Georgia Ballet’s Fairrie Joins Draper Center for Summer Program
Former Stuttgart Ballet Soloist, Royal Ballet Graduate is Guest at Nationally Known Dance Program - Draper Center for Dance Education.
Rochester, NY, July 04, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Draper Center, the official training school for the Rochester City Ballet, has announced Ms. Fiona Fairrie of The Georgia Ballet will be guest teaching for the schools nationally known summer dance program.
Ms. Fairrie, a graduate of the Royal Ballet and former soloist with Germany’s Stuttgart Ballet, brings a wealth of experience from her extensive teaching career including companies such as The Georgia Ballet, American Ballet Theater Studio Company, Cleveland Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Houston Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Rochester City Ballet. She has trained many national and international ballet competition winners and received numerous teaching and choreography awards.
“The Draper Center summer program has been recognized as a premier ballet and dance program, this recognition has allowed us to establish relationships with guest teachers that have extensive education and careers in dance,” said Jamey Leverett, Artistic Director of The Draper Center for Dance Education, “I’m confident Ms. Fairrie will provide our students with a challenging yet educational experience to help them grow in their own dance careers.”
Ms. Fairrie will be guest teaching at Draper Center’s 2-week senior summer session which will begin Monday, July 6th. The school prides itself on providing the highest level of classical ballet and dance training, while adhering to a curriculum that teaches formation of character and stresses standards of excellence applicable to all areas of life.
For more information, call 585.461.2100.
About Draper Center
In 1986 Timothy Draper recognized that the Rochester community was in need of a professional dance school – a place for students to receive a strong foundation in classical ballet while studying other forms of artistic dance. He founded what is now The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education to meet that need.
In 2004, after the passing of Timothy Draper, Jamey Leverett took over as Artistic Director of Draper Center. Leverett and Executive Director Kathy Ertsgaard led Draper Center into a new era, moving the school into it's new facility and continuing to perfect a curriculum and teaching style that has garnered many awards and national recognition as one of the top dance training schools in the United States.
Former Draper Center alumni are currently dancing in many of the best dance companies and performing arts groups across the world.
Ms. Fairrie, a graduate of the Royal Ballet and former soloist with Germany’s Stuttgart Ballet, brings a wealth of experience from her extensive teaching career including companies such as The Georgia Ballet, American Ballet Theater Studio Company, Cleveland Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Houston Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Rochester City Ballet. She has trained many national and international ballet competition winners and received numerous teaching and choreography awards.
“The Draper Center summer program has been recognized as a premier ballet and dance program, this recognition has allowed us to establish relationships with guest teachers that have extensive education and careers in dance,” said Jamey Leverett, Artistic Director of The Draper Center for Dance Education, “I’m confident Ms. Fairrie will provide our students with a challenging yet educational experience to help them grow in their own dance careers.”
Ms. Fairrie will be guest teaching at Draper Center’s 2-week senior summer session which will begin Monday, July 6th. The school prides itself on providing the highest level of classical ballet and dance training, while adhering to a curriculum that teaches formation of character and stresses standards of excellence applicable to all areas of life.
For more information, call 585.461.2100.
About Draper Center
In 1986 Timothy Draper recognized that the Rochester community was in need of a professional dance school – a place for students to receive a strong foundation in classical ballet while studying other forms of artistic dance. He founded what is now The Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education to meet that need.
In 2004, after the passing of Timothy Draper, Jamey Leverett took over as Artistic Director of Draper Center. Leverett and Executive Director Kathy Ertsgaard led Draper Center into a new era, moving the school into it's new facility and continuing to perfect a curriculum and teaching style that has garnered many awards and national recognition as one of the top dance training schools in the United States.
Former Draper Center alumni are currently dancing in many of the best dance companies and performing arts groups across the world.
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Draper Center for Dance Education
Kathy Ertsgaard
585-461-2100
www.drapercenter.com
Kathy Ertsgaard
585-461-2100
www.drapercenter.com
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