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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><b><u><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>PRESS RELEASE </span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <img width=116 height=106 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CF647D.D57BE570"></span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <img width=108 height=63 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CF647D.D57BE570"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=BasicParagraph><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ashtabula Arts Center</span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>2928 W. 13<sup>th</sup> Street, Ashtabula, OH 44004 (440) 964-3396<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Contact: Pamela Hammond, Marketing and Public Relations Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><a href="mailto:phammond@ashtabulaartscenter.org"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>phammond@ashtabulaartscenter.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><a href="http://www.ashtabulaartscenter.org"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>www.ashtabulaartscenter.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><b><i><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Bernard MT Condensed","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>Ballet Theatre Ashtabula<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Bernard MT Condensed","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>presents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>The Edges Between...<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:6.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:6.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>A fresh and innovative mix <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>of ballet and modern dance <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>May 9 - 11, 16 - 18<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:6.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>Sundays at 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>Order tickets at <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:120%;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;position:relative;top:2.0pt;mso-text-raise:-2.0pt'>(440) 964-3396<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=BasicParagraph align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ballet Theatre Ashtabula will be presenting a fresh and innovative mix of ballet and contemporary dance when <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Edges Between...</span></i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> plays on the Ashtabula Arts Center stage, </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>May 9 – 11 and 16 – 18. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>This original production </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>features new works by local dancers/instructors Clover Robinson, Meghann Stell, and Ballet Theatre Ashtabula Director of Dance, Shelagh Dubsky. Each piece reflects the passion and vitality of dancers and spans from the abstract to the traditional. </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Clover Robinson has set her delightful new work, “Sail” to music by Awolnation. This piece explores the energies that exist in the mind and the universe and the edges between them. Robinson’s work</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> explores the unusual, with a resounding beat and unique stylized movement that pushes dancers to reach new depths.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Meghann Stell’s newest work “Feel Again” is set to music by One Republic. It examines the joy of finding the people in your life that spiritually lift you at every turn. Another of her works, “Woven Apart in Unison,” is set to music by Kai King and symbolizes a group of separate individuals who, through time and circumstances, become whole.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Other works on the program include duets and full ensemble pieces. “Diamonds,” is a neoclassical ballet set to the exquisite mathematical harmony of Karl Jenkin’s famous music that was adapted and used for DeBeer’s diamond advertisement campaign. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>One of the more unusual duets, “Emotional Equilibrium,” choreographed by Shelagh Dubsky, features interesting lifts, balances, and counter-balances that challenge the way audiences think about dance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For sheer fun, “Mango Tango” showcases the company with a cool Latin groove. Inspired by the passion of tango and the flirtatious sound of the mandolin, a full cast brings you a taste of exotic fun. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Other works on the program include a romantic “Cinderella” pas de deux, a joyful romp to the uplifting music </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>of Vivaldi, and other contemporary pieces representing the grace and beauty of dance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the Ashtabula Arts Center at (440) 964-3396 or by visiting the box office at 2928 W. 13<sup>th</sup> Street, Ashtabula. <b><span style='color:red'>Adult tickets are $14, Senior/Student $12 and Child age 12 and under $11. </span></b></span><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red'> </span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red'>OR save $2 per ticket when you purchase tickets in advance. Advance sale tickets must be purchased by 4 p.m. for Friday performances or by noon on Saturday for Saturday and Sunday shows.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=BasicParagraph><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=BasicParagraph align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Pamela Hammond<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Marketing and Public Relations Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ashtabula Arts Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>2928 W. 13<sup>th</sup> Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ashtabula, OH 44004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>(440) 964-3396<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="mailto:phammond@ashtabulaartscenter.org">phammond@ashtabulaartscenter.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>