"It is always exciting to go beyond the typical
story ballets and have the dancers and the audience enjoy a repertoire
concert that is a blend of classical and new. We want to always strive to create ballets and dance works that are fresh for our patrons and dancers.
Collin County Ballet Theatre is extending their vision by inviting other area
dance companies to perform in this year's concert."
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Ballet "Fete"
Collin County Ballet Theatre, under the direction of Kirt
Hathaway & Linda Hathaway, will open the 2009-10 performance season with Ballet "Fete," an
exciting and fun evening of new and traditional works, Friday,
September 18th, 2009, at 8:00 pm at the Eisemann Center
for the Performing Arts, Hill Performance Hall.
Ballet "Fete,"
presented for the second year, is an evening of Dance Celebration featuring new
works performed by the Collin County Ballet Theatre Youth Ensemble. With a
mission of bringing professional dance performances to North Dallas and surrounding areas, Collin County Ballet Theatre is moving forward to offer a
full performance season and is expanding the company's community appeal.
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Concert Repertoire
The concert will
feature a new and original work, "Le Grande Tango," choreographed by Ballet
Center of Fort Worth director Chung-Lin Tseng, to Argentine composer Astor
Piazzola. This is an abstract and lively ballet with a subtle tango
feel. Other works that will be performed include "Hummingbirds"
by Hathaway Academy of Ballet faculty Courtney Beshear; a new work by resident
choreographer, Linda Brown; and "Prelude Waltz" by the company's
co-artistic director, Linda Hathaway. The performance will also feature the
classically stylized popular "Raymonda Variations," staged and
choreographed by Kirt Hathaway with music by Alexander Glazunov.
Collin County Ballet
Theatre has invited the Epiphany Dance
Theatre and Ballet Frontier to perform in the concert .
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Guest Choreographer - Chung-Lin Tseng
Artistic Director of the Ballet Center of Fort Worth & Ballet Frontier
Taiwan-born Chung-Lin Tseng began his artistic career as a figure skater, and, in 1984, won a gold medal for pairs figure skating in the Taiwan National Championship. In 1990, he accepted a two-year, full scholarship to the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts where he developed a strong background in classical ballet and partnering technique. In the spring of 1992, Mr. Tseng had the great honor of performing in London in the production of Hong Kong Heartbeat where he was privileged to meet Princess Diana.
Prior to coming to Texas, Mr. Tseng danced with the Universal Ballet Company of Seoul. As a soloist for 6 years, he danced in 11 full-length and 19 one-act ballets. Mr. Tseng gained recognition on the international stage, performing in over 100 cities and 16 countries around the world.
In 1998, Mr. Tseng joined Texas Ballet Theater where he performed as principal dancer under the direction of Ben Stevenson. He has been featured in Balanchine roles such as Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream, Allegro Brillante, the Poet in La Sonnambula, the Waltz Boy in Serenade and others. In the classical repertoire, he has appeared as Prince Sigfried in Swan Lake (Second Act), the Sugar Plum Fairy's Cavalier in The Nutcracker, the male lead in Paquita, and in Mr. Stevenson's Four Last Songs and Cinderella.
Mr. Tseng began his choreographic work as a student under the supervision of Aaron Wan. He continues developing his talent choreographing for Universal Ballet and other professional groups in Taiwan and Italy under the supervision of Roy Tobias. He has presented two full-length evenings of his choreography in Fort Worth with dancers from Texas Ballet Theater, and his works were selected by the Star-Telegram as one of the "Ten Best Performing Events" of the year 2002.
In the summer 2004 Mr. Tseng staged the full-length production of La Sylphide for the Kaohsiung City Ballet in Taiwan.
Mr. Tseng was appointed Visiting-Artist-In-Residence at Southern Methodist University, Division of Dance, in 2004. In 2005-2006 has taught as part-time adjunct faculty at Texas Christian University, Department of Ballet and Modern Dance.
As Artistic Director of Ballet Center of Fort Worth, Mr. Tseng passes on his professional experience, developing students who will be prepared to lead the way in the future of professional dance.
Together with his wife Enrica Tseng, they are Artistic Directors of the Ballet Center of Fort Worth and they are looking forward to create new talents in the community. |
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Sincerely,
Collin County Ballet Theatre Guild |
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Collin County Ballet Theatre Guild Vision
The mission of the CCBT Guild is to assist the Collin County Ballet Theatre in its goal to bring the incredible and exciting art of ballet into the community and to give our dancers the opportunity to perform their art to the fullest. Your membership in the Guild will help to support the dancers. Membership in the Guild is open to everyone, so feel free to invite family and friends to become a member of CCBT Guild. |
Epiphany Dance Theatre
Newly-founded by
Gina Beacham and Melissa Nagel, a new company of professional dancers, based out
of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, whose mission is to choreograph and perform
dance works that will communicate the love and power of Jesus Christ.
Ballet
Frontier
The Ballet Frontier mission is to
provide high caliber classical ballet and contemporary dance to young aspiring
dancers and audiences in the North Texas area.
Ballet Frontier, based in Fort Worth, provides a training ground for young dancers who wish to pursue
a career or excel in dance. |
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