delight your grandchildren or other special children in your life as they see their name in print when they attend “The Nutcracker” performance at the Hoffman Auditorium, Saint Joseph College and again in the spring.
Schedule Classes at Ballet Theatre Academy
Ballet Theatre Academy announces new classes, fall registration and new faculty. Please follow this link for details:
Park Road Parade
On October 6th, Children for the cast of Ballet Theatre Company's upcoming sixth annual production of "The Nutcracker" marched in the annual West Hartford Park Road Parade. "Clara", "The Nutcracker Prince" and "The Mouse King" rode in a classic red Mercedes convertible.
Children costumed as polichinelles, toy soldiers and variations form the "Land of Sweets" distributed nearly 1000 bookmarks with Nutcracker performance information to the crowd.
Nutcracker Auditions
Auditions were held September 6th for Ballet Theatre Company's sixth annual presentation of "The Nutcracker."
Read about the auditions and see some of the more than 60 young dancers who auditioned here: Nutcracker Auditions
"Dancers Responding to Aids" Benefit Performance
BALLET THEATRE COMPANY PERFORMS in “DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS” BENEFIT CONCERT
BDRA is a non-profit program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Money raised is distributed in a National Grants program to almost 500 AIDS and Family Service Organizations and to 7 programs of The Actors' Fund of America.
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