Youth Performing Art School's SPRING SPECTACULAR

Ballet Petite's Headliners perform in the Spring Spectacular, a huge showcase living up to its name featuring Hip-Hop, Jazz, Musical Theatre, and Tap choreography. This year's performers were showstoppers, getting a standing ovation from the audience. So many of the older dancers perform in several recitals in one weekend and in several pieces in one recital; yet their energy never faltered. Every piece was fresh, exciting, and truly heart-stopping. Congratulations, dancers. You put the "spectacular" in the name.

Friday, June 7

Spring Spectacular featured choreography by:
Miss Amanda
Miss Lori
Miss Jennifer
Miss Sally
Miss Mallory
Miss Amber
Miss Meghan
Miss Stephanie

"Sing, Sing, Sing" Miss Amanda
"Beauty and a Beat" Miss Lori
"Safe and Sound" Miss Jennifer
"Eurhythmlx" Miss Lori
"All Over the World" Miss Sally
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Miss Sally
"Play Hard" Miss Lori
"Valerie" Miss Lori
"I Won't Give Up" Miss Stephanie
"Blue, Without You" Miss Mallory
"Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" Miss Sally
"I Want the Good Times Back" Miss Amber
"Bye, Bye Blackbird" Miss Lori
"RockIt" Miss Lori
"Stereo Love" Miss Amanda
"Blow, Gabriel, Blow" Miss Sally
"She Likes to Fight" Miss Meghan
"Proud Mary" Miss Lori
"Carrying the Banner" Miss Amanda
"You Can't You the Beat" Miss Sally
"A Drop in the Ocean" Miss Amanda
"Transform Ya" Miss Lori

Youth Performing Arts School's ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Ballet Petite's production of Alice in Wonderland was a fantastic and whimsical success. It's always a joy to see the dancers perform for the first time on stage alone without their teacher. And this year's production turned out to be one of our best. Characters filled the stage in dance after dance, and the sold-out audience loved every moment of it.

Alice in Wonderland is based on Lewis Carroll's book of the same name. It follows little Alice, with her distinct blue dress and black headband, as she travels throughout Wonderland, wandering around in search of the slippery White Rabbit. She encounters the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatters and DoorMice. She joins the procession of the Cards and narrowly escapes the clutches of the Queen of Hearts. She dances with Lobsters and finally manages to make it Back to the Real World after adventuring through Wonderland and the Rabbit Hole.

Alice in Wonderland, Saturday, June 1

Alice in Wonderland featured choreography by:
Miss Mallory
Miss Natalie
Miss Kristen
Miss Emily
Miss Lauren
Miss Amber
Miss Jennifer
Miss Sarah Elizabeth
Miss Sarah
Miss Meghan

And narration by Amanda Sartori.

"Prologue: The Bank of the River" Miss Mallory
"The Rabbit Chase" Miss Natalie
"Down the Rabbit Hole" Miss Kristen
"Through the Tiny Door" Miss Natalie
"The Pool of Tears" Miss Emily
"The Caterpillar" Miss Natalie
"Alice Meets the Cheshire Cat" Miss Lauren
"The Madhatter's Tea Party" Miss Amber
"Painting the Roses Red" Miss Erin
"The Procession" Miss Natalie
"The Croquet Game" Miss Jennifer
"The Lobster's Quadrille" Miss Sarah Elizabeth
"Who Stole the Tarts?" Miss Sarah
"Back to the Real World" Miss Meghan

End of Spring Session, Happy Summer, and Goodbye Teachers!

On the last days of the Spring Session, the effects of Summer are really showing. The studios are a little less packed than usual, but it's just as loud as the excitement of all present dancers makes up for the absence of our already Summer-vacationing friends.

And though there's always more fun and more dancing possibilities waiting right around the corner,the end of the Spring Session does mean transitions and changes, no matter what adventures are waiting for us in the coming months. Right now, it's time to say "Happy Summer!" to our friends as well as "Goodbye!" to three of our favorite teachers! 

Miss Mallory

Miss Mallory Duff is from Lynchburg, Virginia, and is a graduate of Sweet Briar College '06.  She received a  BA in Dance and has choreographed plays and instructed dance classes for many schools in her community.  She fell in love with dance at the age of 8 and found her joy in Tap, Jazz, and Ballet.  Mallory began teaching at Ballet Petite and Youth Performing Art's School in March 2012 and enjoys teaching children of all ages, in all genres.  

 

She is  leaving Ballet Petite in order to move closer to her family!

Miss Sarah

Miss Sarah Gonzalez began her dance training at the School of Music and Dance in Hanover, Pennsylvania. She studied Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Tap, Hip-Hop, and Modern, and she went on to earn her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance. She has trained at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, at Shenandoah Conservatory, and with the River North Chicago Dance Company. She has performed all over Pennsylvania and the Washington, DC area. 

Miss Sarah is moving to Colorado with her husband!

 

Miss Sarah Elizabeth

Miss Sarah Elizabeth Lahoud has studied dance and music from the age of five and has been teaching for four years. She received her BA in English, with minors in Music and Irish Studies, from Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. She performed as part of Fordham Flava Hip-Hop Dance Company for two years. She studied classical piano for nearly 17 years and and also plays the Irish whistle.

Miss Sarah Elizabeth is moving to Cork City, Ireland to pursue her Masters degree in Ethnomusicology.