Pennsylvania Ballet Trip! October 23rd @ 2pm!

Delaware Ballet and CDDA Field Trip to see PA Ballet!!! Great seats at a discounted rate! Tickets only $23.50 PER PERSON!! Possible backstage tour and meeting of some of the dancers! There will be a sign up sheet in the studio. We will need a definite final number by August 31st! An adult must be with you and you must provide your own transportation. Let us know who's interested! SO EXCITING:)

RUSSIAN SUITE
Ratmansky & Bala...nchine
Featuring the Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra

Raymonda Variations
George Balanchine // Music by Alexander Glazunov
Jeu de Cartes [North American & Company Premiere]
Alexei Ratmansky // Music by Igor Stravinsky
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
George Balanchine // Music by Richard Rodgers

Witness history as Alexei Ratmansky's bold Jeu de Cartes premieres in North America. This vigorous abstract work crafts a visual expression of Stravinsky's score of the same name. The French title translates to "The Card Game," which for Ratmansky, simply addresses the "gamble" of choreographing to Stravinsky's musical complexities.

Two diverse Balanchine treasures complete the program. Raymonda Variations is a grand lesson in classical technique, featuring a principal couple and corps. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue offers a sassy one-act parody of Broadway, Russian ballet, and the mob.

Company Calendar

Delaware Ballet Company 2011-2012 Calendar

August

8/28: Delaware Ballet Company auditions 10:00-12:00

September

9/10: Children Nutcracker auditions 10:00-12:00

9/17: Delaware Ballet Company rehearsals begin

October

10/1-10/2: DE Ballet Fundraiser – Nascar

10/22: Pennsylvania Ballet Trip*

**Possible performance at Fifer’s Fall Festival**

November

11/4: First Friday in Dover

11/26: Dover Downs Chocolate Festival 10:00-6:00

December

12/1-12/3: Delaware Ballet’s Nutcracker

January

1/21 : Delaware Ballet Spring Auditions 10:00-12:00

1/27: DE Ballet Company rehearsals begin

February

TBD

March

TBD

April

Delaware Ballet’s spring production

May

5/5 Dover Days

5/12: Pennsylvania Ballet trip – Peter Pan*

**Please note : schedule is subject to change**

*field trip dates may change or be cancelled based on attendance*

CDDA Schedule!

Hello Ladies! Below is the fall schedule that will be sent out very soon with your highlighted classes. As you will notice, class names have changed and levels look different. Everything will be explained in a letter to be sent to you as well. For the most part, you can get an idea of what time classes are. The new performance class is a class deisnged for the Intermediate and Advanced levels and it will be all styles of dances including some musical theatre styles. This class will also be a performing class that will perform throughout the year in community events along side the Delaware Ballet. This class will most likely host the dances to our jazz convention. Changes are coming so please look for your letter in your mail box soon! For the advance girls...the rotation class is a class that will rotate week to week including conditioning, pilates, modern, and pointe variation.

Monday:

STUDIO A
4:30-5:45-Ballet A1
5:45-7:00-Ballet A2
7:00-8:15-Ballet A4
8:15-9:00-Pointe 3

STUDIO B
4:30-5:15-Kinderdance
5:15-6:00-Intro
6:00-6:45-Ballet B1
6:45-7:30-Jazz B1
7:30-8:45-Ballet A3

Tuesday:

STUDIO A
4:30-5:45-Ballet A2/A3
5:45-7:00-Ballet A4
7:00-7:45-Pointe 2
7:45-8:30-Jazz B3

STUDIO B
4:30-5:15-Ballet C1
5:15-6:00-Jazz C
6:00-6:45-Ballet C2
7:00-7:45-Senior Tap
7:45-8:30-Junior Tap

Wednesday:

STUDIO A
4:30-5:45-Ballet A2
5:45-6:30-Ballet B2
6:30-7:30-Ballet A4 (Rotation)
7:30-8:15-Performance Level B

STUDIO B
4:15-5:00-Tap 1
5:00-5:45-Tap 2
5:45-6:30-Ballet B2
6:30-7:15-Jazz B2
7:15-8:00-Junior Jazz
8:00-8:45-Senior Jazz

Thursday:

STUDIO A
4:30-5:45-Ballet A1
5:45-6:30-Ballet B3
6:30-7:45-Ballet A3
8:00-8:45-Performance Level A

STUDIO B
4:30-5:45-Ballet A4
5:45-6:30-Lyrical 1
6:30-7:15-Lyrical 3
7:15-8:00-Lyrical 2

IT'S TIME TO FLY!

PLEASE JOIN THE DELAWARE BALLET ON SUNDAY JUNE 5TH AT 3PM FOR THEIR WORLD PREMIER OF PETER PAN!  CHOREOGRAPHY, SETS, COSTUMES, AND LIGHTING IS ALL NEW!  IT WILL BE A SHOW TO REMEMBER. 

JOIN US TO CELEBRATE UPSTAIRS IN THE BALLROOM AFTER THE SHOW!  TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SCHWARTZ CENTER WEBSITE www.schwartzcenter.com

Countdown!

Join in the adventure as Wendy, John, and Michael are visited by Peter Pan and Tinkerbell in their London home. With a little faith, trust, and of course pixie dust, they fly away to the island of Neverland where they encounter the evil Captain Hook and his crew. Be swept away into a wonderful fairytale with Mermaids, Indians and a persistent crocodile and allow yourself to become a child once again.

Please visit the Schwartz Center website to purchase tickets.  http://www.schwartzcenter.com/

Adult $15.00
*VIP Adult: $30
Senior/Children 12 & under: $12.00
*VIP Senior/Children 12 & under: $25.00

Think happy thoughts! ~ Peter Pan

* I Do Believe in Fairies *

Wow!  Four weeks left of rehearsal to go before the world premier of Delaware Ballet's Peter Pan is on stage.  We want to welcome Hunter Raysor from Delaware Dance Company as our guest artist dancing the role as Peter Pan.  This is crunch time and it's time to come together and motivate each other to be the best artist they can be.  Everyone should go away from the show knowing that they just danced the best they could.  No fear, no regrets!  Let's join together to make this experience one for the books!

This life is not a dress rehearsal....

*Faith, Trust, & Pixie Dust*

Welcome back!  The blog is back up and runinng on an excited new adventure to Neverland!  We are very excited to be developing a new ballet from the ground up, with a little help from our friend Tinkerbell and her magical Pixie Dust.  Everything will be new: choreography, costumes, sets, lights, etc.  We have approached the halfway point and are extremely happy with the progress made so far. 

Think happy thoughts!

To Live....to Live would be an awfully big adventure!  ~ Hook