Ballet Theatre of Dover
2009 Summer Performance
La Bayadere
July 29 & 30
at Schwartz Center for the Arts
Dance Conservatory is the official school of the Ballet
Theatre of Dover
Since Dance Conservatory opened its doors in 1985, students have always
performed repertory pieces during the school's Workshop Performances. By the
1990s, the repertory pieces had so increased that it became necessary to
schedule separate performances. Thus was born the Ballet Theatre of Dover.
Officially organized in 1995 as an entity separate from Dance Conservatory, BTD
often features graduates of the school in performance with current students and
guest artists.
The company's
annual performance of The Nutcracker (December) features students
of Dance Conservatory from Intermediate Level through Pre-Professional Program.
Seasonal performances in May and August have included classical ballet and
contemporary productions such as Sleeping Beauty, Speedway (based on NASCAR
racing), Swing Suite, Tommy (a rock-ballet), Carmen
(a full-length ballet based on the Bizet opera), and Beatles Suite.
Dancers for these productions are selected from the school.
In
2000, Ballet Theatre of Dover premiered The Patchwork Coat, a
full-length ballet about a young girl growing up in rural America
Graduates who have danced with us are currently with companies such as the Dutch
National Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and
several Broadway touring companies.
Guest artists include
Petter Jacobsson of London's Royal Ballet, Pavel Kambalov of The Russian Ballet
Theatre of Delaware, Charles Askegard of the New York City Ballet, and Gennadi
Savaliev of American Ballet Theatre.
Students
of Dance Conservatory are encouraged to attend Ballet Theatre of Dover performances to
develop an awareness of and appreciation for the different styles of dance.
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