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NC Dance Theatre Summer Repertory Performance
NC Dance Theatre School of Dance Open House and Registration
Nutcracker Auditions
Placement Classes and Auditions For New Students For Fall 2008
Afro-Caribbean Dance
Congratulations NC Dance Theatre Repertory Ensemble
Attitude newsletter

NC Dance Theatre Summer Repertory Performance

Date: August 8, 2008, at 8 PM

Location: Charlotte Country Day School ’s Fine Arts Center

North Carolina Dance Theatre’s Summer Repertory Performance displays the hard work and talent of the over 100 dedicated students from around the country that attend the summer intensive program at North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance. “The Summer Repertory Performance is an evening of dance with great variety, highlighting the strengths of these talented young dancers,” said Darleen Callaghan, School director. “Students are given the opportunity to demonstrate all they have learned during the summer program in the final performance. This year’s performance includes Act II of Swan Lake , new original works by the ballet, modern and jazz teachers, and solo variations from the classical repertory.”

Tickets are $10 at the door. For more information on the Summer Repertory Performance contact Alexis Ingram at 704.372.0101 x111.

NC Dance Theatre School of Dance Open House and Registration

Date: August 23, 2008, from 9 AM to 5 PM

Location: NC Dance Theatre Studios, 622 East 28th Street, Suite 113

The School of Dance offers classes for ages three through adult in ballet, modern, jazz and more. Locations in Uptown, SouthPark and NoDa. During the open house students and their families can meet School faculty, purchase dancewear, get fitted for ballet shoes by representatives from tutu.com, take a bun making workshop, meet members of the Parent Guild and sign up for fun volunteer activities during the year. Call 704.372.3900 or click here for more information on the School of Dance ’s fall registration.

Nutcracker Auditions

Date:
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Audition check-in: 4 PM
Audition: 5-8 PM                  

Location: NC Dance Theatre Studios, 622 East 28th Street, Suite 113

Students ages 8-18 are invited to be part of Dance Theatre’s Nutcracker. This season, Nutcracker will take place at the Belk Theater December 12-14 and 19-21. Casting will be determined based on technical ability, performance quality and sizing for costumes. Click here for more information.

Congratulations NC Dance Theatre Repertory Ensemble on Your SERBA Success!

Twenty-five dancers from the NC Dance Theatre Repertory Ensemble, the School's top level student performing company, just returned from the four-day Regional Dance America/Southeastern Regional Ballet Association Festival held in High Point this year. The students performed four ballets chosen by world-renowned choreographer, Kathryn Posin, during a highly competitive adjudication process that took place earlier this year. Twenty-three other student ballet companies from 10 states also participated in the Festival.
Ms. Posin's adjudication report of the Repertory Ensemble:

"Here at last is the shining academy one hopes for under the enthusiastic, watchful and expert guidance of Darleen Callaghan who is directed by Artistic Director, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. In a large high-ceilinged studio with an excellent accompanist, Kazuko Adachi, twenty-two young dancers, including four men, stand at center barres with long slim, carefully tended and honed bodies, the bodies that are required if ballet is to be performed on the professional level. The hips are narrow and full rotation of the main muscles has been achieved, the instep of the foot reveals powerful arches that are visible on the first tendu. The class is conducted by the droll and brilliant Mark Diamond who manages to call out at triple speed the exercises they already know for this abbreviated class. This activates a flurry of marking in the hands of dancers and immediately produces known combinations of complexity and usefulness. Mr. Diamond seems to know how much of what is required to get today's result. A full class is delivered in 45 minutes. The center grand allegro is long; thirty-two counts and requires stamina and strength. It becomes apparent that there are two or three beautiful and technically advanced girls amongst the others. Two or three who are given the extra special gift and have worked, nourished in this right place to develop at age 16 into utterly bewitching dancers."

Besides this wonderfully supportive report, our dancers also received various awards and scholarships at the Festival. Each company was allowed to send only five dancers to the Scholarship Awards Class. Out of 75 dancers, two of our five received scholarships and a third was offered one but could not attend due to the dates of the program. Here are the Scholarship Award winners:

Allyssa Bross - $500 cash scholarship to go toward her summer intensive at the School of American Ballet in New York City. 

Sarala Mahlin-Korn - Full tuition scholarship to go toward her summer intensive at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School in Seattle, WA.

Ben Ingle - Full tuition scholarship to the Alabama Dance Theatre's summer intensive, but unable to accept the offer due to his previous commitment to the Boston Ballet School's summer program.

Awards were also given to choreographers whose works were shown on the Festival performances. Madeline Guerdat was first runner up for the Emerging Choreographer Award and Guerdat will become the winner and recipient of the scholarship to the Craft of Choreography Conference in Seattle this summer if the winner cannot attend.

Placement Classes and Auditions For New Students For Fall 2008

Please call 704.372.3900 to make a reservation. There is a $15 charge for placement classes required at the time of your reservation. All placement classes are held at the NC Dance Theatre Studios. Students will be notified by phone within the week regarding level placement. Placement classes may also be arranged throughout the regular school year. Ages are listed as guidelines for placement. Students will be assessed by ability and placed in the appropriate level.

CHILDREN’S DIVISION PLACEMENT CLASSES Ages 7 - 10
July 17 & 31                   4:45 – 6 PM

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION PLACEMENT CLASSES Ages 11 - 13
July 17 & 31                   5:30 – 7 PM

PRE-PROFESSIONAL DIVISION AUDITIONS Ages 13 - 18
July 17 & 31                   5:30 – 7 PM
                         
BOY’S SCHOLARSHIP CLASS AUDITIONS Ages 9 - 11
July 17 & 31                   6 – 6:45 PM

Everyone is invited              Free Admission            Open to the Public

Afro-Caribbean Dance

Students will experience the movement style of legendary American dance pioneer Katherine Dunham, fusing traditional African and Caribbean movements and live rhythms with modern forms. April Berry, former principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey Company, will lead the class with drummer Robert Beasley.

Summer Course 2008
June 30 – August 8
Tuesday 7 - 8:30 PM
NC Dance Theatre Studios

Payment options:
5-class card $75
10-class card $145
15-class card $210
$90 fee for 6 weeks                                                                          
Call 704.372.3900 to register or click here
No Registration fee for adult students

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