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AMERICAN REPERTORY BALLET
PRINCETON BALLET SCHOOL
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American Repertory Ballet's December 2012 Newsletter
 | | Happy Nutcracker! Photos by Leighton Chen (left) and George Jones (right) |
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| 'Tis the Season! |
We hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We at ARB certainly did! ARB's opening of the 2013 Nutcracker season last weekend was a great success - from the sold-out closing crowd at McCarter Theatre Center and Robert Johnson's great review in the Star Ledger, to the elegant tea parties and boisterous alumni gatherings with faces from Nutcrackers past.
Today and tomorrow (Dec. 1-2), we're performing a special one-hour Nutcracker Suite at Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts in Rahway - be sure to arrive early to see some surprises before the show! Then it's back to the full two-act show at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial (Dec. 8), the Algonquin Arts Theater in Manasquan (Dec. 15-16), and finally to State Theatre in New Brunswick, where we will be joined by the ARB Orchestra and the Princeton Girlchoir under Maestro Michael Pratt (Dec. 22-23). Don't miss it!
And while growing trees, falling snow and sugar plums are foremost on our minds, we're also gearing up for a thrilling spring season featuring world premieres of Douglas Martin's Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) and Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev). We'll also be holding our Annual Gala this Spring on April 20, 2013 in New Brunswick, so save the date!
Visit our website galleries and Facebook albums for wonderful pictures from our recent events and performances...Please continue for much, much more...
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| ARB's Nutcracker |
Just four weeks left of Nutcracker, where the professional artists of ARB are joined by students from Princeton Ballet School to ring in the holiday spirit! Check out company casting and see you favorite dancers take on different roles. In addition to Mr. Johnson's review, we also had some great advance press, including Fay Reiter's "Boys of ARB" article in US1 and a great video interview with Douglas Martin produced by our partners at Terra Momo Restaurants (present your Nutcracker Ticket stub and receive 20% off your meal at any of their restaurants). Follow the links below to purchase tickets to any of our upcoming performances.
Nutcracker Suite: an hour-long performance following Clara and her Nutcracker Prince through the Land of Snow and Kingdom of Sweets
360 Hamilton Street, Rahway, NJ 07065
4 Shows - December 1 & 2, 2012 at 1:00 pm and 4:30pm
Tickets: $35, www.ucpac.org, 732-499-8226
1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, NJ 08619
2 Shows: December 8, 2012 at 1:00pm and 4:30pm
Tickets: $25, $35, $45, www.thewarmemorial.com
173 Main Street, Manasquan, NJ 08736
3 Shows: December 15, 2012 at 1:00 and 4:30pm
December 16, 2012 at 3:00pm
Tickets: $38, $48, www.algonquinarts.org, 732-528-9211
Presented with Live Orchestra under the direction of
Maestro Michael Pratt and the Princeton Girlchoir!
15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
December 20, 2012 10:30 am - School Show
December 22, 2012 at 1:00pm and 4:30pm
December 23, 2012 at 1:00pm and 4:30pm
Tickets: $32-$57, www.StateTheatreNJ.org, 732-246-SHOW
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Spring is Coming! Save the Dates...
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On March 23, ARB returns to The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College with a program featuring the world premiere of Douglas Martin's Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) on the centennial of the provocative piece's debut; Mary Barton's Five Men and a Concerto from last season; and another world premiere by Patrick Corbin, one of our favorite guest choreographers.
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On April 5, the company performs at South Orange Performing Arts Center where they will reprise Rite of Spring and Patrick Corbin's new work. Arpino's Viva Vivaldi, a favorite from the fall season will round out the evening.
On April 12-13, we're back at Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts in Rahway for the choreographic premiere of Martin's Romeo and Juliet.
 On April 20, American Repertory Ballet presents its Annual Gala and signature fundraising event:
White Nights
honoring
New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill & Dr.
Anthony R. and Marlene M. Volpe
for their extraordinary support of ARB's DANCE POWER program
and
Maria Youskevitch
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recipient of the Audrée Estey Award for Excellence in Dance Education. 6 PM Performance at Crossroads Theatre;7 PM Dinner and Reception at The Heldrich Hotel across the street in New Brunswick
And on April 27, American Repertory Ballet will perform Viva Vivaldi at NJPAC's Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance.
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Support Us
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Following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, donating to an arts organization may not feel particularly relevant. But in these times, arts can be a way to uplift spirits and provide hope where it may be lost. Your donation to a disaster relief organization provides food for the body. Your gift to ARB provides food for the soul. Both are needed. Your gift today brings to light ARB's vision:
TO EXCITE: audiences all over New Jersey with the exciting new repertoire performed by the professional dancers of American Repertory Ballet;
TO ENLIGHTEN: the students of Princeton Ballet School with the highest quality dance education in studios in Princeton, Cranbury and New Brunswick. This year, Princeton Ballet School's property in the Historic District of Cranbury required serious renovations. Your support would be very valuable in helping Princeton Ballet School defray the costs of construction.
TO ENTERTAIN: the young and the old with ARB's Nutcracker, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2013.
AND TO INSPIRE: all dancers, young and old, including those whose families can't afford to
pay for dance classes, and ARB's DANCE POWER students from the New Brunswick public schools.
...with the beauty and passion of dance. Your gift will brighten this vision for the 2012-2013 season.
Or shop online through iGive and designate American Repertory Ballet as your cause.
You can also help support us by volunteering or joining the Friends of Princeton Ballet Society. CLICK HERE for more information.
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| Princeton Ballet School Enrollment |
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Photo Credit: Carrie Pallat and George Jones (right)
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Inspired by the student performers in The Nutcracker? Are you or someone you know interested in studying at Princeton Ballet School? Did you know we take mid-year registrations in classes with availability?
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| See more ballet...On Screen | 
State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ: December 4: The Bolshoi Ballet's The Pharaoh's Daughter January 1: The Royal Ballet's Giselle with special "Insights" by Princeton Ballet School Director, Mary Pat Robertson, before each show! Info: www.balletincinema.com
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Dance Film Series at Princeton University:
 Celluloid Swans
RUSSIAN DANCE ON FILM
Every Wednesday at 7pm
East Pyne building
Room 010
Princeton University
Organized by the Graduate Students in the Slavic Department
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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. You'll always receive the most updated information in our monthly email newsletter, but if you'd like to receive periodic updates in the mail, and didn't receive our Nutcracker Postcard, let me know, and I will make sure you're on our mailing list!Sincerely,
Christine Chen
Managing Director, American Repertory Ballet
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