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     Group Photo: Jeff Cravotta, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, & Patricia McBride  Photo: Van Miller
 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Student Choreographers Workshop

Dates: Friday, April 18, 7 PM
 
Location: NC Dance Theatre, 622 East 28th Street, Suite 113, Charlotte, N.C.

Cost: $5
 
The Student Choreographers Workshop features original works by students and faculty at the NC Dance Theatre School of Dance. Refreshments will be served.


Boys Scholarship Audition

Dates:  Wednesday, May 14, 6:45-7:45 PM – Spirit Square   
           Thursday, July 17, 6-6:45 PM – NC Dance Theatre
           Thursday, July 31, 6-6:45 PM – NC Dance Theatre

Location: Spirit Square, 345 North College Street, Charlotte, N.C.
                NC Dance Theatre, 622 East 28th Street, Suite 113, Charlotte, N.C.

Details: Call 704.372.3900 for more information and to make a reservation.

North Carolina Dance Theatre School of Dance is auditioning talented boys ages 9 through 11, to receive full tuition scholarships, for the 2008-2009 Boys Scholarship Class. Additional auditions will be held in July. NC Dance Theatre Company member David Ingram teaches the class, which begins in September. No prior dance experience is required. 


Romeo & Juliet

Dates: Thursday, May 15, 7:30 PM
           Friday, May 16 & Saturday, May 17, 8 PM
           
Location: Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, N.C.

Tickets: Students $10; General $27-$69. For tickets call 704.372.1000, click here or visit the Founders Hall Box Office.

 NC Dance Theatre conjures the intense drama of Shakespeare with a powerful portrayal of Romeo & Juliet. This world premiere features grand sets, exquisite costumes and dramatic choreography by NC Dance Theatre President and Artistic Director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. 


Salute to Educators

Dates: Saturday, May 17 (prior to Romeo & Juliet)

Location: Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, N.C.

Tickets: Students $10; General $27-$69. For tickets call 704.372.1000, click here or visit the Founders Hall Box Office.

North Carolina Dance Theatre, in partnership with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, presents the 2008 Salute to Educators awards. Nominations are being accepted through April 18 for CMS Dance Educator of the Year, Dance Student of the Year, and Dance Champion of the Year. The awards ceremony will take place May 17 before the evening performance of Romeo & Juliet. Click here for nomination forms and more information.


The Little Mermaid

Dates: Saturday, May 17 & Sunday, May 18, 2 PM

Location: Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, N.C.

Tickets: Students $10; General $27-$69. For tickets call 704.372.1000, click here or visit the Founders Hall Box Office.

Dive into an underwater world with the premiere of Mark Diamond's The Little Mermaid. Based upon Hans Christian Andersen's fable, Diamond's ballet chronicles a young mermaid through her adventures of discovering a new world. This program is part of the Matinee Magic series. For tickets call 704.372.1000 or visit ncdance.org or the Founders Hall Box Office.


NC Dance Theatre Repertory Ensemble Performance

Dates: Friday, May 23, at 7:30 PM

Location: Booth Playhouse, 130 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, N.C.

Tickets:  Tickets $15; $5 for NC Dance Theatre School of Dance students

Come see the next generation of professional dancers perform in NC Dance Theatre’s annual Repertory Ensemble Performance featuring the Company’s trainees and apprentices. Patricia McBride, associate artistic director of North Carolina Dance Theatre, is restaging George Balanchine’s Stars & Stripes – 1st Regiment and Valse Fantaisie. The Repertory Ensemble will also present new works by Sabrina Berry, Mark Diamond, Heather Ferranti Ferguson and Madeline Guerdat. Tickets will go on sale late April and will be available through the Blumenthal Performance Center Box Office. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $5 for NC Dance Theatre School of Dance students.


New Dance Camp – Dance Jam!

Dates: Monday-Friday, June 16-20, from 9 AM - 1 PM

Location: Tom Sykes Recreation Center, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Charlotte, N.C.

Cost: $150 - Early Bird Registration through May 2; $170 – After May 2

Contact: Director of Education & Outreach April Berry at 704.372.0101 x109 to register.

This new community dance camp, offered through NC Dance Theatre’s Education and Outreach Department, is for ages 6 through 11, and no prior dance experience is required. Professional Teaching Artists will lead the camp. Campers ages 6 and 7 will participate in a Dance-A-Story camp, inspired by different story ballets. Campers ages 8 through 11 will participate in Bamboula to Ballet and Jazz, Jive and Jam. These campers learn traditional dances from African Bamboula to classical ballet and American jazz. They will also learn to create their own dances and share their choreography in a dance jam on the last day of camp.