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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CONTACT:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Julie Gilliland, Director of Marketing at
</span><a href="mailto:jgilliland@beckcenter.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">jgilliland@beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Beck Center For The Arts Is Proud to Produce<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Snow White Ballet,
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Live, In Person, And Streaming Live<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lakewood, OH</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> –
</span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beck Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">excited to stage <span style="color:black">
the upcoming Dance Education Production,</span> </span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/events"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Snow White Ballet</span></b></a><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/events"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
Choreographed by Associate Director of Dance Education Melanie Szucs, </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">produced by the Beck Dance Workshop, along with select dance students.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">With over 50 Beck Center dance students up to age 18,
</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Snow White Ballet<span style="color:black">
</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">showcases the very best of Northeast Ohio’s young talent.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This hour-long ballet production is perfect for adults and children of all ages and is filled with colorful costumes and sets. The story of Snow White is portrayed
from birth to age 16 and is complete with snowflakes, forest animals, secretive birds, and even dancing cupcakes. And of course, it ends with a kiss.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Melanie Szucs says, “<b><i>Snow White Ballet</i></b> was first presented by our dance department in 2019. Over fifty students ages 7-18 have been cast in this production. All of the dancers
are eager to perform in the Senney Theater this spring, and each dancer plays a special part in making this fairytale come alive through dance.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This limited showing of
<b><i>Snow White Ballet </i></b>will take place in Senney Theater at 7:30 pm on Friday, April 8, 2022 and Saturday, April 9, 2022, and 2:30 pm on Sunday, April 10, 2022, all EST. Beck Center is also proud to present a Sensory-Friendly performance on Thursday,
April 7, 2022 at 10 am in the Senney Theater.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C0392B;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Please contact Ed Gallagher at
</span><a href="mailto:egallagher@beckcenter.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white;mso-highlight:white">egallagher@beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">
for more information on the Sensory-Friendly performance. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tickets for the live, in-person performances are available for purchase now and cost $10 for children and $12 for adults. Please call Customer Service for more details at 216-521-2540 x10 or
visit </span><a href="https://beckcenter.na.ticketsearch.com/sales/sales"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">BeckCenterTicketSearch.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to purchase tickets to the live and in-person
performances, and </span><a href="https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/61632"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Showtix4U.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">for the live-streaming performance held on Friday, April 8 at 7:30 pm ONLY.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Patrons attending
<b><i>Snow White Ballet</i></b><i> </i>over the age of two must be masked at all times inside Beck Center buildings, and patrons over the age of 12 must show a vaccination card (or copy, or image on a smartphone), or proof of a negative COVID-19 test prior
to entering the theater. For more information, please visit </span><a href="https://beckcenter.squarespace.com/new-page-1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Patrons are also invited to attend
<b><i>Meteor Shower </i></b>at Beck Center<b><i>, </i></b>the wild and crazy play written by the one and only Steve Martin, running April 1 to May 1, 2022, in the Studio Theater.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beck Center is located at
</span><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=17801+Detroit+Avenue&entry=gmail&source=g"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">17801 Detroit Avenue</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> in Lakewood, just ten minutes
west of downtown Cleveland. For more information visit</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/education/dance"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
or call Beck Center Customer Service at 216.521.2540 x10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Programming at
</span><a href="beckcenter.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beck Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is made possible through the generous support of the Ohio Arts Council. Beck
Center gratefully acknowledges the generous funding provided by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><a href="beckcenter.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beck Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is a not-for-profit
501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for individuals with disabilities, free gallery exhibits year-round,
and outreach education programming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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