<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Century Gothic";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
p.MsoBodyText, li.MsoBodyText, div.MsoBodyText
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Body Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.BodyTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Body Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Body Text";
font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1027" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NEWS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter" />
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" />
</v:formulas>
<v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" />
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" />
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="Straight_x0020_Connector_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:-.75pt;width:458.25pt;height:2.25pt;z-index:251661312;visibility:visible;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'>
<v:imagedata src="cid:image002.png@01CD308C.52B21690" o:title="" />
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="f" />
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position:relative;z-index:251661312'><span style='position:absolute;left:0px;top:-1px;width:611px;height:3px'><img width=611 height=3 src="cid:image002.png@01CD308C.52B21690" v:shapes="Straight_x0020_Connector_x0020_2"></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CONTACT: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Megan Cain, 440-774-6077<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:odt@oberlin.net">odt@oberlin.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> May 12, 2012</span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sleeping Beauty</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A Children’s Adaptation of a Classic Fairy Tale <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ohio Dance Theatre Offers Families a Special Day with Their Own Little “Princess”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Elyria, OH—</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Share the wonder of dance with your entire family as Ohio Dance Theatre presents <i>Sleeping Beauty</i> from its Ballet for Children’s series, uniquely designed to introduce young audiences to the magic and beauty of ballet. Spend a very special day with your own “princess” June 30<sup>th</sup> at 2:00 pm in the beautiful new Elyria Performing Arts Center on the campus of Elyria High School located at the corner of West 5<sup>th</sup> Street and West Avenue. But first, meet princess Aurora at her private Tea Party and enjoy refreshments, small tea sandwiches, fresh fruit and a tasty treat. Come dressed as your favorite fairytale princess and be sure to bring your camera and autograph book! After the tea party, head over to the <i>Sleeping Beauty</i> Ballet performance. Aurora’s Tea Party will begin at 12:15 pm at Moss’s restaurant, 535 Broad Street, Elyria. Limited seating is available for the Tea Party and tickets for both the performance and the Tea Party can be purchased on line at <a href="http://www.ohiodancetheatre.org">www.ohiodancetheatre.org</a>. Please note that Tea Party tickets are only available to those who purchase tickets for the performance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ohio Dance Theatre company member Courtney Jankovic will dance the role of Sleeping Beauty, Caraboose, the wicked fairy is danced by Juliana Freude and Shannon Yee will be featured as the Lilac Fairy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets are $18-$25 tickets and can be purchased on line at www.ohiodancetheatre.org. Free onsite parking is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ohio Dance Theatre’s production of <i>Sleeping Beauty </i>is sponsored in part by the Nord Family Foundation, Community Foundation of Lorain County and by the Ohio Arts Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ohio Dance Theatre is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>professional ballet based contemporary dance company that presents works with a strong theatrical element and stretches the limits of dance by including actors, musicians and singers in many of its productions. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>