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Nutcracker Season is in Full Swing!
Photo: Valerie Ford |
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Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker opened to enthusiastic crowds last weekend at McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ accompanied by a flurry of activities in the community.
In addition to their exquisite performances on stage, members of the American Repertory Ballet and ARB's Princeton Ballet School hit the streets - often in full costume - to meet fans and participate in numerous community events including a Book Fair at Barnes & Noble; the Tree Lighting Festivities in Princeton's Palmer Square; pre-show Tea Parties; restaurant events at Mediterra, and at the 2009 Alumni Gathering honoring the late Joan Lucas and Ralph Higgins.
As the Nutcracker run continues, there are even more fun events coming up.
ARB is also proud to welcome Lees Hummel, as Director of Education and Outreach, and Christine Chen, as Director of Marketing, to the administration team.
Read on for more details... |
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American Repertory Ballet and the Community |
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Members of the American Repertory Ballet and ARB's Princeton Ballet School have been out and about generating excitement for the performances of Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker.
Above: 2009 Alumni Gathering Honoring Ralph Higgins and Joan Lucas
Below: Nutcracker Performers making appearances at the Barnes and Noble Bookfair, partner restaurant Mediterra, and at the Nutcracker Tea Party
Photos by Christine Chen, Mindy Hung and Michelle Law
 
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Don't Miss Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker! |
Just three weeks left to see the show Robert Johnson of The Star-Ledger calls "Dazzling". Read his latest review of the production in the Star Ledger here and reserve your tickets today: Community Theatre at Mayo Center
for the Performing Arts
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
December 4, 2009 at 7:00pm
December 5, 2009 at 1:00pm and 4:30pm
Tickets: $32, $42, $52
www.mayoarts.org, 973.539.8008 Patriot's Theater at the War Memorial1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, NJ 08619 December 12, 2009 at 1:00pm and 4:30pm Tickets: $20, $24, $27, $30
www.thewarmemorial.com, 609.984.8400 The State Theatre - Featuring a Live Orchestra!
15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 December 19, 2009 at 1:00pm and 4:30pm December 20, 2009 at 1:00pm and 4:30pm Tickets: $32, $42, $52
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| American Repertory Ballet teams up with the Terra Momo Restaurant Group to bring you a Nutcracker Experience! |
American Repertory Ballet is thrilled to announce a special partnership with the Terra Momo Restaurant Group. Terra Momo will feature:
- Nutcracker Dinners
- An Open House with costumed Characters from Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker
- 20% food discounts!
The chefs at Terra Momo Restaurant group have prepared a fabulous 5-course Nutcracker Dinner which opens with a warm bowl of chestnut soup and finishes with a delectable plate of sweets. The special meal will be served at Mediterra immediately following our performances at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, and at Eno Terra following our performances at the State Theatre. Dinner is $44 at Mediterra and $49 at Eno Terra.
You can also meet costumed characters and enjoy tasty treats at a special Open House at Eno Terra on Sunday, December 13th from 4:00 - 6:00pm. $20 per adult, $10 per children under 12, and free for children under 5 (children must be accompanied by an adult, excludes tax and gratuity).
Throughout the entire Nutcracker season, bring in your Nutcracker ticket stub to any Terra Momo location following a performance and receive 20% off your food purchase!
Contact the restaurants for more information and to make reservations at www.terramomo.com. | |
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Support ARB by dining at Christopher's Restaurant at The Heldrich Hotel |
Bring your Nutcracker ticket stub to Christopher's at the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ, right across the street from the State Theatre, before or after the performances on Saturday, December 19th and Sunday, December 20th.
The ticket stub will give you a 10% discount on food purchases, and for every entrée sold, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to American Repertory Ballet.
For information or reservations, please call Christopher's at 732.214.2200 or visit www.theheldrich.com
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| Vote Now to help Make us Jersey Arts "Favorite Dance Company" |
The 2009 Jersey Arts People's Choice Awards are now open to voting!
We've been nominated, now help make us your "Favorite Dance Company" for the second year in a row.
click to VOTE NOW |
| Register now for Classes Starting in January |
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Photo: Valerie Ford
Make Dance a part of the New Year.
Call today for information and to enroll: 609.921.7758
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| Save the Date |
American Repertory Ballet and ARB's Princeton Ballet School present its
25th Annual Gala & Performance
Honoring ARB Company Members:
Bat Abbit
Jennifer Cavanaugh
Peggy Petteway
Kristin Scott
Come Dance with the Dancers on Saturday
7pm at the Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton, NJ
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| Summer Intensive Auditions are coming soon! |
| For information about our Summer Intensive and our Audition Schedule, click here | |
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| ARB welcomes Two New Members to its Administrative Team |
 Lees Hummel joins ARB as the Director of Education and Outreach where she is already hard at work expanding the reach and quality of our Education and Outreach Program. Lees comes to the organization with a distinguished background in dance performance, choreography and education. After earning her BFA and MFA in Dance from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, she was a principal dancer with the Clive Thompson Dance Company and the New York City Jazz Company where she performed in works created by noted choreographers Danny Buraczeski, Bill T. Jones, Rosiland Newman, Maria Chang, Milton Myers, Rudy Perez, and Cliff Keuter. Lees has also performed extensively in musicals and musical theater reviews in amusement parks, dinner theaters, aboard cruise lines, in commercials, television specials, industrials, music videos, and on the silver screen opposite Frankie Avalon.
Lees was a founding Artistic Director of the Nashville Dance Project, a professional contemporary dance company contributing to the education and inspiration of modern/jazz dance in the city of music for seven years, then became the Assistant Artistic Director of Momentum Dance Company in Miami, Florida where she re-staged choreographic works by Anna Sokolov and Doris Humphrey, was the rehearsal director, taught company class and choroegraphed for both Momentum's season as well as the Florida Dance Festival and the International Hispanic Ballet Festival. Lees received the Monticello Award for Best Young Choreographer of Regional Dance America, and her choreographic works have been premiered at numerous venues.
For the past 15 years, Lees has been an Assistant Professor and Adjunct Professor teaching at the University of Miami, Miami Dade Community College, New World School of the Arts, Dillard School of the Arts Performing Arts High School, R.R.Moton Magnet Elementary, Conchita Espinosa Academy Middle School,Western Kentucky University, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College, Wintrop University, and Southeast Missouri State University. She will bring all this extensive experience to her new role at ARB.
 Christine Chen joins ARB as the Director of Marketing, where she is already hard at work using her experience in business and the arts to increase the visibility of ARB's company and school. Christine comes to the organization after a career in the dance world as a performer, choreographer, journalist, educator and manager. She received her early dance training here at ARB's Princeton Ballet School, and was a member of PBII (now ARBW) before turning her focus to contemporary dance while receiving her undergraduate degree at Princeton University. Christine earned an MFA in dance at the Ohio State University, then began her professional career in the San Francisco Bay Area where she danced with AXIS Dance Company, Flyaway Productions, Dandelion Dance Theater, Paufve Dance and other independent choreographers.
Christine then ventured to New York where she joined STREB, an "extreme action" company. With STREB, Christine toured nationally and internationally, appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, in Cirque du Soleil's Midnight Sun, and in an international ad campaign for Puma.
A little over two years ago, Christine decided to turn her energies from on-stage to off, where she feels she can make a bigger impact on the management and sustainability of the arts. She attended business school at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and honed her industry chops as a Marketing Associate at the Napa Valley Opera House. She received her MBA last June and is thrilled to be involved with ARB once again.
Welcome to Lees and Christine!
Photo of Christine by Elizabeth Gorelick |
| Our New Brunswick Studio is Moving! |
 Our New Brunswick Studio will be moving back to the heart of the downtown arts community on Monday, January 4th, when we re-open for classes after our break. Our new home is located at 7 Livingston Avenue (inside the Crossroads Theatre building), on the fourth floor. Our schedule of classes and faculty will remain the same.
Thank you all so much for your patience during this transition. We wish you all a happy holiday season and look forward to seeing you at our new home. | |
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Visit our website and our studios. Keep up-to-date on all the exciting things happening with American Repertory Ballet and ARB's Princeton Ballet School.
Sincerely,
Christine Chen
Newsletter Editor |
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