AMS has been promoted to Girl’s Ballet Level 3B and invited to attend the SFBS 2010-2011 School Year. Registration materials and class schedules will be mailed out mid-July.
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Category Archives: Ballet
PBA Ballet Summer Intensive 2010
June 21 to July 16, 2010
AMS attended the Pacific Ballet Academy’s Summer Intensive Course 2010. She was in Level IV (Pre-Intermediate), M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This workshop ran from June 21 to July 16. After the intensive course, AMS was able to do the splits and really improved her technique. She also had an introduction to contemporary dance, jazz dance, costume design and ballet history. What a great thing to do this summer.
SFBS Class Observation (June 2010)
Tuesday, June 1:
AMS left her ballet shoes at YBCA, so she couldn’t participate in the class observation. She just had to sit by the piano for the entire class.
Thursday, June 3:
She found her ballet shoes at “Lost And Found” at the school! So she was able to dance in the class observation.
There will be one more class in the year!
SFBS 2010 Student Showcase
June 26, 27 and 28:
How exciting it is to get a chance to perform with the San Francisco Ballet School.
AMS will be in the Level II class dance demonstration on May 26, 27 and 28 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), SF. A number of her friends (and their parents) will travel from Palo Alto to see her dance and give their support.
SFBS Class Observation (Jan 2010)
Jan 14, 2010 (San Francisco, CA). The first parent observation was most enjoyable. The remarkable thing was how well synchronized the whole class was. They looked like “Corps de Ballet” as they danced in perfect unison through complex sequences. So beautiful.
Her teacher is Yoira Esquivel Brito.
San Francisco Ballet School 2009 – 2010
AMS has been invited to attend formal ballet studies at SFBS for the 2009-2010 school year. She has been placed in the “Level 2 Girls – Technique” class. She’s therefore eligible to audition for the professional production of San Francisco Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”.
START: August 31, 2009
END: June 4, 2010
Ballet 2A Girls – Technique: Mon, Wed, Fri 5:45-7:00 pm
Ballet 2B Girls – Technique: Tue, Thu 5:45-7:00 pm & Sat 10:00-11:15 am
After auditioning two times before, AMS had a third audition on May 2. The following week, SFBS called and asked her to come back to join a Level 3 class for further evaluation. The class was clearly over her head but she did the best she could.
She received an invitation today (May 15) to attend the 2009-2010 school year in Level 2. We don’t know yet whether she’ll be in 2A or 2B.
CONGRATULATIONS!
BSJS Student Showcase 2008-2009
The Spring Student Showcase will be on May 12, 2009 at 6:30 PM for Ballet 2C Open Division.
The spring semester started on Jan 27, 2009 and ends May 23, 2009.
Ballet San Jose School Parent Observation Week
The Parent Observation Week at BSJS allows parents, relatives and friends of students at the Ballet San Jose School to observe a regular class. This is one of two opportunities through the year to observe students in class.
Class observation week was a time of great pride for the students as they’d worked hard over the past year to perfect their technique and show their skills to their parents and friends. They are now at a bridge to serious professional study. Two more years and they will be en-pointe. They are all eligible to audition for the Summer Intensive Camp in July. The audition will be on March 28, 2009.
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The Smuin Ballet’s Performance at MVCPA
28 Feb 2009
After watching the Smuin Ballet perform at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts (28 Feb 2009) , we were invited backstage by one of their prima ballerinas, Robin Cornwell. Then we all went to dinner with her. Wow, what an inspiration!
Pacific Ballet Theater’s Nutcracker Ballet 2008
Performance: The Nutcracker Ballet 2008
Date: November 29 and 30 2008 (Saturday and Sunday)
Time: 6:00 PM on Saturday and 12:30 PM and 4:00 PM on Sunday
Dance Name: “Fight Scene with Mice and Soldier”
Role: “Soldier”
Choreographer: Amanda Garrett Ban
Ballet Company: Pacific Ballet Theater
Venue: Mountain View Center for Performing Arts
City: Mountain View
State: CA
Note: Amelia is in Cast B