Godspell, Jr. Opens!

Thought Musical Theatre Performance Company was finished? Think again! Our Headliners performers still have one performance left.

Godspell, Jr., opens this weekend at the  Jewish Community Center with performances tonight and tomorrow! Break a leg, everyone.  We'll see you there!

Peter Rabbit Visits for May

Amidst the hustle and bustle of May, bringing recital and performance madness to all studios far and near, Peter Rabbit has come to bring a little R&R.

Can you guess at which of our studios this photoshoot takes place?

Each studio's Peter Rabbit Tutu is a little bit different!

The Jungle Book Kids Opens this Weekend!

They've been working hard for months and months, and their hard work is about to pay off! Musical Theatre Performance Company is proud to present THE JUNGLE BOOK KIDS at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington in Rockville this weekend, Saturday May 11 at 1:00PM and 3:30PM and Sunday, May 12 at 2:00PM. Tickets are available at www.tututix.com. Call Ballet Petite for more information! 

We can't wait to see you there! 

 

National Cherry Blossom Parade Tappers

Saturday, April 13th meant the National Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington, DC! And Ballet Petite's own Tappers joined 400 more tap dancers to dance in the Parade. After weeks of rehearsal, the girls performed with umph and pizzazz, and of course, they had a blast! Miss Lori was their fabulous tapping coach and chaperone, and she snapped some photos to highlight the day!

Can you find us in the crowd?

Ballet Petite Tappers Represent

Learning some choreography

Getting ready for the Parade!

Rehearsals

So many dancers!

Performing

Tapping

Awesome show

Cheese!

It looks like they had fun, don't you think? Happy Tapping!

Meet Your Teacher- Miss Erin

How well do we know our favorite teachers? Let's find out!

Miss Erin, can we ask you something, please?

When did you first start dancing?
I started dancing at age 5 at a community center; then, the next year I moved to the dance studio I took class from all the way up through high school!

Where are you from?
Eldersburg, Maryland
 

Photo cred: Jen Guy Metcalf

Do you have any pets?
My family has a little cockapoo at home named Sophie!

What's your favorite dance style?
Contemporary Ballet

Have you ever performed?
Yes! I still love performing :)

What's your favorite movie?
Finding Nemo

Photo credit: Jen Guy Metcalf

What's your dream dance role?
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet

Where's your favorite place?
My grandparents' beach house in Ocean Pines, Maryland.  

Photo credit: Jen Guy Metcalf

Ballet Performance Company presents La Sylphide

Ballet Performance Company's La Sylphide only has a couple of performances left! The lovely ballerinas will be performing at Glen Echo's Family Day Celebration tomorrow, Saturday, May 4th at 3:15PM.

And they're final charity event performance benefiting Children's National Medical Center will be Sunday, May 19th at 2:30PM at the Francis Scott Key Elementary School in Washington, DC. Tickets are on sale by phone and at the front desk at Ballet Petite with a suggested ticket donation of $10. All proceeds benefit Children's National Medical Center.

BPC's La Sylphide was a huge success at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in March.  Someone captured some beautiful performance moments on Flickr (check them out on smata2's photostream here)!

Don't miss Ballet Performance Company's lovely performance!



And save the date! Nutcracker 2013 Auditions are coming up soon! Friday, May 31 and Saturday, July 27! Stay tuned; more details are coming soon!

UPDATED:

Thanks to smata2 over at Flickr, who has generously agreed to let us use some of the pictures here on the blog! Here are a few of our faves! Head over to his photostream for more!

Angelina Ballerina Visits!

We've had a wonderful National Dance Week here at Ballet Petite! All of our Ballet Petite classes read Angelina Ballerina stories, and even some recital and YPAS classes took a little break with games and face paint! Our guest of honor made a few appearances, inspiring dancers to grow up to be real ballerinas some day, just like Angelina!

A little impromptu performance

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Happy Dancing!