NEVADA BALLET THEATRE

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com



NEVADA BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS:

BEYOND WORDS & TEXT: THE STUDIO SERIES, April 7 – 17.



PATRONS TO ENJOY UNIQUE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE AS DANCERS’ REHEARSAL STUDIO IS TRANSFORMED

INTO AN INTIMATE, BLACK- BOX STYLE THEATRE



Tickets on Sale Now: $25 & $45.



LAS VEGAS, NV - (Wednesday, March 30, 2011) - Nevada Ballet Theatre (NBT) is pleased to present Beyond Words & Text: The Studio Series, a two-week engagement at the company’s world-class Summerlin facility, beginning Thursday, April 7 through Sunday, April 17, 1651 Inner Circle, Las Vegas 89134.



Beyond Words & Text: The Studio Series will feature short dance “sketches” choreographed by NBT dancers and will give patrons the opportunity to experience an informal performance in Nevada Ballet Theatre’s main rehearsal studio.



“The idea behind this series is to encourage and inspire new creative voices from within the company,” said Artistic Director James Canfield. “These performances will give audiences a unique and more intimate dance experience that will bring people closer to our art form.”



The choreographers: Ashleigh Doede, Jeremy Bannon-Neches, Anthony Paparelli, Barrington Lohr, Kalin Morrow, Alissa Dale, Grigori Arakelyan, Sarah Fuhrman and Krista Baker were challenged artistically and instructed to rely on the choreographic movement and how it relates both to the music and narrative they each chose.



Visually transformed into a black-box style theatre with minimal production elements, performances will feature works loosely-inspired by literary characters, cartoons, fables and fairytales such as The Velveteen Rabbit, Amadeus, The Jungle Book, Death of a Salesman, The Scarlet Letter, and 3 Little Pigs & the Wolf among others.


DATES AND TICKET INFORMATION

Dates of this two-week engagement are: Thursday, April 7 at 7 pm, Friday, April 8 at 7 pm, Saturday, April 9 at 2 pm and 5 pm, Sunday, April 10 at 2 pm and 5 pm, Thursday, April 14 at 7 pm, Friday, April 15 at

7 pm, Saturday, April 16 at 2 pm and 5pm and Sunday, April 17 at 2 pm.


Tickets can be purchased for $25 and $45 (excluding customer convenience fees) by calling MyTicketPortal.com Call Center at (866) 973-9610 or ordering online at www.nevadaballet.org.



ABOUT NEVADA BALLET THEATRE

Under the artistic direction of James Canfield, Nevada Ballet Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and the largest professional ballet company and dance Academy in the state. Committed to the highest artistic standards, this classically-based company is at home in an eclectic repertory, moving easily from the classics to the high-energy contemporary ballets. The mission of Nevada Ballet Theatre is to educate and inspire statewide, regional and national audiences and vitally impact community life through professional company productions, dance training and education and outreach. Nevada Ballet Theatre will be a resident company of the new world-class Smith Center for the Performing Arts when it is completed in 2012.