tickets now on sale for winter showcase ‘12
please join us for another wonderful winter showcase this year on st. patrick’s day. while there won’t be any irish dancing in this year’s performance we do have a bollywood style number choreographed by monica kapoor and performed by the entire cast of this year’s showcase. monica is presently performing in the broadway production of mama [...]
watch our 2010 nutcracker movie montage
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one dancer’s love of the nutcracker
Staples High School Sophomore and Academy student Jill Rappaport’s experiences as a dancer in the Academy’s… read more
rave reviews for the academy’s david fernandez and his choreography for joaquin de luz
David Fernandez’s “Five Variations on a Theme” performed by Joaquin De Luz, New York City Ballet…read more
nutcracker article, inklings news online
Westport’s Academy of Dance Performs 28th Annual Nutcracker | Inklings News | Staples High School | Westport, CT Posted using ShareThis
performance hair and make-up prep: demo video
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edgar degas was most famous for his paintings of dancers and was considered one of the founders of impressionism. we are lucky that there are 3 museums on the east coast which exhibit works of his. click to view his famous paintings of dancers set to music from the nutcracker.
the metropolitan museum of art, new york city
the national gallery of art in washington, d.c.
harvard’s fogg museum, cambridge, ma
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