SUMMER 2008!
Sign up now for summer camps, classes and workshops with Portland Ballet. Summer 2008 features Pre-Ballet, a summer session of Syllabus Program classes, the continuation of the USM Musical Theatre Dance Academy, plus a special “Broadway Jazz” workshop – along with the usual drop-in classes. Don't miss out sign up today!
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CALLING ALL CHOREOGRAPHERS
Portland Dances! - New Works Showcase, produced by Portland Ballet, will be returning for its seventh year of providing emerging choreographers from Portland, Maine and surrounding areas with an opportunity to create and present contemporary dance in a theater setting. These August 15 and 16, 2008 performances at Portland's John Ford Theater will be here sooner than we think, and choreography applications are now being accepted!
If you are interested in creating a piece for this year's production,
please submit a proposal by May 9, 2008 to:
Portland Dances! - New Works Showcase c/o Portland Ballet
517 Forest Avenue, Suite 2 ~ Portland, ME 04101
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CALLING ALL DANCERS
Portland Dances! - New Works Showcase
IS HOLDING AN OPEN AUDITION FOR DANCERS
SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2008
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
AT PORTLAND BALLET STUDIOS ~ 517 FOREST AVENUE
(studio will open at 10:30am for warm-up)
(must be at least 15 years of age)
for performing opportunities in the 2008
Portland Dances! - New Works Showcase
AUGUST 15 & 16, 2008
JOHN FORD THEATER - PORTLAND, MAINE
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2007/2008 SEASON:
Portland Ballet Company
2007/2008 Performance Season
TRIUMPH OF APHRODITE
May 2nd & 3rd, 2008
Bowdoin College
Portland Ballet collaborates again with
the Bowdoin College Music Department
to bring this Carl Orff piece to life.
For tickets, please visit www.bowdoin.edu.
PETER AND THE WOLF
Saturday May 10, 2008 at 2pm
the John Ford Theater
at Portland High School
Advance sale tickets now available at all Bull Moose locations
$4 students, $9 adults.
(Day of Performance Tickets sold at the door
will be $5 students and $10 adults )
Students of the Portland School of Ballet present
this family favorite!
PORTLAND DANCES!
August 15th & 16th, 2008
the John Ford Theater
at Portland High School
An evening of contemporary dance featuring Portland's
most exciting emerging choreographers.
CAPRICCIO
September 2, 2007, 1:00pm
at the Ogunquit Playhouse
Portland Ballet returns to the Playhouse with
an eclectic performance of classical and contemporary
choreography featuring our signature piece, Bolero.
DANCE FOR THE CURE
October 20, 2007 – 8pm
the John Ford Theater
at Portland High School
Portland Ballet performs a specially commissioned work
to raise funds to support cancer research. Portland Ballet,
the Maine Cancer Foundation, and a celebrity narrator
come together to share the stories of pain and healing
of victims, survivors, family and friends. Profits will
be contributed to the Women's Cancer Fund of
the Maine Cancer Foundation.
THE VICTORIAN NUTCRACKER
December 1, 2007 – 2pm
“Meet and Greet Nutcracker Sweet”
Franco American Heritage Center – Lewiston
December 8th, 2007 – 7:30pm
December 9th, 2007 – 2pm
at Merrill Auditorium
Portland Ballet performs with the Portland Ballet Orchestra
and the Victorian Festival Singers. Join us in both Portland
and Lewiston for this holiday extravaganza.
Educational Outreach program for school groups.
BACH BIRTHDAY BASH
w/ FOKO
March 11th, 2008 at 7:30pm
at Merrill Auditorium
Portland Ballet joins with Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ
to celebrate the life and works of J.S. Bach in this
evening of music and dance!
CARMINA BURANA - A TRIUMPH!
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On in 2004 and 2007, two of Maine's most distinguished performing arts organizations, the Portland Ballet Company (PBC) and the Choral Art Society (CAS), collaborated on a spectacular production of Carl Orff 's Carmina Burana - featuring over 200 singers and an orchestra.
Here's what the Critics said about the sold out performance:
"In a time when no event ever seems to live up to its advance hyperbole, it is rare indeed to find a performance that exceeds expectations. "Carmina Burana," by the Portland Ballet, the Choral Art Society and members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, did just that before a packed house at Merrill Auditorium on Saturday night. I haven't heard cheers like that since the Patriots won the Super Bowl."
"One of the best features of the production was the balance of forces among orchestra, chorus, singers and ballet."
"The ballet company, choreographed by Andrei Bossov, outdid itself, both in solo and ensemble performance."
"His fine choreography is the essence of connection between the arts."
"All of the dancers, who remain on stage throughout a grueling routine, were inspired, but I must single out Nell Green and Tyler Sperry in the more individualized love poems, and the other male soloists, Luke Tucker and Derek Clifford. The costumes reflect Bossov's choice of emphasis, which should also be credited to artistic director Eugenia L. O'Brien."
"Bravo, and no talking on the way home."
Portland Press Herald,
Monday March 22, 2004
"A magnificent performance of Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana' at the Merrill Auditorium heralds the coming of spring."
"Although far too seldom, every once in a while some brave souls take heart and present 'Carmina Burana' as a theatrical totality. Such was the case the the fantastic performance at the Merrill Auditorium...."
"It was in essence a fabulous performance from start to finish and a production that would rate five stars in any of the major cities of the world, and one that makes us proud of the artistic resources and talent in our state, and I concur with the audience that gave a standing ovation and several curtain calls."
Stuart Nudelman, York County Coast Star,
Thursday, March 25, 2004
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