SUMMER GALA 2009

Congratulations to all of the dancers who auditioned for MYB's first ever SUMMER GALA! Please click here to email us and let us know that you accept your role(s). We hope you will find this page useful to keep you informed about important dates, details about your pieces and updates regarding scheduling, rehearsals, the performance and more!


IMPORTANT DATES

CASTING, REHEARSALS and MORE!

We are very excited to offer the opportunity to perform in this professional repertory-style production. Please read more below for piece information, casting and rehearsal times.

Excerpts from "A Midsummer Night's Dream

The inspiration for this piece comes from the ethereal nature of summer in our culture. Summer is a time to fulfill our fantasies, and to take time to enjoy the world around us. While Shakespeare's story was one of intricacies, this piece will demonstrate the more basic themes of love, dreams, and a world of fantasy set to Mendelsohn's beautiful original MSND score.

  • FAIRIES OF JOY
    Emily Cierpial, Gianna Filaretos, Felicia Isotti, Kaleigh McCall, Courtney Murphy
    REHEARSAL: MONDAYS, 5:30 - 7pm

  • FAIRIES OF HOPE
    Darina DeBenedictis, Mackenzie Murphy, Meghan Robbins,
    Erica Santaniello, Victoria Shields
    REHEARSAL: MONDAYS, 5:30 - 7pm

  • FAIRIES OF WISDOM
    Samantha Aucello, Sabrina D'Angelo, Lindsay Maher, Devon Moschella, Kayla Rosa
    REHEARSAL: MONDAYS, 7 - 8:30pm

  • FOREST NYMPHS
    Jessica Going, Olivia Pettenati
    REHEARSAL: MONDAYS, 7 - 8:30pm

  • PEASANT COUPLE: PAS DE DEUX
    Nicole DeMatteo, Alex Drapinski
    REHEARSAL: TUESDAYS, 7 - 8:30pm

Pointe Trio, to a waltz. (Name TBA)

This pointe trio will reflect the relationship of family; particularly that of sisters. Our lives take us down many unexpected paths through life, and through the ups and the downs we have family to return to. It is one of the few constants we can return to for comfort, support and unconditional love.

  • Sophie Carroll, Arianna DiBasio, Helen Duros
    REHEARSAL: WEDNESDAYS, 4 - 5:30pm

Brahm's Lullaby

This modern production will resonate with the solemn tones of a story involving a mother and her child. A pairing of young dancers with older ones will incorporate the story-telling elements of modern dance mixed with partner work.

  • Justine DiBasio, Sabrina D'Angelo, Sarah Donovan,
    Carolyn Harney, Kaylee Maher, Michaela Short
    REHEARSAL: WEDNESDAYS, 5:30 - 7pm

  • Jessica Chu, Meghan Coullahan, Helen Duros,
    Angela Leonard, Olivia Pettenati, Jessica Prince
    REHEARSAL: WEDNESDAYS, 5:30 - 7pm

Take 5

This piece will reflect he concept of taking a break from the mundane routines that our lives can often fall in to. What better time to "take five" than during a hot and breezy summer afternoon? A mixture of sophisticated rhythms mixed with partner work and technique will create a contemporary ballet/jazz fusion.

  • Jessica Chu, Alex Drapinski, Liz Dunn,
    Angela Leonard, Ashley Puppo, Kristina Woolf
    REHEARSAL: WEDNESDAYS, 7 - 8:30pm

An American in Paris

Set to the intoxicating music of "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin, this piece is a contemporary fusion of ballet and pointe work. Inspired by time Gershwin had spent in Paris, the music is in the form of an extended tone poem evoking the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s.

  • Arianna DiBasio, Carolyn Harney, Victoria Isotti,
    Lindsay Maher, Devon Moschella, Kayla Rosa
    REHEARSAL: THURSDAYS, 5:30 - 7pm

  • Liz Dunn, Nicole DeMatteo, Kristina Woolf
    REHEARSAL: THURSDAYS, 5:30 - 7pm

Clair de Lune

A modern duet, set to the soothing tones of Claude Debussy. These two dancers will bring something beautiful to life in a piece that speaks to the universal tones of love and loss.

  • Sophie Carroll, Jonathan Leonard
    REHEARSAL: THURSDAYS, 7 - 8:30pm

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