[NEohioPAL] Cleveland youth to perform beside the Russian pros in the Great Russian Nutcracker on Dec 17
Sally Michael Keyes
keyes1545 at aol.com
Tue Nov 23 05:42:47 PST 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cleveland youth perform Great Russian Nutcracker with the pros Dec 17!
Moscow Ballet Student Program makes impression on 45,000+ dancers over 18 years
For high-resolution images: http://www.nutcracker.com/promo
Contact: Sally Michael Keyes
sally at nutcracker.com (413) 499-1733 x21
(Berkshires, Mass.) November 23, 2010 – Local Cleveland youth have been selected to perform alongside the Russian professionals in Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker at the Masonic Auditorium Friday, December 17 at 8:30pm. En Point Danse is the host studio for Moscow Ballet’s Student Program and Svetlana Todinova is the Russian Audition and Rehearsal Director. Selected youth dancers are Party Guests are Olivia Anderson, Devon Blanks, Giuliana Martin, Claire Popovich, Valerie Raicevich, Isabelle Roselli and Haley Ross; Mice are Bethany Bacus, Lucy Fischer, Claire Geho, Faith Geho, Meara Mahoney, Anna Li Sevich, Maddie Stapulionis and Claudia White; Snowflakes are Emily Collins, Jocelyn Corzine, Angelina DeConcini, Caroline Holland, Emily Krooglik, Maria Munday, Molly Nachtwey, Sadie Nachtwey, Jane Peck, Nora Raicevich, Brenna Sincaglia, Eleanor Cleveland, Sophia Popovich and Claire Stinson; Angels are Ariane Geho, Madeline Halley, Barbara Ptackova, Molly Nachtwey, Olivia Anderson, Devon Blanks, Giuliana Martin, Claire Popovich, Valerie Raicevich, Isabelle Roselli, Haley Ross and Marley Vidmar; Butterflies are Calla Martin, Taylor Martin, Ali Mitchell and Chase Salenger. Dancers in Act II’s variations are Spanish Averil Braden and Mackenzie Whitelock; Chinese Claire Bakus and Samantha Basch; Russian are Victoria Sevich and Mady Smith; Arabian are Crystina Bakus and Margaret DeConcini; and French are Eleanor Cleveland and Sophia Popovich.
En Pointe Danse founder and owner, Gail Friedberg says of the studio, “Our goal is to provide a nurturing environment for beginner through adult dancers, inspiring the joy and passion of dance by fostering creative expression.” She feels there are many benefits of dance training. A few of the many life skills that dance training helps to develop are: discipline, self-control, respect and critical thinking. These skills are emphasized throughout all levels of the studio’s programs. She offers a variety of dance forms to aid in exploring the wonders of dance including creative movement, ballet, pointe, tap, and modern dance.
Soloists, in the Great Russian Nutcracker/Swan Lake tour, are flown in from Russia in late August to conduct auditions and rehearsals each year. Moscow Ballet teacher/soloists for 2010 are Svetlana Todinova, Tatiana Casian, Nataliya Miroshynk and Anna Tyutyunnyk (bios below). Moscow Ballet has worked with dance studio owners in 70 cities across the country for almost 2 generations and made a significant impact on aspiring dancer’s lives. Casting an average 50 children in 50 cities over the past 18 years, yields 45,000 impressions and valuable interactions for new generations of North American dancers.
Partnerships with local dance studios are carefully developed by Mary Gianonne Talmi, co-founder and co-producer of Moscow Ballet. Talmi holds a BFA in Dance from Julliard, received two Choreography Fellowships from the NEA, an Achievement Award in Choreography from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and was selected for the American Ballet Theatre's Choreography Workshop under Baryshnikov. She founded Connecticut Dance Theatre and was a pioneering member of the National Association for Regional Ballet (now Regional Dance America). Early in the company’s history, Moscow Ballet founders Akiva and Mary Talmi developed a continuity of programming in arts and education for American children that provides cross cultural enrichment, expert classical ballet instruction, and professional performance opportunities. The continuum of experiences for children extends over a 6-month period; from summer ballet workshops, school outreach programs, auditions and rehearsals, to dancing in performances of the Great Russian Nutcracker, Cinderella, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty. In conjunction with the annual tours the Talmi’s created several arts partnerships and outreach programs that bring members of the Moscow Ballet to schools and dance centers for residencies, master classes, and workshops. Among the programs offered are “Cinderella Around the World” and the museum based “Russian Cultural Project”. Both programs combine literacy, hands on arts activities, a cross cultural component and dance training.
Moscow Ballet’s Student Performance Program is underwritten by Moscow Ballet. It includes administration of the traveling soloists, transportation to and from Russia and in the US and Canada, soloists’ salary for audition and rehearsal work and some daily living expenses when not provided by a local host family. Individual studios sometimes charge an administrative fee for Master Classes or auditions and rehearsal.
Svetlana Todinova completed formal training in 1997 at the Ufa Choreography School, of which the legendary Rudolf Nureyev was also a student. While dancing with the State Opera Ballet of Krasnodar, Todinova danced under the legendary Yuri Gregorovich, who is famous for his virtuosic productions at the Bolshoi Theatre. Todinova toured with the Russian Academy of Ballet Art and has performed in Holland, China, Spain, Italy, England, and the USA. Her repertory includes Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Paganini, La Bayadere, Carmen, Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker. She has danced as a soloist with Moscow Ballet since 2006.
Tatiana Casian charms audiences each year with her solo dancing of in the Festival Waltz in Act II of the Great Russian Nutcracker and the party scene’s life-sized Kissy Doll. She is an expert ballerina having graduated from the Kishinev Choreographic Lycée in Moldova. Tatiana went on to dance with Oleg Danoskogo’s Ballet Theatre in Romania, returning to Moldova as a soloist with the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in the capitol city of Chisinau. Tatiana’s repertoire includes the Pas de Quatre and bride in Swan Lake, one of two “vilis” in Giselle, The Fairy of Playfulness in Sleeping Beauty, Chipollino, Radish and Prince Cherry Ballet, Don Quixote, and Le Sylphide.
Nataliya Miroshnyk is an expertly trained ballerina having graduated in 1988 from the Kiev Academic Choreographic School in Ukraine where she trained under A.G. Kalchenko. Nataliya enjoyed a tremendous amount of post-graduate experience, touring throughout the world during her time with the Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Nataliya’s soloist repertoire includes Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, Don Quixote and The Nutcracker.
Anna Tyutyunnyk, a native of Odessa in Ukraine, is a graduate from and soloist with Odessa National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. She has been dancing since the age of four and has also performed with the Crown of Russian Ballet and the New Imperial Ballet, both in Moscow. In addition to dance, Anna is fluent in four languages. In the Nutcracker, she has been cast as Masha, danced the Chinese and French Variations, portrayed the Dove of Peace, and has also played a Party Guest and Snowflake. Other repertoire includes Swan Lake, La Bayadere, La Sylphide, and Don Quixote.
Tickets are now on sale. To purchase by phone call Ticketmaster 800-745-3000, buy online at www.nutcracker.com or www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets start at $27.50. Group rates are available for ten or more tickets, call 800 320 1733.
East Tour – Great Russian Nutcracker
West Point NY 11/13
Wilkes Barre PA 11/14
Paducah KY 11/16
Birmingham AL 11/17
*Meridian MS 11/18
Dallas TX 11/19-21
*Stephenville TX 11/22
*Alma AR 11/23
Little Rock AR 11/24
Muskegon MI 11/26
Indianapolis IN 11/27
Knoxville TN 11/28
Memphis TN 11/29
*Blacksburg VA 12/1
Charleston WV 12/2
Youngstown OH 12/3
*Easton PA 12/4
*Verona NY 12/5
Rochester NY 12/7
Bethesda MD 12/8-9
*Somerville NJ 12/10
Baltimore MD 12/11-12
Charlottesville VA 12/13-14
Virginia Beach VA 12/15-16
Cleveland OH 12/17
Rosemont IL 12/18
Detroit MI 12/19
*Ashland KY 12/20
Asheville NC 12/21
Durham NC 12/22
N Charleston SC 12/23
Sarasota FL 12/26
Lakeland FL 12/27
St Petersburg FL 12/28-29
*denotes private performance
West Tour – Swan Lake and Great Russian Nutcracker
Surrey, BC CAN 11/4
^Medicine Hat CAN 11/6
^*Saskatoon CAN 11/9-10
^*Regina CAN 11/11-12
^*Edmonton CAN 11/15-16
Butte MN 11/18
Yakima WA 11/19
*Bellingham WA 11/20
^Missoula MT 11/21
^*Calgary CAN 11/22-23
*Lake of Torches WI 11/26-27
Fargo ND 11/28
^*Winnipeg CAN 11/29
^Thunder Bay CAN 11/30
Grand Forks ND 12/1
Rochester MN 12/2
Minneapolis MN 12/3-4
Cedar Rapids IA 12/5
Sioux City IA 12/7
Cheyenne WY 12/8
Casper WY 12/9
Denver CO 12/10-11
Grand Junction CO 12/12
Farmington NM 12/13-14
*Albuquerque NM 12/15
Bakersfield CA 12/16
Cupertino CA 12/17
Santa Rosa CA 12/18
*La Mirada CA 12/19
San Diego CA 12/20
Tucson AZ 12/21
*Phoenix AR 12/22
El Paso TX 12/23
San Antonio TX 12/26
Lake Charles LA 12/27
New Orleans LA 12/28
Panama City FL 12/29
*denotes private performance
^denotes Swan Lake performance
Moscow Ballet - History
Moscow Ballet is known for its annual, touring Great Russian Nutcracker and full-length productions of the classic story-ballets; Swan Lake, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and others. Created by award-winning Juilliard alumnus, composer/conductor and theatrical producer, Akiva Talmi, the organization evolved out of Talmi’s all-star Russian "Glasnost Festival Tour" (1986-92). Moscow Ballet made its debut in 1993 with the Great Russian Nutcracker which was directed and choreographed by soloist Stanislav Vlasov of the famous Russian Bolshoi Theatre. In 1994, Moscow Ballet invited the Moscow State Theatre of Natalia Sats, and the theatre's full orchestra, to expand the company to an 88-artist tour which was billed as the "19th Century Classical Nutcracker." In 2003, Moscow Ballet announced the appointment of Vladimir Troshchenko, director of Odessa State Ballet and a pivotal figure in the ballet world, as Ballet Master and Andre Litvinov joined him in 2010 as co-Ballet Master. Moscow Ballet continues to feature top graduates of Perm, Vaganova, Moscow State Academic Choreographic and Kiev schools in its productions.
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