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Don't miss Summer Dance Carousel - One performance only! June 20, 2010 5PM - Los Altos Hills
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I hope to see you there!

Remember Summer Dance Carousel 2009? Here are links to our picture gallery

Part One


Part Two


Click on the slide show to visit the whole album.

Don't miss this year's Summer show - Sunday, June 20th, 5pm at the Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills.

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About BBA's Semi Annual Performances

The Bayer Ballet Academy produces two (2) full-scale ballet performances every year, one (1) in the December and one (1) in the early Summer. The Summer Dance Carousel 2010 will be BBA's 4th full scale performance and it will be held at the Smithwick Theatre (Foothill College) on June 20th, 2010. Once tickets are on sale, you'll find details here, at the studio and in your email box about ticket prices  and how to promote the show to your friends and family. (Tickets on Sale April 9, 2010)

The entire student body (excluding the Pre-Ballet 1 students) will have roles in the show. The program is in two parts and there will be an intermission. The first part has a recital structure with a loose woodland theme for the Pre-Ballet students's parts as well as stories from European folk tales. The part act will also include guest performances by professional dancers.

The second part takes place in a Russian market and will will take you to a bright Russian fair. Vivid characters, colorful costumes, and technical precision of movements set to a brilliant music of Igor Stravinsky will bring to life magical folklore, including Baba Yaga and other unforgettable characters from the Russian tradition.

Last year's program was similar and a great success -- don't miss these pictures taken by a parent of one of our students to give you an idea of what is coming. Or take a peak at the selection of photos available on our (new!) studio Facebook page -- Part I and Part II have separate albums there.

Casting -- As of March 20, 2010

Tickets on Sale April 9, 2010 


Part I - Fairy Tales in the Merry Meadow
Merry Meadow.................................................Pre-Ballet 2
Dance of the Mushrooms.................................Pre-Ballet 3
Flowers.............................................................Pre-Ballet 4
Seven Dwarfs....................................................Masha Sandler, Masha Pereverzev, Varvara Pichkova, Ksenia Leshchinsky, Liza Vaynblat, Anna Varfolomeeva, Hannah Chou, Riva Rubin
Snow White.......................................................Katya Panchenko
Polka...........................................................Ballet Level 1
Russian Dance............................................Ballet Level 1-6
Sleeping Beauty..........................................Ballet Level 2-6
Pas De Trois................................................Alisa Peshina, Katya Sigal, Daniel Rubin
Solo variations: Anastassiya Bronnikova, Alena Tarnikova, Alisa Peshina, Ester Kozakevich, Anush Harutyunova, Ada Chibukhchyan, Lucy Chibukhchyan 
Russian Dance..................................................Ballet Level 2-6
Tarantella..........................................................Ballet Level 2-6
Little Red Riding Hood....................................Lydia Paredes

Part II - Russian Fairy Tale Carousel
Street Organ Grinder: Daniel Rubin
Swan Queen: Anastassiya Bronnikova
Colombina: Alisa Peshina
Monkey: Alice Haimov
Clowns: Alena Tarnikova , Alya Goldin, Nastya Goldin, Alice Haimov, Lydia Paredes
Birds of Paradise: Katya Panchenko, Sasha Smelyanskiy
Gypsies: Beginning - Ada Chibukhchyan, Lucy Chibukhchyan                  
                  
               Dance - Anush Harutyunova, Ester Kozakevich
Witch: Ada Chibukhchyan
Arabian Dance: Ada Chibukhchyan, Lucy Chibukhchyan, Miss Christie, Alena Tarnikova, Grace 
Grant
Flower Girls: Anastassiya Bronnikova, Lydia Paredes, Alya Goldin, Nastya Goldin, Jenya Orzhekhovska, Irene Ulitsky, Elizabeth Peterson
Peddler Girls: Alisa Peshina, Ester Kozakevich, Anush Harutyunova, Yana Ulitsky, Alena Tarnikova, Mary Belaya
Bakermen: Katya Panchenko, Alina Taratorin, Irene Ulitsky, Elizabeth Peterson, Ellen Minkin, Sasha Paredes
Cookies: From Level 1 - Sasha Smelyanskiy, Jamila Zahir, Alexandra Fouksman  
               From Pre Ballet 4 - Harry Peterson, Becky Kipnis, Ellie Osher
Wicked Birds: From Level 1 - Elizabeth Peterson, Irene Ulitsky, Alina Taratorin, Ellen Minkin, Sasha Paredes, Alexandra Fouksman,
                From Pre Ballet 4 - Anyka Chan

Save these dates: May 9th and June 20th

Selected BBA students will perform at the Russian Fair - May 9th, 2010 at Palo Alto JCC and all students will perform in our annual Summer Dance Carousel at Smithwick Theatre (Foothill College) on June 20th, 2010.  

Parents should watch for rehearsal schedule and updates in their email boxes. Theatre rehearsals for the Summer Dance Carousel will be on June 17th, 18th and 19th. Tickets on Sale April 9, 2010.