In this Issue
Director’s Choice
A Kennedy Center Shindig
Your Support Makes a Difference
May 13-15 | Knight Theater
North Carolina Dance Theatre’s 2009-2010 Season of Magnificent Moves concludes with Director’s Choice. Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Dance Theatre’s artistic director since 1996, handpicked three ballets for the program.
“This is the first time we’ve done a Director’s Choice performance and we plan to make it an annual series,” said Bonnefoux. “For Director’s Choice I’ve chosen ballets and choreographers I find exciting and want to share with our audience. It’s my way of telling the audience ‘you’ve got to see this!’”
For Director’s Choice Bonnefoux chose:
(click the ballets to learn more)
Tickets start at $20!
David Ingram and Sarah James in Apollo. Choreography by George
Balanchine,© The George Balanchine Trust.
“Love at First Bite” when you see next season’s performances!
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Dance Theatre will perform Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux's Shindig, featuring the Greasy Beans bluegrass band, for the Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America! The Company was one of only nine dance companies invited to participate and will perform June 15 and 16 along with Houston Ballet and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet. Attend the performance! Dance Theatre invites you to join us as we celebrate our debut performance in Ballet Across America. The Company is organizing a trip to Washington, D.C., with artistic leaders Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride, and Company dancers. Click here for a complete trip itinerary. Reservations must be received by April 26, so act quickly! |
 Dancers Max Levy and Traci Gilchrest in Bonnefoux's Shindig. |
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REACH! Auditions are May 17-21. More information> |
It is a time of exciting growth for Dance Theatre, with Cinderella breaking box office records in the new Knight Theater; the pilot NCDT REACH! program offering free dance training in the community; and the impending opening of the Patricia McBride & Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance. If you have not done so already, please donate to the 2009-2010 Annual Fund by clicking here. We have raised almost 75% of our goal, but we need your help! Your donation of any amount makes a difference in the quality of our programming. Thank you for your support of NC Dance Theatre! |
Fellowship N’ Movement
Performance
April 23, at 7 PM | Bette Rae Thomas Recreation Center
The Fellowship N’ Movement collaboration, between Dance Theatre and six local dance ministries, culminates in a shared performance on April 23. Free and open to the public, the performance features NC Dance Theatre, NC Dance Theatre 2 and members of local liturgical dance ministries.
Dance Theatre Company member Mary Ellen Beaudreau (pictured right) is working with dance ministry members and NC Dance Theatre apprentices on a shared performance piece for the Fellowship N’ Movement performance.
Click here to view photos from Fellowship N’ Movement workshops.
This project is made possible by a Front Porch grant from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation and supports Crossroads Charlotte, a community involvement program.
June 12, 1-5 PM | Patricia McBride & Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance
As a member of Dance Theatre’s e-club, you’re the first to know about First Chance to Dance – a day of FREE dance classes at the Patricia McBride & Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance!
Dance Theatre moves to the new Center for Dance in early June and invites you to visit the center on Saturday, June 12, for a day of FREE beginner level dance classes, followed by a FREE performance of Shindig before the dancers leave for Ballet Across America. More details coming soon!
NC Dance Theatre School of Dance is currently enrolling for summer classes, which will take place in the new Patricia McBride & Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance in Uptown Charlotte.
The School offers a variety of camps and classes for budding ballerinas to adults.
Apollo photo by Jeff Cravotta, cravotta.com
Shindig and School of Dance photos by Peter Zay, zayphoto
NCDT REACH! & Fellowship N’ Movement photos by Mel Morganstein, photosbymel.com
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