Congrats to our Littleton Youth Ballet auditionees!

Yesterday we had our Littleton Youth Ballet auditions.  We had 67 dancers audition, one dancer observe, and a few that will do make up auditions which is the largest turnout we have every had.  We will have 72 dancers taking part this year! We were so pleased with our dancers!!! They all did a wonderful job and we are so proud of their hard work!  We are looking forward to an exciting year!

CPYB

So my mom Bobbie, me (Ali), and Jonelle are all here in Carlisle, Pennsylvania where we are attending the Teacher's Workshop at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet.  This is my fifth time here over six years (my mom's fourth) and as usual we are definitely brain fried after a long week, but we are also excited to begin the 2014-2015 Academic Year!  Now that we have been here so long, we are greeted more personally by the teachers at CPYB.  We've also had a lot of our students attend.  Last year Alyssa Palazzo, Emma Rutter, and Jenna Armstrong all attended the two week August Course and this year Alyssa attended the 5 week summer intensive (where she was moved up twice over the 5 weeks) and Anna Brandner, Madeline Ryner, and Tate Ryner all attended the first week of the August Course.  Marcia Dale Weary is truly an amazing woman and we look forward to watching her work her magic!  We also love Melinda Howe and Darla Hoover who lead the workshop and are just so awesome!  It was great to have Melinda remember our students from this summer.  This year San Francisco Ballet principal dancer and former CPYB student Vanessa Zahorian is here and she is so nice and humble!  She's recovering from an injury and is taking lower level classes this week, working along side the girls and boy in the Lime level.  What an amazing example for everyone!  We keep explaining to our students that you can always take a lower level class and learn something and here is someone they probably have seen dance on TV who is doing the very same thing.
Thanks CPYB for an amazing week and we look forward to getting home and continuing our work with our amazing LDA students,

We are closed August 11th to the 16th!

Just a reminder: we are closed August 11th to the 16th for our August break.  We will see you back Monday, August 18th on our new 2014-2015 Academic Year schedule.

Alice in Wonderland

Come see the magical new production of Alice in Wonderland!  Featuring over 60 talented dancers, beautiful backdrops and costumes, this is a NOT to be missed production!
Saturday, March 22nd at 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 23rd at 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

Performances at the beautiful Lone Tree Arts Center 10075 Commons St. Lone Tree, CO 80124

Tickets can be purchased by calling (720) 509-1000 or going to www.lonetreeartscenter.org.

Prices are $16 to $23 for reserved seating

There is a $3 surcharge per ticket

Parking is free!

 

 

Happy New Year!  One of my resolutions is to blog more so here we go!  We are looking forward to a very exciting 2014!  February brings us YAGP, March is the Denver Ballet Guild AND a newly redone Alice in Wonderland!  June is the School Performance with a premier by the talented choreographer James Wallace.  June and July also brings us summer camps of all types from Fairy Tale Camps to advanced intensives.  August we're off to CPYB and the beginning of a new school year.  September, October, November brings us preparation for The Nutcracker which is performed in December.  We are blessed with the most wonderful students, faculty, and staff!  I know I am lucky to teach such vibrant, talented young dancers and I am happy to be part of such a great place.  Let's bring on 2014!