dress rehearsal and performances were the highlight of this past weekend! bravo to our wonderful teachers and choreographers, tollie barrato, catalina bohiltea, david fernandez, natalie lambelet palacious, courtney poulos, caitlin roberts, and our student choreographer julia edelman. ftc’s stage one theater was filled with amazing music and performances on a beautiful sunday afternoon. our dancer’s hard work paid off and our audiences were on their feet!
a very special thanks to fred busk and his son, kim for their invaluable help setting up and taking down our dance floor … your generosity and spirit are greatly appreciated by all, especially our dancers who wouldn’t be able to perform without your help! let’s not forget our film crew, visual mercernary group, who’s talent and editing skills will be seen once again with a dvd recording of our amazing day. thank you to gayle kirsch for running back stage again for us, it wouldn’t be such an efficient show without you. we can’t wait for next year…our 2nd annual winter showcase! enjoy the pictures below.
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Congratulations to Julia Edelman, student choreographer for our first annual Winter Showcase. Click above to view an excerpt from an interview with Julia.
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click here to go to dance distributor’s website and request a copy of their new catalog. they have discounted prices and a great selection of dance clothing and shoes … the best part is they ship from pennsylvania … so transit time is quicker than discount dance supply who ships from california.
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“i don’t want people who want to dance; i want people who have to dance.”
-george balanchine
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click here to read dance magazine’s online article about kings of the dance. joaquin de luz’s piece was choregraphed by academy teacher david fernandez. once again, congratulations david!
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congratulations to david fernandez, academy teacher on his wonderful choreography showcased in the kings of the dance performance this last weekend at the city center. several academy teachers and staff attended saturday evening’s performance to show support to david and were enchanted by joaquin de luz’s performance of david’s 5 variations on a theme. bravo, bravo, bravo! we couldn’t be more proud of you and joaquin. we all had fun at the after party.
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tickets are on sale for our winter showcase ‘10 being performed at the fairfield theater company on stage one…70 sanford street, fairfield (at the metro north railroad station). performances will be at 1pm and 5pm on sunday march 7th…seating is limited so please purchase your tickets early. click here to download the order form.
we are excited about our first showcase where company and pre-company dancers cover a wide range of styles and techniques in these performances, giving them the opportunity to continually explore what dance has to offer. in addition to the professionally choreographed pieces, academy student julia edelman, will be debuting her first choreographed piece “underneath it all”.
show your support of the academy and their performers by attending the show!
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excerpt from february 17th’s arts section of the los angeles times about the kings of dance performance:
The evening’s revelation was Joaquin De Luz, the spitfire Spaniard who drew the eye in Wheeldon’s otherwise bland, traction-free quartet that turned Schubert into wallpaper. De Luz stood out not because he was the shortest in the cast but because he was the best. Every inch a mover, De Luz now dances with New York City Ballet where, in stature and moxie, he evokes the young Edward Villella. De Luz wore casual practice clothes when firing off a merciless battery of triple tours en l’air in David Fernandez’s “Five Variations on a Theme.” He nailed every last one.
call the city center to see if they have any tickets left for this weekend’s performances. it will be an evening to remember!
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history and culture through dance, this number represents martin luther king jr.’s the dream realized performed by the sankofa ensemble of bishop mcnamara high school in maryland under the direction of victor bah. what a wonderful way to learn and teach history.
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the kings of dance will be at the city center feb 19-21 and new york city ballet principal joaquin de luz will be performing five variations on a theme choroegraphed by our very own david fernandez. this piece premiered in russia and will be making its new york city debut on february 19th. show your support by purchasing tickets today! it promises to be an amazing evening of dance. learn more about the company by clicking here.
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