Calling all Dancers!

ballet tech cincinnati
announces auditions for
The Emerald City
Saturday June 20 and Sunday June 28!

btc invites dancers, roller skaters, tumblers and gymnasts of all ages and dance genres to audition for its 9th Season Series Opening production, The Emerald City, an innovative twist on the L. Frank Baum stories about Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tin Man, The Cowardly Lion, The Wizard, Good and Evil Witches and their cohorts, and the People in the Land of Oz, with live jazz music, original choreography, pre-professional dance students, professional and community dancers from 5-60+ years in age.

Auditions will be on Saturday, June 20th, 4-5:00 PM for dancers, roller skaters, tumblers and gymnasts age 5-10 and 5:30-7PM for age 11 and up; and on Sunday, June 28th, 3-4 PM for roller skaters, dancers, tumblers and gymnasts age 5-10 and 3:30-6PM for age 11 and up. All auditions will be held at the ballet tech cincinnati world headquarters in Kennedy Heights, 6543 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213.   Dancers should bring ballet, jazz, tap or pointe shoes, if qualified.  All Roller Skaters age 5-10 should bring the skates they would use for rehearsals and performance to the audition.  Rehearsals will start in July and run through the summer, with weekend rehearsals in September up to the October 9th Premiere.
The performances will be at the Aronoff Center on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 8PM and Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 2PM and 8PM. 

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ballet tech cincinnati will host its Eighth Annual Gala of International Dance Stars on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009 at 8 p.m. at Cincinnati’s premier venue, the Aronoff Center.  Featuring the best dancers from the best companies and the best choreography in the world, the Gala of International Dance Stars will once again astonish, astound and amaze the audience with the gravity defying athleticism, artistry and strength of the dancers, the traditional and new, on-the-edge choreography, remarkable diversity of cast, music and dance styles and the sheer joy of the experience!  This year’s cast of 12 fabulous dancers represents 9 world renowned companies and 9 Countries and includes:

• BALLETNY’s  Kellye A. Saunders and Dancer-Choreographer Matthew Prescott, of Suzanne Farrell Ballet and formerly with Joffrey Ballet
• National Ballet of Canada’s Sonia Rodriguez and Aleksandar Antonijevic
• Jamal Story, COMPLEXIONS and Francesca Harper, founder of The Francesca Harper Project 
• Alejandro Alvarez formerly of the National Dance Company of Spain and award winning choreographer Shawn Hounsell formerly of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal
• Drew Jacoby and Rubinald Pronk, partners/co-founders of Jacoby & Pronk
• Carolina Aguero and Yaroslav Ivanenko  of Hamburg Ballet

Tickets are on sale now!

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Don’t miss the Gala Global Fare.  Meet, greet and eat at the Gala Global Fare Pre Show Reception with International Cuisine Buffet, Silent Auction, Live Jazz Music by the Hank Stephens Experience, and cash bar.
Make a night of it and stay downtown at Hotel Sponsor, the Millennium Hotel after the show for the Gala Special!
Macy’s is a Performance Sponsor and PNC Bank is a Couple Sponsor for the Gala

Discount Tickets to CDT’s Choreographers Without Companies for ballet tech cincinnati members!

 CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATER PRESENTS

"CHOREOGRAPHERS WITHOUT COMPANIES"

JUNE 12 & 13, 2009, 8:30 pm
Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts

 ballet tech cincinnati member discount tickets

Please Support Arriana Bedgood's Cochlear Implant Benefit
Arriana is a talented, hearing impaired, 15 year old Dance Major with the goal of getting a Cochlear Implant this summer. Her family has just learned that the little hearing she does have, is deteriorating quickly – Ari will become deaf. A Cochlear Implant would give her a second chance... Our hope is to raise funds to help cover her family's out of pocket expenses. Any donation, no matter what the size, makes a difference. Thank you for your support! http://www.arrianabedgood.blogspot.com

Upcoming Community Performances:

Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce Chambernet Wednesday, June 17th 5:30 PM McCormick & Schmick’s Banquet Center 5th & Vine in the Westin Hotel
Cincinnati Business Incubator (CBI) 4th Annual Emerge Awards Luncheon on Friday, June 19, 2009 at 12:00 pm at Jordan's Crossing in The Community Action Agency * Robinson Auditorium.

Advocate for Arts Funding

We need your help in contacting the Governor as well as our state senators and representatives regarding the Ohio Arts Council.  When we began this past biennium, the seven largest arts organizations (Ballet, Opera, CSO, CAM, CAC, Taft, and Playhouse) collectively were awarded almost $1.2 million for 2007-08 when the OAC’s total budget was $25 million.  The Governor proposed a 2009-11 biennial budget of $18.8 million.  In the House’s version of the budget, our representatives raised it to $22.1 million.  The Senators just passed their version of the budget and have slashed it to $14.1 million.  If the Senate’s version prevails, the seven major Cincinnati arts organizations would be reduced to approximately $626,000, or a loss of more than $500,000, not to mention smaller arts organizations like ballet tech cincinnati and others.

 Please contact the Governor, your Senator and your Representative and urge them to restore the $25 million budget we started with last biennium.  To make it easier, you can use the Ohio Citizens for the Arts’ e-advocacy tool at their website to send your message: http://www.ohiocitizensforthearts.org/

Register Now for the Summer Performing Arts Camp before it's too late!

2009 Summer Performing Arts
Day Camp!
for ages 5-14
July 6 - August 14 – 9 AM – 4 PM
Camp Fee: $75 per week, scholarships available

Youth age 5 and up can experience Choral Music, Drama, Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Musical Theatre, Tap and special classes in Traditional Indian, African, Latin and Chinese Ethnic/World Dance Forms and more. Classes will be taught by a diverse group of highly qualified instructors that will create a positive experience for youth with varying levels of experience in the arts. The Camp will culminate in a special final performance on Friday, August 14th at 4:30 PM.
Click here to download a printable registration form

WE NEED YOUR HELP
Check out our Make a Wish Tree at the studio. Please include btc on your shopping list and give to our Wish List.

With everything we have going on, you can Volunteer! - we need you for a variety of important jobs.

Please consider a making a tax-deductible contribution towards our Raising the Barre Capital Campaign. We have received $250,000 in grants from the State of Ohio and City of Cincinnati to complete our renovations,
and we need your local matching support for The Raising the Bar Capital Campaign.

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