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September 2020 Newsletter

October 17, 2020/in News /by john

Thank you for being a part of the 33rd season of The Children’s Ballet! We are so glad that the 2020-21 season is underway and are excited to be back in the studio with returning and new students!

August 2020 Newsletter

October 17, 2020/in News /by john

Registration for the 20/21 season is now open! Check out the website for more information. If you have questions about placement or policies please feel free to reach out.

>>Important information about next season: the 2020/2021 season will begin on August 17. At the time of registration there will be a $60 costume fee for the spring performance + 1/2 month tuition due for August. Regular tuition will begin September 1. We will have very limited class sizes and offerings next year due to our limited space, instructor availability, and social distancing guidelines. In order to offset reduced student capacity, tuition will be increasing by 10%.

What’s Happening in November…

October flew on by; welcome November! This will be a busy month for The Children’s Ballet as we begin our Nutcracker study and prepare to put on our first ever production of The Nutcracker. We are grateful for the opportunity to share dance with all of our amazing students and families.

NUTCRACKER NEWS

We are so excited to put on our first ever full-length production of The Nutcracker next month! This production would not be possible without the generosity of Robyn Wenrich and many community partners. We are also excited to feature around 50 of our amazing students who have been working so hard since September. We are also thrilled to feature professional dancers, including:

Hannah Wilhite as the Snow Queen (Kanopy Dance Company, Ballet Theatre of Indiana, Crossroads Dance Indy)
Vanessa Schuldt as the Dew Drop (The Children’s Ballet, Anderson University, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre)
Rachel Walker as the Sugar Plum Fairy (Central Illinois Ballet)

This will be a one of a kind performance that is not to be missed! Get your tickets at www.thechildrensballet.com starting at 9:30 am November 1st!

**We are still looking for a few more volunteers. Click here to claim a spot, and receive one free ticket to any performance (limit one per person)!

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN UPDATES

Thanks to the generosity of our families and donors we are making great progress on the Building Our Future campaign launched last winter. In May of this year, we were able to replace all of the windows in the studio, adding to the efficiency and safety of our building. Our next goal is to replace the siding and exterior doors on the building. Can you help? This week our students have been participating by donating $5 to break dress code during class. We have brand new apparel available as our thank you for your donation. These items will be available just in time for Christmas–great gift ideas!

If you are considering a year-end gift for 2019, we would ask to be included as one of your top three charitable organizations. For more information on giving to The Children’s Ballet, please visit our website or email us at info@thechildrensballet.com. Be sure to ask your employer if they offer a matching gift program!

Studio Spotlight:

Haley Altman-Cipot, Instructor

Miss Haley began her dance training with ballet, tap, and jazz classes at the age of five. She continued studying at various dance schools throughout Connecticut, narrowing her focus to classical ballet. In 2009, Haley joined the New England Ballet School’s student company to perform corps, soloist, and principal roles. She has attended summer ballet intensives with the Bolshoi Ballet, The Rock School, and American Ballet Theater in New York. Haley placed in the top 12 for her classical variation in the 2012 Connecticut Classic Ballet Scholarship Competition and was awarded a full scholarship to the Burklyn Ballet Theater summer intensive. In May 2016, Haley graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a BFA in ballet, where she trained under Susan Jaffe, Laura Martin, and Jennet Zerbe with the American Ballet Theater National training Curriculum.

Haley is a company dancer and costumer with Ballet Theatre of Indiana, where she has performed leading soloist roles in La Bayadere, Beauty & The Beast, and the title role in Cinderella. We are grateful to have her at The Children’s Ballet!

N CLASS
In Miss Emily’s classes last month, we had fun with Halloween dances, which included a parachute, leaping over a “mud puddle”, having Halloween fun by dancing as witches, skeletons, and ghosts
(ask your students which was their favorite!), and learning how to tell stories through dance with Hansel and Gretel. The featured music for our traditional Halloween dance is the famous piece for violin and orchestra “Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saens. Did you know the violin is purposefully tuned off key to make this piece sound more eerie?

TERMS

Battement tendu: the working foot slides from the first or fifth position to the second or fourth position without lifting the toe from the ground. Both knees must be kept straight. When the foot reaches the position pointe tendu, it then returns to original position. No noodle knees!

WINTER REMINDERS

In order to keep students (and teachers) healthy throughout the winter months, please keep students at home from dance if they have stayed home from school that same day due to illness. The Children’s Ballet follows the Danville School System for closings due to weather. We will also keep you informed via Facebook for closings.

November Art Events

Dracula: Ballet Theatre of Indiana’s fall performance based on the Bram Stoker novel will feature our own Miss Haley! Viewer discretion advised and not recommended for young audiences. Find out more and get tickets at btindiana.org.

Fall Into Dance: Anderson University’s annual fall concert showcasing student choreographic works on November 8th and 9th. Come out and support CB alumna Miss Vanessa who will be dancing! Find out more at https://anderson.edu/music-theatre-dance/events.

Saluting Our Veterans: Hendricks Symphony annual fall concert featuring patriotic anthems and side-by-side with student musicians on November 8 and 10. Find out
more and get tickets at hendrickssymphony.org.

News

September 2020 Newsletter

October 17, 2020/in News /by john

Thank you for being a part of the 33rd season of The Children’s Ballet! We are so glad that the 2020-21 season is underway and are excited to be back in the studio with returning and new students!

August 2020 Newsletter

October 17, 2020/in News /by john

Registration for the 20/21 season is now open! Check out the website for more information. If you have questions about placement or policies please feel free to reach out.

July 2020 Newsletter

July 16, 2020/in News /by john

>>Important information about next season: the 2020/2021 season will begin on August 17. At the time of registration there will be a $60 costume fee for the spring performance + 1/2 month tuition due for August. Regular tuition will begin September 1. We will have very limited class sizes and offerings next year due to our limited space, instructor availability, and social distancing guidelines. In order to offset reduced student capacity, tuition will be increasing by 10%.