The Wilmington School of Ballet

3834 Oleander Drive Wilmington, NC 28403 (910) 794-9590 www.wilmingtonschoolofballet.com

Life Lessons Through The Art Of Dance

November 2012 Newsletter
2012-2013 Calendar
October 29-November 3! Costume Week in class November 20-24 Thanksgiving Break-School Closed November 26 Classes resume November 24-December 2 Festival of Trees

Letter From The Director

Dear Dance Families: It is hard to believe November is already upon us. Our dancers are working very hard in class and Im so proud of their accomplishments. Costume week was a huge success. Thank you to all who participated in this event. It certainly was fun to see all the creativity that went in to each students costume.

We had another very successful Kids At Cam performance at the Cameron Art Museum. Ten of our students participated representing all of our Levels 3/4 and up. They performed a piece set on our dancers December 1 & 2 who participated in our Master Workshop with the Triangle Youth Ballet The Nutcracker Performances this past June. Please be looking for our future performances at December 10-15 Cameron Art Museums Kids At Cam events. It is a wonderful program Parent Observation Week-Holiday Class combining art and dance that is open to the public. Parties Nutcracker performances are just around the corner December 1 & 2, December 17-January 1 2012 at Minnie Evans Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are on sale Christmas Beak-School Closed now online or can be purchased at the Cameron Art Museum or any Learning Express location. Once again we are collaborating with January 2 Cameron Art Museum in hosting the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Festival Classes Resume of Trees along with The Nutcracker performances. We hope you will January 21-26 make these two holiday traditions part of your festivities this year. Guest Artists Series-Level 3 & Up February 21-24 UNCSA Winter Dance Festival February 21-23 Forward Motion Dance Company Performance-Cameron Art Museum March 18-23 Parent Observation Week-Award Week March 24-31 Spring Break-School Closed April 1 Classes Resume Finally in this season of Thanksgiving I would just like to say how very grateful I am for the wonderful students I teach and each of the families that they represent. Thank you for the privilege of teaching your children and entrusting us with their dance education. Sincerely, Nicole White, Director of Dance

NOVEMBER SPECIAL Receive $40 off any birthday party reserved before November 30th
*Parties must be reserved with a deposit. Discount will be taken off nal payment the day of the party

Artist Spotlight
MEET OUR SUGAR PLUM FAIRY & CAVALIER
Elizabeth Fuller
(Sugar Plum Fairy) began her dance training at Linda Kinlaw School of Dance in North Carolina, continuing on with Brandon Ballet, The Rock School, and Sarasota Ballet of Florida. After high school, she attended Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati as a ballet major for one year. She then left and danced professionally with Omaha Theater Ballet , Albano Ballet, and Atlanta Festival Ballet. In between dancing for various companies, she lived in New York City, working in the marketing department of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and training with various teachers throughout the city at Ailey, Broadway Dance Center, Steps, etc. Most recently, she has performed with Wilmington Ballet Company and Carolina Ballet and has been on faculty at the Wilmington School of Ballet. She has also trained in IM=X Pilates. Elizabeth recently was offered a contract to perform with Birmingham Ballet for their 2012-2013 season. She is currently performing with Birmingham Ballet but continues to appear as a guest performer and teacher with the Wilmington Ballet Company and the Wilmington School of Ballet. (Cavalier) interest in ballet was sparked, at the age of 10, while performing as a soldier in The Nutcracker with The Sarasota Ballet. He received his dance training at both The Dance Center in Brandon and The Sarasota Ballet School. As a member of Florida West Ballet, Christopher received additional training with Javier & Isabel Dubrocq, Alexi Dovgopolyi, Sasha Yapparov, and Sarasota Ballet Master Pavel Fomin and his wife Lydia Fomina. At 14, Christopher was accepted at the Harid Conservatory Summer Program on full scholarship. He has also attended Sarasota Ballets International Summer School and The Joffreys Midwest Summer Program on scholarship. While performing with the Brandon Ballet under the training of F. Adrian Ciobanu, Chris and his partner Jenny Kuo performed many wonderful pas de deux including Peasant Pas from Giselle, Sleeping Beautys Bluebird Pas de Deux, Paquita,La Sylphide, as well as Snow and SugarPlum Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker. Christopher also spent three years as Mr. Ciobanus assistant teaching partnering classes at The Dance Center. For the 2003-2004 season, he was accepted as a full time trainee with the Sarasota Ballet. He had the opportunity to perform with the corps de ballet in Robert DeWarrens Ca DZan, Madame Butterfly, and Camille. He was also asked to perform in Alberto Alonzos Carmen both in Sarasota and by special request in Fort Myers and Gainesville, Florida. He received a professional Corps de Ballet contract with Sarasota Ballet after the 2003 -2004 season. For the last year Chris has been teaching at Theatre Arts and Dance Alliance in Lithia Fl., also performing in their productions of The Nutcracker and Don Quixote. Chris is currently attending Florida State College in Jacksonville studying Sign Language Interpretation.

Christopher Behr

SYLLABUS FOCUS
Novembers Theme: Glisser Glisser means to glide. This month we will be focusing on gliding movements such as glissade, balance and waltz. We will also focus on moving across the oor and how one uses and manages space. We dont want to dance small but want to learn how to ll the space.

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Can My Child Make-Up Classes?
Here at the WSB we do allow our families to make-up missed classes. We understand that illness, school trips etc. happen from time to time in all families. For Levels Pre-K-Level 3/4 our students can make up in any other class at their level that they are not currently enrolled. For Levels 5/6 & up it is a little more difcult but students can make-up in the Saturday classes if they are not already enrolled or they can take any class at or below their level that they are not currently enrolled. We ask that our families do the following when making up a class: Please call the ofce ahead of time to ensure that there is room in the class in which you wish to make-up. This is particularly important in the lower levels as we do try very hard to keep a low teacher/student ratio. Upon arrival let the ofce know that your child is there for a make-up class. Please take a minute to inform the instructor that your child is making up in their class. Children who are making up are marked differently in our roles. This information is vital for our ofce to be able to keep up with correct class rosters. We are glad to be able to offer this policy to our families and students. Whenever possible we ask families to try and make-up classes within the same semester as the absence. Make-ups can not be carried over to different sessions i.e. spring to summer or summer to fall. Thank you for your cooperation.

BODY & NUTRITION

Here is a recipe from the book The Dancing Gourmet:Recipes To Keep You On Your Toes written by former professional ballerina Linda Hymes. Enjoy! Taboulleh with Baby Spinach 1 cup(6 oz) Bulgar Wheat 1 teaspoon salt 11/4 cups boiling water 3 Tablespoons lemon juice 2 Tablespoons olive oil 3 Tablespoons plain non-fat yogurt 2 cloves nely minced garlic freshly ground pepper 1 cup chopped, seeded tomatoes 1 cup diced cucumber 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onion 1/2 cup chopped at-leaf italian parsley 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint leaves 1/2 cup raw baby spinach salt to taste 8 leaves romaine lettuce Place bulgar and salt in a medium bowl & pour in boiling water. Cover tightly & let stand 30 minutes. In another small bowl whisk together lemon juice, olive oil & yogurt. Add garlic and freshly ground pepper to taste and whisk again. Add to cooked bulgar and mix well. Season with salt & freshly ground pepper. Cover & chill 2 hours.

Life Lessons In Dance

Teamwork
Most people probably think of ballet as a solo endeavor. While this is somewhat true in a classroom setting, the end result of creating a ballet is all about teamwork. No one person ever created an entire ballet by themselves. It takes the director, choreographers, dancers, teachers, musicians, technical director, lighting designer, costumer and stage crew( just to name a few) to put a ballet up on the stage. No one person is more important than the other and everyone has to do their very best in order for the production to be a success. The production will always be only as strong as the weakest member of the team. Here at the WSB we strongly encourage our students to participate each year in at least one production. Learning how to dance as a member of a production is an important part of their dance education that can not be fully taught in the context of class. Learning to be a part of something bigger than themselves is an important lesson in life.

I hope all of our families will come out to our many wonderful performance opportunities and support our dancers either as a member of the cast or as an audience member. And yes, the audience is an Just before serving: Toss bulgar together with tomatoes, cucumber, onions, parsley & mint. Serve chilled or at room important team player as well. Without them there would be no reason to perform! See you at temperature spooned on to spinach and lettuce leaves. Nutcracker!

The Wilmington Ballet Company

The Nutcracker & Cape fear Festival of Trees December 1 & 2, 2012 3:00 pm Minnie Evans Center for the Performing Arts
$25 for both events $20 for Nutcracker $12 for Festival Purchase tickets online at nutcrackerwilmingtonnc.com or at The Cameron Art Museum or any Learning Express presents

STUDENT ACTIVITY
The Story of the Nutcracker
Clara and her family throw a Christmas party for all of their friends. Invited is Claras mysterious Uncle Drosselmeyer who brings Clara a very special gift...a Nutcracker doll. Fritz, Claras brother, becomes jealous and breaks the Nutcracker but Drosselmeyer fixes the doll. After all of the guests leave Clara and Fritz are taken to bed but Clara sneaks back downstairs to find that her living room has been transformed! Her dolls have come to life and her Nutcracker is now life-size and is battling the evil Mouse Queen and her mice. Just as the Mouse Queen looks to have defeated the Nutcracker, Clara throws her shoe and kills the Mouse Queen. Drosselmeyer reappears and Claras Nutcracker is transformed in to a handsome Prince who escorts Clara through beautiful dancing snowflakes to the Land of Sweets. Here Clara is entertained by dancing candies of every kind and the Sugar Plum Fairy, the most beautiful in all the land, performs with her Cavalier.
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