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Nevada Ballet Theatre's Season Finale:
Two remarkable dance experiences in one night!
Sultry, steamy, and senuous "Scheherazade" and
Steivel's one act ballet "The Class."
 Sultry, steamy, sensuous, and barre (that's as in dance bar not bare) dancers. This is, afterall Las Vegas, and Nevada's only professional ballet company is presenting Scheherazade as well as The Class over Mother's Day weekend. Renowned guest choreographer Kathryn Posin's Scheherazade brings this sultry ballet to life. Nevada Ballet Theatre's own Bruce Steivel reprises his popular The Class. Treat your favorite mom to a special performance on Friday, May 12 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. or Sunday, May 14 at 1:00 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. at Judy Bayley Theatre on UNLV's campus. This season finale will delight your friends and family with breathtaking performances and an explosion of dance!
Tickets for Scheherazde and The Class are now on sale; Prices are $65, $45 and $25. Military, Group, Junior & Senior discounts are available. Visit us online at www.nevadaballet.com or call UNLV at 895-ARTS that's 895-2787.
Scheherazade and The Class Performance
Choreography: Kathryn Posin
Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Judy Bayley Theatre, UNLV, $25–$65 Call 895-ARTS for tickets.
Friday, May 12 — 8:00 p.m.
Special event: Dinner & the Ballet, 5:30 p.m., location Stirling Club.
$80 plus Ballet ticket per person.
Call 243.2623 x225 to reserve your spot.
And, after-party event, 10:00 p.m., Location TBA
Saturday, May 13 — 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 13 — 8:00 p.m.*
Special event: "From the Wings," 7:15–7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 14 — 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 14 — 4:30 p.m.*
Special event: "From the Wings," 3:45–4:00 p.m.
* "From the Wings" — a stimulating, brief pre-performance program for ticket holders that provides an insider's look at the ballet being presented. Saturday, May 13, 7:15–7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 14 3:45–4:00 p.m.
Passion, love, romance! It's…
A Midsummer Night's Dream
 March 17–19
Performances at Judy Bayley Theatre, UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway
(Turn on Cottage Grove Avenue to the theatre)
Five performance to choose from:
Friday, March 17 — 8:00 p.m.
Saturday March 18 — 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 19 — 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Call 895-ARTS for the best seats today.
Ballerina/Danseur Crossing
Almost 1400 children and teens arabesque, leap, and pirouette their way into classes in Summerlin rehearsal studios and in fourteen Clark County District schools with Nevada Ballet Theatre's Academy and Future Dance programs.
Nevada Ballet Theatre's Academy is one of the few professional dance schools in the nation affiliated with a professional ballet company and one of the area's finest. The Academy provides both intensive education in the highly structured and disciplined techniques of dance and related performing arts as well as classes for fun. Housed in one of the best dance facilities in the nation, the Academy's Summerlin home provides rehearsal space to Nevada Ballet Theatre's 41-member professional ballet company, and studios and classes for up-and-coming ballet stars of tomorrow and for recreation! Whether you are a three-year old who loves to jump in circles, a mom who wants to stay in shape, or a young man or woman who has always dreamed of a career in dance the Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre has classes just for you!
One the left side of the 36,000 square foot magnificent facility is the professional company members rehearsing for their next performance. And on the right are seven additional studios filled with all ages learning a variety of dance genres from ballet to tap, hip hop, jazz, and more!
Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre
The Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre was founded in 1979 to inspire imaginative self expression through dance. With instruction offered in tap, jazz, ballet and hip-hop, the Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre teaches over 600 children annually. Recently the Academy added a program geared towards adult classes, including ballet for adults, pilates, and jazzercise.
Each year, advanced Academy students are selected to audition for the Nevada Ballet Theatre Youth Company. These individuals are given the opportunity to be part of professional productions. They are cast in roles calling for young people in ballets that include The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Giselle and Peter Pan. The Youth Company also participates in community events as representatives of Nevada Ballet Theatre.
The Academy is also home to a family of distinguished, award-winning and world renowned instructors in various disciplines of dance, acting, and musical theatre.
Nevada Ballet Theatre's
Education and Outreach Programs
In addition, there's Nevada Ballet Theatre's Education and Outreach department which reaches thousands through a school time matinee performance at the theatre as well as on-site classes. Nevada Ballet Theatre's exciting Future Dance Program brings dance classes into the schools and community of more than 700 Las Vegas students from 14 school neighborhoods. How wonderful for our students to be learning a new language. No it's not exactly French or Spanish. "Grand jeté, Point-flex, Demi-plies, Battement tendu"—it's the language of ballet! Every year, they share their new knowledge and skills through Nevada Ballet Theatre's Free Future Dance Spring Concerts with an audience that breaks all stereotypes of what ballet patrons are supposed to look like.
What makes Nevada Ballet Theatre's Future Dance Spring Recitals unique from others is that it specifically reaches Las Vegas Valley children who often have never seen the inside of a concert hall, let alone ever thought of performing in one.
And perceptions are changing. That's where Nevada Ballet Theatre serves as an agent of change. It is a well known fact that children who have been exposed to the arts at an early age do better in school, are less liable to abuse alcohol and drugs, and are less likely to be influenced by crime and delinquency. And this is in addition to the obvious benefits of basic ballet training—discipline, better physical conditioning, improved coordination, and increased strength and flexibility.
Nevada Ballet Theatre's Education & Outreach department is working hard to insure that the performing arts are increasingly accessible to the kids who may need it the most. Outreach and education command a primary focus for Nevada Ballet Theatre as it strives to positively impact the lives of children in the nation's fastest growing metropolitan area. In addition to its Academy, Nevada Ballet Theatre has established six distinct outreach programs, including: Future Dance in School and Future Dance Creative Communities, an extended dance training program free for Clark County children from high needs communities and brings classes to their school or to Las Vegas public housing communities; The Community Matinee Series, which offers Clark County students the opportunity to attend main stage performances of Nevada Ballet Theatre at deeply discounted rates; Smart Steps, a lively interactive review of the evolution of dance, presented in Clark County Schools; and The Youth Company, which offers performing, training, and mentoring opportunities to the academy's most dedicated students, including Future Dance scholars. Recently added is Dance, Inc., which targets middle school students through an aesthetic education program.
Through these programs, Nevada Ballet Theatre brings the language of ballet to more than 12,000 youth annually.
For further information on Nevada Ballet Theatre's Academy and Future Dance programs, call 24-DANCE (702) 243-2623 or visit www.nevadaballet.com.
Calendar for Upcoming
Nevada Ballet Theatre Academy
and Future Dance Events
Future Dance in School Spring Concert
Thurs., May 18, 5:00 p.m.
"A Living Museum: Classics Come to Life"
Artemus Ham Hall, UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Stimulate your senses with this multi-media event, as Future Dance in School performers interpret and bring to life the images, textures, and colors of classic works of art.
Future Dance Creative Communities Spring Concert
Thurs., May 25, 6:00 p.m.
"Global Destinations: Around the World in 80 Minutes"
West Las Vegas Library Performing Arts Theatre, 951 West Lake Mead Blvd.
Experience this exhilarating journey as Nevada Ballet Theatre's Creative Community Dancers and special guest artists travel "Around the World in 80 Minutes." Enjoy the sights and sounds of classic Russian dances, the Hawaii Hula, pulsating rhythms of Africa and many other exotic places.
Academy of Nevada Ballet Recital
Sat., June 3 & Sun, June 4
Artemus Ham Hall, UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway
June 3, 7:00 p.m. — Pre-Professional Division
June 4, 1:00 p.m. — Creative Movement Division (possible: pre-primary and primary added — TBD)
June 4, 5:00 p.m. — Children's Division
Ticket prices: $12.00 for all; contact 895-ARTS (2787) for tickets.
June, July and August 2006 Events
June 12–June 30: Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre Summer Camps
Come dance the summer away with fun and extraordinary programs for ages 3 to 9.
July 24–August 11: Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive
Dancers from around the country have auditioned for enrollment into the Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre's Summer Intensive and the opportunity to work with internationally renowned teachers.
Now through September 15: Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre Fall Enrollment
Cindy Fox
Director of Marketing and PR
Nevada Ballet Theatre
Academy, Rehearsal Studios, and Administrative Offices
1651 Inner Circle Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89134
24-DANCE (702.243.2623) x224
cfox@nevadaballet.com
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