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LEB offers Master Classes with Abigail Henniger of Sarasota Ballet and Danielle Downey of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.
These classes will be offered Monday, 5/21 from 4:00-5:30 pm with Ms. Henniger and Tuesday, 5/22 from 5:00-6:30 with Ms. Downey. All visitors must register, through LEB website or office, prior to the event. These ballet technique classes are offered to students age 10+. On Tuesday evening, 5/22 from 4:00-4:45 Downey will hold a FREE Pointe Workshop prior to the master class. Monday and Tuesday events (5/21 & 22) are free to LEBjrC and open to the public. Visiting dance students can attend these events ($20 per) by registering through LEB office, downloadable registration form or via email. You may also register the day of each event at the door. All classes will be held at Dafmark Dance Theater 1033 State St. |
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 May 25th & 26th
Enjoy an evening of famous magical moments in ballet and other visions of folklore and fantasy. This performance features the Lake Erie Ballet Companies, special alumni guests Danielle Downey of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Abigail Henniger of Sarasota Ballet, and Michael Patterson of the Pennsylvania Ballet performing with the students of the Lake Erie Ballet. With visions of flight and fancy, the Lake Erie Ballet will send you soaring into summer! Click here for tickets... |
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Dance For PD - a new program for people suffering from Parkinson Disease. This popular class, which has been offered at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn since 2001, is appropriate for anyone with PD, no matter how advanced. No dance experience is required. In chairs, at a barre or moving across the floor, you will explore elements of modern dance, ballet, tap, folk and social dancing, and Mark Morris company repertory in a non-pressured, social environment in which live music energizes, enriches and empowers.
Classes begin again Wednesday, Jan. 25 12:30-2:00 pm at Lake Erie Ballet Studios. Register for classes by calling 871-4356 x101 more info... |
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Hugh Keelan returns to Erie in 2012 to conduct the 54th Annual Nutcracker at the Warner Theatre. Hugh is best known in the Erie area as Music Director for the Erie Philharmonic from 2000 to 2006. Maestro Keelan's repertoire encompasses the body of the standard orchestral, concerto and operatic repertoire. Complete cycles of Beethoven and Brahms are complemented by an impressive array of premiers (World, American, European) by such composers as William Alexander, Keith Amos, Bruce Broughton, Robin Holloway, Jiri Pauer, Bernard Rands, Eric Tanguy, Reza Vali and Richard Wernick. |
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Gina Illingworth, returns to Lake Erie Ballet as Artistic Advisor. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, Ms. lllingworth has danced with the Oakland Ballet and the National Ballet of Norway for five years. She was also principal dancer with the Cleveland Ballet and permanent guest artist/teacher with Ballet Tucson. Principal ballet roles include; Kitri in Nureyev's Don Quixote, Swanhilda in Coppelia, the Sylph in La Sylphide, Cinderella, Carmen, Giselle, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. She has performed leading roles in many Balanchine ballets including Apollo, Donizetti Variations and Serenade. Other lead roles include works by choreographers such as Glen Tetley, Alvin Ailey, Rudi Van Danzig, Jiri Kylian and Agnes De Mille. |
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Point Park University in Pittsburgh joins forces with Lake Erie Ballet for Nutcracker 2012. Career Accomplishments of some Conservatory Alumni include: Pearlann Porter - Founding Artistic Director and principle choreographer of The Pillow Project, and one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch in 2010" and Rob Ashford - Choreographed for Cry Baby, Curtains, The Wedding Singer, and 2002 Tony Winner for Choreography for Thoroughly Modern Millie and many many more. |
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