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AMERICAN REPERTORY BALLET
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American Repertory Ballet's JUNE 2011 Newsletter

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From Douglas Martin's Ephemeral Possessions.  Photos by George Jones 

Greetings!    

American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School roared through May with a Spectacular Season Finale from the Company, a Successful Spring Production and Faculty Performance from the School, and a Lively Lecture from Access and Enrichment's On Pointe.   Read on for details, images, video and more...

The Company
Douglas Martin closed out his Inaugural Season with "American Classics" at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater in New Brunswick.
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ARB presents: "American Classics"
Read about it: for a link to Robert Johnson's preview in The Star Ledger and Barbara Figge Fox's review in Princeton Comment, CLICK HERE.   

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Philip Jerry's Our Town, Photo by Leighton Chen
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Patrick Corbin's Follia, Photos by George Jones
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Twyla Tharp's Eight Jelly Rolls with Jonathan Benjamin and Vince Giordano's Nighthawks. Photos by George Jones

 

The School 

Princeton Ballet School presented Coppélia on May 7, 2011 at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton, NJ at 2:00 and 7:00pm.

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Photos by George Jones

Thanks to everyone who participated, and congratulations to the merit scholars and graduating seniors.

Seniors and Scholars 2011

2011 PBS Merit Scholarship Recipients and Seniors. Photo by Edward Urwin

Faculty and Staff presented their work last month in the Annual Faculty and Open Enrollment performance.  Alma Concepcion, who will be retiring at the end of this year, was honored for her 29 years with Princeton Ballet School.  The performance featured work by Janell Byrne, Christine Chen, Alma Concepcion, Jennifer Gladney, Susan Tenney and Edward Urwin.

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Edward Urwin and Shaye Firer, Alma Concepcion's Spanish Dance Class and Jennifer Gladney and Joshua Kurtzberg in the Annual Faculty Performance.
Photos by Leighton Chen


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Help us Reach our Goals

As we close the books for our fiscal year on June 30, 2011, ARB is striving to raise $30,000 to meet our goals for this year and carry our positive momentum forward to next season. We would be so very grateful for your support. Every gift of $20, $50, $100 or more goes a long way toward supporting:

 

- new works by exciting choreographers 

- the high caliber of dancers of American Repertory Ballet

live music for our performances and in our classrooms 

scholarship funds for talented students 

- Access and Enrichment programs like DANCE POWER and On Pointe

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American Repertory Ballet survives and thrives because supporters like you are willing to invest in our mission and vision.  Please support our positive momentum, and help us bring the joy, beauty, artistry and discipline of dance to NJ and beyond. 


Check out more from our Collaborators 
If you liked Patrick Corbin's Follia (pictured below), check out his company, CorbinDances at the

Joyce Theater's Gotham Dance Festival in NYC June 8-12.  

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Alexander Dutko in "Follia"

Photo by George Jones

If you enjoyed Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, the band who deftly played Jelly Roll Morton at ARB's recent American Classics, see and dance to them live at their regular gig at Sophia's in NYC.  For more information and all their tour dates, CLICK HERE.

Access and Enrichment

Last month, Access and Enrichment was busy premiering Matthew Keefe's "Grumpy Bird," the new Educational Program, for young students in New Brunswick public schools.  The performance is based on Jeremy Tankard's book and is set to music by Mozart.
Grumpy Bird Book
We were also busy out in the community, performing at Princeton's Communiversity, UNOW and the Junior League of Princeton.
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Student performers at Communiversity

Dance with Us this Summer:

For those who want a jump on fall training, Summer Intensive Juniors (ages 9-11) and

Summer Intensive Intermediates (ages 11-14) will get you ready to excel next year

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Photo: Diane Bladecki

Children (ages 3-12) can join our 8-week session of 

Summer Classes for Children 

 

And dancers 13+ can join our Open Enrollment Classes.

 
Visit our website and our studios. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and subscribe to our YouTube Channel.  Keep up-to-date on all the exciting things happening with American Repertory Ballet.

Sincerely,

Christine Chen
Managing Director, American Repertory Ballet