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Dear ARB Supporters,
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As American Repertory Ballet concludes
its 2009-2010 season, we find ourselves regrouping from a difficult but
productive year. Given the financial
realities of the current economic climate, the organization has been
restructured, and is moving forward under new leadership. ARB remains committed to
artistic excellence in performance and education, and is dedicated to
preserving the programs that make our organization so vital to the community -- the Professional Company, the School and the Outreach activities.
While public funding sources remain
uncertain, we are fortunate to be able to announce the support and generosity of our Board of
Trustees who have stepped forward at this time of need and announced a special MATCHING
GRANT of $50,000. The Trustees will match dollar for dollar up to $50,000 what
we are able to raise from our friends and supporters by the end of June. This
funding is critical as we wrap up this year and prepare for the coming season, which promises
to be outstanding.
We are reaching out to our community to meet this challenge. We hope you
will join us, and encourage your friends and associates to participate. Please DONATE ONLINE to pledge your support today. WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL JUNE 30th TO
REACH OUR GOAL, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Thank you in advance for your
support!
Sincerely,
Christine Chen, Managing Director
Douglas Martin, Company Director
Mary Pat Robertson, School Director
Lees Hummel, Education and Outreach Director
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ARB News
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Douglas Martin named Company Director
Photo: Peter Cook
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his ballet training with Dimitri Romanoff at the San Jose Ballet School
and was one of six
dancers
selected to study in the newly formed American Ballet Theatre School
formed by
Mikhail Baryshnikov. He was invited to join the Joffrey Ballet in 1984
where,
as a principal dancer, he performed roles in ballets by Ashton, Arpino,
Cranko,
Balanchine, Joffrey, Taylor, Pendleton, Kudelka and many other great
20th
century choreographers. Mr. Martin was
featured in performances of Dance in America on PBS and was an original
cast
member of the historic recreation of Nijinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps. He
was among the last dancers of the Joffrey Ballet to spend the majority
of his
career in the company working under founder Robert Joffrey. Martin
joined the
Cleveland Ballet in 1991, and danced an array of principle roles
including the
Minister in Agnes deMille's Fall River
Legend.
In 1993, Mr. Martin was
invited to join the
American Repertory Ballet. As leading
dancer and Ballet Master for ARB, Mr. Martin collaborated with directors
in creating
ballets,
including productions as the original cast lead in Romeo and Juliet,
Swan
Lake, The Dream and The
Nutcracker. Mr. Martin continued to be a
principal dancer in the company as well as Ballet Master for ARB and
ARBW and
Principal Faculty for the PBS Summer Intensive until his retirement from
performing in 2002.
After retiring from
ARB as a performer, Mr. Martin expanded his teaching, production and
choreographic
work. Martin has been an integral part of the
teaching staff at the Princeton Ballet School, Rutgers University and
Westminster Choir College, and has also served as the School's Music
Director
and ARBW Ballet Master. He has staged
full length and repertory ballets for several companies, including Romeo
and
Juliet and Philip Jerry's Our
Town. Additionally, Mr. Martin has choreographed for several PBS
productions,
including the School's Summer Intensive program.
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Help us Meet our Goal by June 30th
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 Support ARB and all of our programs by donating online and helping us reach our fundraising goal to meet the Board's $50,000 CHALLENGE.
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| ARB's Programs |
Professional Company
Photo: Eduardo Patino  | Princeton Ballet School
Photo: Valerie Ford | DANCE POWER program
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ARB Designated Major Arts Institution by
NJ State Council on the Arts
| Steve Runk, Executive Director NJSCA; Sharon Burton Turner, Chair NJSCA; Christine Chen, Managing Director ARB; Joyce C. Goore, Council Member NJSCA
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ARB has been designated a Major Arts Organization by
the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts for a solid history of artistic
excellence in
programming, public service, and contribution to the
quality
of life in New Jersey. The award is
the State Arts Council's most prestigious mark of distinction and has been conferred upon ARB consistently for the past two decades.
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