As Summer winds down, we are reflecting back and are grateful for what the last two months has brought our dancers. Intensives and Master Classes We kicked off the summer with Junior and Senior Intensives and master classes from: Anais Chalendard, former Principal Dancer of English National Ballet and Boston Ballet, Melian Gauntt from Premier…
May 2021 Newsletter Parent observation will be the week of May 24th-27th Back by popular demand our Daddy Daughter Ballet Classes will be held May 14th. Please email us to register for the class you wish to attend Ages 5-8 6:00-7:00 pm Ages 9+ 7:00-8:00 pm Allen Civic Ballet Company Auditions…
The History of the Ballet: Coppélia (sometimes subtitled: The Girl with the Enamel (or Porcelain) Eyes) is a comic ballet originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter. Nuitter’s libretto and mise-en-scène was based upon two stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann: Der Sandmann (The Sandman). In Greek, κοπέλα (or κοπελιά in some dialects) means young woman. Coppélia premiered on 25 May 1870 at the Théâtre Impérial de l’Opéra, with…
Greetings Allen Conservatory of Dance Families! As 2020 FINALLY comes to a close, we want to take a minute to thank all of you for the remarkable support you have shown the Conservatory during the past year. Your encouragement has made so many seemingly impossible things possible — our Spring Recital, a live stream “Pirouettes…
As the Thanksgiving Holiday approaches, we at Allen Conservatory of Dance find we have much to be grateful for this year, as strange as that may sound. The patience, support and encouragement you have shown us has been humbling. Through it all, you have been there for us: when we struggled with Instagram Live, Zoom…