[NEohioPAL] PERFORMANCE AND SUMMER CLASSES: Ohio Youth Ballet and Turning Pointe School of Dance

[Christy McCune]

OYB AND TURNING POINTE PRESENT 'SPRING CELEBRATION OF DANCE 2008'

            Described as being composed of numerous dance styles from
"popular classical ballet pieces" to a "fun break dance piece," the Ohio
Youth Ballet and Turning Pointe School of Dance's Spring Celebration of
Dance 2008 is sure to have something for everyone.

            Performances will be at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on May 18 at Jackson
High School Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $8 in advance; $10 at the
door.

"It's going to be composed of numerous dance styles, including popular
classical ballet pieces, funky jazz and hip-hop numbers, beautiful lyrical
dances and a fun break dance piece. It is representative of various cultural
dance styles including African, character flamenco, and a combination of
classical, Arabic and oriental styles," according to Natalya
Vyashenko-Connor, Ohio Youth Ballet artistic director. 

            Spring Celebration of Dance 2008 will have the youngest dancers
making their stage debut, which always promises to be entertaining. While
some talented high school seniors who have danced for years will be giving
one of their last performances with the company as they move onto the
professional world. 

            For more information, call 330-854-1417.

 

 

 

TURNING POINTE HAS SUMMER CLASSES FOR ALL AGES, LEVELS

 

CANAL FULTON, Ohio - For both fun and fitness, The Turning Pointe School of
Dance, 2387 Locust St. S., is registering now for summer dance classes for
beginner to advanced students of all ages. 

            Two-week summer dance camps for ages 31/2 to 12 years are
popular programs that introduce younger students to a variety of dance
styles such as ballet, tap, jazz, baton, tumbling, cheer dance and musical
theatre. The camps are offered June 16-June 27 and July 28-Aug. 8. 

            A five-week summer intensive workshop July 6 through Aug. 8 is
composed of challenging classes for the serious dancer ages 9 and older.
Advanced beginner level classes will be July 6-25 and Intermediate I, II and
Advanced will be July 6 through Aug. 8. Classes include classical ballet,
character dance, ballroom partnering, pointe and pointe variations, jazz,
hip-hop, flexibility class, tap, modern and lyrical. 

            Students in the summer intensive will be taught by Ohio Youth
Ballet artistic director Natalya Vyashenko-Connor, who is a former company
member of the Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Opera and
Ballet in the capital of Uzbekistan. Visiting instructors include Valery
Lantratov, who has toured internationally with Rudolf Nureyev and is
artistic director of the Russian National Ballet Foundation in Moscow, as
well as former Ohio Youth ballet member Kaleb Baker, who has performed with
the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and joins Ballet Quad Cities this upcoming
season. A placement class is required. 

            Students who want to keep up with their training or try
something new over the summer will want to sign up for the summer semester
June 16 through August 8. These evening classes are for all ages and levels
and styles range from creative movement and beginner baton for the younger
dancers, to musical theatre and break dance, to teen and adult classes in
ballet, tap, pilates and pointe.

            For more information and to register, call 330-854-1417 and
visit www.turningpointeschoolofdance.net
<http://www.turningpointeschoolofdance.net/> .

 

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