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About UsThe Albemarle Ballet Theatre is flourishing in its downtown Crozetlocation on the corner of Crozet Avenue and Three Notched Roadin the historic Fruit-Growers Co-op building. The mission of ABT isto provide a fun, safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for ourstudents while offering the highest quality instruction from the finestteachers. Our students include beginners, budding dancers, futureprofessionals, and lifelong enthusiasts.The program offers unique and exciting multidimensional classes thatare designed for growth and enjoyment in dance. Our instructorsteach with professionalism and enthusiasm, inspired by their love ofthe art and its traditions. The school provides professional facilities,including a studio large enough for staging. The second floor space– offering Blue Ridge Mountain views – is the perfect home for ourschool and multigenerational, family-oriented faculty.The Studio for the Performing Arts is located in downtown Crozet,sharing space with the Albemarle Ballet Theatre, and is directedby Sally Hart. This non-profit organization’s mission is to producefamily-oriented and affordable dance productions for the Albemarle-Charlottesville area through its Live Dance program. SFTPA is alsoworking to provide need-based scholarships to local dancers forselected programs with its Dancing Off the Streets scholarshipfund. Development has already begun for the future Albemarle BalletCompany.The Hart family began this dance project with a vision to bringprofessional, affordable dance instruction and quality danceproductions to the Albemarle-Charlottesville area. They opened TheAlbemarle Ballet Theatre with no outside funding in February, 2005.The school now boasts over 100 students, provided $17,000 this yearin need-based dance scholarships, and has produced five full-lengthproductions to date. The success of the school has paved the way toexpand this dance project with the future Albemarle Ballet Companyby merging with the Studio for the Performing Arts to accomplishtheir dream. Join us as we make the dreams of our local dancerscome true!For more information, call Gary Hart at 434.823.8888

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BiosSally Hart: Founder, Director, and Instructor of the Albemarle Ballet Theatre,formerly danced with the Joffrey Ballet for five years and performed at theopening of the Kennedy Center with American Ballet Theatre Artistic Director,Kevin McKenzie. Mrs. Hart has been teaching dance locally for sixteen years andhas produced many local dance productions. Her unique, multifaceted curriculumincludes a blend of English/Russian technique and Vaganova methods that bringout the best in every dancer.“If you are looking for a dance instructor for your fledgling child or you are anaspiring professional, Mrs. Sally Hart is the teacher that you want to train with!”- Linda M. Kuchera-Gage, formerly with “American Ballet Theatre”Sharon Donohue Tolczyk formerly danced with the Dayton Ballet Company, whereshe was also Ballet Mistress for both the professional company and Dayton BalletII and also danced with Peridance, a contemporary ballet company in NYC. Mrs.Tolczyk taught at the Boston Ballet School and Walnut Hill School for the Arts,where she also directed the Children’s Dance Extension Division and SummerDance Workshop.Erin J. Forker was a member of the Dance Stop Company located outside ofAtlanta, Georgia for 10 years where she performed throughout the Southeast.As a charter member of the dance company BeMoved, Erin performed in NewYork City to raise money to establish a dance school in Uganda. She trained andstudied under teachers and choreographers such as Lynette Grubb Strickland, KrisCangelosi, Jimmy Locust, Lisa Toups, Ray Hall and Marcus R. Alford.Dinah Gray is the co-founder of Charlottesville’s Prospect Dance Group andhas danced professionally with Ballet Theatre of Annapolis, the BaltimoreOpera, Kimberly Mackin Dance Company, and Off Center Dance Theater. Aftergraduating from the Virginia School of the Arts, she attended Goucher College asa Rosenberg Scholar in dance, where she received a B.A. in Dance Performanceand Choreography.Ashley McCall-Geisler studied with the Old Dominion University Ballet Company inNorfolk, Virginia, and trained with Nina Sakhnovskaya of the Vaganova Institute inSt. Petersburg, Russia. Key roles include Marzipan and Chinese in The Nutcrackerand lead roles in performances of Snow White and The Fairy Doll.Mollie Washburne danced with the Montgomery Civic Ballet and at IndianaUniversity. Mrs. Washburne began her dance training in Montgomery, Alabama,with Audrey Gryder and Duane Dishion and went on to study with George Verdak,formerly of the Ballet Russe, and with Jurgen Pagels at Indiana University, whereshe received a degree in Journalism and Theater. She also studied at the BrianskyBallet Center and with the Joffrey Ballet

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Concerto in Bianco e NeroChoreography by Dinah GrayMusic: Concerto for Two Violins, Johann Sebastian BachSuite No. 4 & Mozartiana, Op .61Using Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins as inspiration, the ballet, Concerto inBianco e Nero, intermixes and juxtaposes the movements and formationsof two sets of dancers. Whether acting as an experiment in geometricformation or a chance for pre-professional level dancers to simplyexpress the joy of movement, the piece draws heavily on the beauty andcomplexity of the music.Behind her EyesChoreography by Dinah GraySpring DaBehind her Eyes dramatically explores the conflicts and connectionsbetween a young girl’s outward appearance and her inner life. Performed bystudents in the Modern Technique class, the choreography uses movementinspired by the Horton and Taylor techniques. The impressionistic musicby Philip Glass accents the representation of introspection.Rhythm Reborn.Choreography by Erin ForkerMusic: The Philadelphia Experiment Remixed, (Re)movedHouse of Om, Performed by Mark FarinaPicture of Loop, Written & Produced by Leon LouderWrong Turn, Written & Produced by Ben Armstrong & RandalSoeuingWhen a beat invades the mind of a dancer it doesn’t go away. Itgrows and festers until it has to be released--it must be danced.And once it has been danced it must be danced again. And thenagain. The rhythm will be relived and reborn.Intermission

nce GalaLittle Red Riding HoodChoreography by Sally, Veronica, an Nicole Hart, Dinah Gray, AshleyMcCall-Geisler, Kelly Silliman, and Sharon TolczykMusic: The Comedians by Arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc. publisherand copyright owner. Performed by Kiril Kondrashin.Summer Day by S. Prokofiev, Performed by San Diego OrchestraThis age-old fairy tale, from once upon a time, is recreated in a comicalballet with your favorite characters and some new ones, too. On her wayto Mary’s birthday party, Grandmother encounters the infamous Big BadWolf, who tries to snatch the new red cape Grandmother made for Mary.Fortunately, a Woodsman appears and saves the day.Mary gratefully invites the Woodsman to celebrate her birthday with herfriends and family. The Woodsman is smitten by Mary but is thrown outon his ear by her disapproving Father. Upset, Mary goes outside to collecther thoughts. Her friend, the Duck, shows up and dances with her to lifther spirits.The next day, Mother and Father send Mary and the Duck to Grandmotherwith a basket filled with goodies. Mary and the Duck dance on theirjourney—in the village with the Village Girls and in the forest, wherethey make new friends with Dancing Flowers, Toads, a mischievous Cat, agraceful Bluebird, dancing Butterflies, and a magical Firefly.Meanwhile, Grandmother is resting in bed when the Wolf sneaks in andgobbles her up in one bite. The Wolf then disguises himself as Grandmotherand climbs into bed to wait for Mary. When Mary arrives and sits next tothe bed, she points out how strange Grandmother appears and the Wolfgobbles Mary up with one big bite.The Duck and Cat run for help. The Woodsman discovers the Wolf snoringand scratching his big belly. When he hears cries from inside the Wolf, theWoodsman opens him up to find Mary and Grandmother inside.Mother and Father arrive with the rest of Mary’s friends, and they fillthe Wolf’s belly with rocks to teach him a lesson. Mary joins everyonein dancing and thanking their brave hero. And, they all live happily everafter, except for the Wolf.

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Cast ListBehind her EyesThe Girl:Anna Rol (5/17)Alexa Dube (5/18)Chorus:Anwyn CookLauren EwellRebekah RichardsonElissa SimpsonOla TolczykClaire TurnerConcerto in Bianco e NeroAlex BerrAlexa DubeTamar GutherzHaley NeisserAnna Rol (5/17 only)Lara SpiekermanRhythm RebornAlex BerrAlexa DubeTamar GutherzAlanna MahonHaley NeisserLara SpiekermannAli StonerLittle Red Riding HoodLittle Red:Anna Rol (5/17)Lara Spiekermann (5/18)The Wolf:Sarah Richardson

Cast ListThe Duck:Haley NeisserThe Cat:Lara Spiekermann (5/17)Claire Turner (5/18)The Firefly:Tamar GutherzThe Bluebird:Alexa DubeThe Grandmother:Cherylann WardThe Mother:Alana MahonThe Father:Jonathan SidesHead Woodsman:Alex ModicFriends of Red:Margaret Given and Emma WeissHead Village Girls:Ali Stoner , Ola Tolczyk, Claire TurnerVillage Girls:Anwyn Cook, Lauren Ewell, Megan Khaziran, Rebekah RichardsonParty Girls:Kate Chambers, Elizabeth Culbertson, Morgan Dent, Helen Given, SarahJones, Jessica PraxThe Toads:Anwyn Cook, Lauren Ewell, Emma Weiss (5/17), Margaret Given (5/18)Woodsmen:Casey Gillmor, Gypsy McMillian, Joachim Pfefferkorn, Jordan Prax, AmiaSalisbury, Elissa SimpsonButterflies:Amanda DeLaura, Olivia DeLaura, Anna DeLaura, Abby Masonheimer, RachelRichardson, Rosalie SillimanFlowers:Emma Abraham, Cassandra Burk, Ele Fogg, Jessica Oxford, Ella Taylor, KyraVentura, Brenna Zirkle

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