Connecticut Concert Ballet Announces 2011 Nutcracker Season Performances
Connecticut Concert Ballet continues a 37-year tradition with its announcement of performances of the full-length Nutcracker in the Hartford, CT area with guest artists from Ballet Hispanico, Mario I. Espinoza and Kimberly Van Woesik, and from Chicago, Darren McIntyre and Jennifer Grapes, most recently with the Milwaukee Ballet.
Manchester, CT, November 27, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Connecticut Concert Ballet continues a 37-year tradition with its announcement of performances of the full-length Nutcracker in the Hartford, CT area. Artistic Directors David Lawrence and Wendy Fish-Lawrence’s family-friendly production will be performed for two weekends in Manchester. Three performances will be held each weekend at the Bailey Auditorium, 134 Middle Turnpike East, on December 10 (2 p.m. and 7 p.m.), December 11 (2 p.m.), December 17 (2 p.m. and 7 p.m.) and December 18 (2 p.m.). The production will highlight CCB’s talented local students alongside professional dancers from Ballet Hispanico, NYC and dancers most recently with the Milwaukee Ballet.
As the most affordable Nutcracker in the area, CCB’s show is known for elaborate staging, professional-quality costuming, intricate choreography and riveting dancing and has been a seasonal favorite for families and organizations such as scouting and arts groups. In 2010, 4,500 audience members attended the shows. Tickets are available by phone (860) 418-7294, online at www.connecticutnutcracker.com, at Dance Village, 171 Spencer St, Manchester and Hairdresser on Fire, 176 Broad St, Windsor.
According to Wendy Fish-Lawrence, "I am often asked why we have 'Concert' in our name. The definition of “Concert Dance” is 'a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers.'
"Since its founding, Connecticut Concert Ballet has had a dual purpose in addition to training its students. These are, to offer all students the opportunity to participate in fully-staged productions, and to present professional quality performances throughout Connecticut. This has been a winning formula for 37 years, and as our studio reaches new milestones we are excited to announce this year’s Nutcracker performances. As always our highly capable students from 35 towns are an integral part of our production, not mere window dressing.
"In addition, to both expose our students to a new level of performance experience and to treat our audiences, we will be featuring professional dancers in the roles of the Nutcracker and the Sugar Plum Fairy. The first weekend, from Ballet Hispanico in New York City, Mario I. Espinoza and Kimberly Van Woesik will join us. The following weekend, from Chicago, Illinois and most recently with the Milwaukee Ballet, Darren McIntyre and Jennifer Grapes will perform. All performances will be held at the Bailey Auditorium at Manchester High School, a state of the art venue that is one of the largest in Connecticut.
"As always, the technical aspects of our production including costumes, lighting and stage crew are provided by professionals. All proceeds fund our not-for-profit school year round, keeping the total cost for our students the lowest in the area."
Ticket Information: Preferred Front & Center Seats $35; General Admission: Adults $25, Child/Student/Senior $15. Group discounts are available.
Sponsorship and Program Advertising opportunities are also available, call 860-643-4796.
Connecticut Concert Ballet is a 501(c)(3) classical ballet school and performing arts organization with studios in Manchester and Windsor, Connecticut, and has 300 students from over 35 towns in the Greater Hartford Area. CCB was founded in 1973, incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1985, and merged with the former Northern Connecticut Ballet in 2007. Connecticut Concert Ballet proudly employs the AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE® National Training Curriculum. CCB Alumni are apprentices at Boston Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet and perform in the national tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Others have graduated from or are currently attending as dance majors, Marymount Manhattan College, the North Carolina School of the Arts, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Goucher College and the University of Hartford Hartt B.F.A. program. Current students attend the the Creative Arts Program at the Watkinson School and the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. Nationally-competitive Intensive Summer Program placements in 2011 included The Rock School in Philadelphia, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Walnut Hill, Briansky Ballet and the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. CCB also has a pre-professional Ensemble group that participates in community outreach programs such as assemblies and in-school residencies and performs at community fund-raising events and libraries across the central, northern and eastern regions of the state.
For more information on the Nutcracker please visit www.connecticutnutcracker.com or call 860-418-7294, for the Connecticut Concert Ballet, please visit www.ctconcertballet.org or call 860-643-4796.
For more information on Ballet Hispanico, visit www.ballethispanico.org
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As the most affordable Nutcracker in the area, CCB’s show is known for elaborate staging, professional-quality costuming, intricate choreography and riveting dancing and has been a seasonal favorite for families and organizations such as scouting and arts groups. In 2010, 4,500 audience members attended the shows. Tickets are available by phone (860) 418-7294, online at www.connecticutnutcracker.com, at Dance Village, 171 Spencer St, Manchester and Hairdresser on Fire, 176 Broad St, Windsor.
According to Wendy Fish-Lawrence, "I am often asked why we have 'Concert' in our name. The definition of “Concert Dance” is 'a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers.'
"Since its founding, Connecticut Concert Ballet has had a dual purpose in addition to training its students. These are, to offer all students the opportunity to participate in fully-staged productions, and to present professional quality performances throughout Connecticut. This has been a winning formula for 37 years, and as our studio reaches new milestones we are excited to announce this year’s Nutcracker performances. As always our highly capable students from 35 towns are an integral part of our production, not mere window dressing.
"In addition, to both expose our students to a new level of performance experience and to treat our audiences, we will be featuring professional dancers in the roles of the Nutcracker and the Sugar Plum Fairy. The first weekend, from Ballet Hispanico in New York City, Mario I. Espinoza and Kimberly Van Woesik will join us. The following weekend, from Chicago, Illinois and most recently with the Milwaukee Ballet, Darren McIntyre and Jennifer Grapes will perform. All performances will be held at the Bailey Auditorium at Manchester High School, a state of the art venue that is one of the largest in Connecticut.
"As always, the technical aspects of our production including costumes, lighting and stage crew are provided by professionals. All proceeds fund our not-for-profit school year round, keeping the total cost for our students the lowest in the area."
Ticket Information: Preferred Front & Center Seats $35; General Admission: Adults $25, Child/Student/Senior $15. Group discounts are available.
Sponsorship and Program Advertising opportunities are also available, call 860-643-4796.
Connecticut Concert Ballet is a 501(c)(3) classical ballet school and performing arts organization with studios in Manchester and Windsor, Connecticut, and has 300 students from over 35 towns in the Greater Hartford Area. CCB was founded in 1973, incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1985, and merged with the former Northern Connecticut Ballet in 2007. Connecticut Concert Ballet proudly employs the AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE® National Training Curriculum. CCB Alumni are apprentices at Boston Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet and perform in the national tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Others have graduated from or are currently attending as dance majors, Marymount Manhattan College, the North Carolina School of the Arts, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Goucher College and the University of Hartford Hartt B.F.A. program. Current students attend the the Creative Arts Program at the Watkinson School and the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. Nationally-competitive Intensive Summer Program placements in 2011 included The Rock School in Philadelphia, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Walnut Hill, Briansky Ballet and the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. CCB also has a pre-professional Ensemble group that participates in community outreach programs such as assemblies and in-school residencies and performs at community fund-raising events and libraries across the central, northern and eastern regions of the state.
For more information on the Nutcracker please visit www.connecticutnutcracker.com or call 860-418-7294, for the Connecticut Concert Ballet, please visit www.ctconcertballet.org or call 860-643-4796.
For more information on Ballet Hispanico, visit www.ballethispanico.org
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Kathleen Manero
860-558-8216
www.connecticutnutcracker.com
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