Ballet Gala and Children's Ballet Theatre

The 1st Annual Ballet Gala was a sold out success! We are so excited about this first event and the many more to come.
Announced at this event was the exciting new endeavor being taken on by TDAC's Ballet Program.

The Children's Ballet Theatre will start August 2011. This performance arm of the Ballet Program will allow students plenty of opportunity to perform classic ballets for the community in outreach events and live full length performances.
CBT will run January - November. Students will follow the TDAC Ballet Program curriculum and be a student at TDAC and a member of CBT. More to come!!


Students from Variations Class performed a soloist variation from a classic ballet.












We had such wonderful goodies from local vendors in the community!
Thank you..... Pink Sugar Bowl, Pie Sensations, Molly Voorhis homemade/drawn ballerina cookies, Cake Pops, and much more.




Thank you to all our volunteers who help create this wonderful event!!
Lacy Day, Tiffani Day, Patty Wilde, Terri Campbell, Tammy Wilder, and of course our dancers and amazing Ballet Mistress, Chelsea Howell and her MC husband James Howell.

1st Annual Ballet Gala

We are so excited not only for our 1st Annual Ballet Gala, but also a huge announcement for the TDAC Ballet Program. You're not going to want to miss this wonderful evening of ballet! Students from the Program's Variations class will each perform a selected Variation. After the performance patrons will have an opportunity to hear more about the Ballet Program and the new direction it is going, mingle with the students and instructors, as well as, snack on some yummy deserts provided from local artisans.


Molly Voorhis, Practicing the Sugar Plum Variation in rehearsals.

Master Class with Jon Upleger

A huge thank you to Jon Upleger and Nashville Ballet for holding a Master Class at TDAC. Here are some highlights from the class.

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The Music Conservatory

We are so excited to announce The Music Conservatory. Check out our summer camps!!
A full fall curriculum will be posted soon.

Ballet Master Class with Company Member of Nashville Ballet

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Field Trip

TRISHA BROWN
Modern Program will be taking their next field trip this April. I'm sharing this information in hopes that community even outside of dance will embrace the performing arts.

Check out Trisha Brown's Website
PYGMALION and mixed rep
Friday, April 8
8 p.m. • Langford Auditorium

Defining “cutting edge” since her first work at New York’s Judson Dance Theater 40 years ago, Trisha Brown’s intellectual and creative experimentation has brought her international recognition as a leader in abstract choreography. A MacArthur Genius Fellow, her company is regularly seen in landmark opera houses and theaters around the world. With a repertory ranging from solos to major evening-length works, Brown has worked with many renowned visual artists. In celebration of the Company’s 40th Anniversary, Great Performances is honored to present Pygmalion, a story of love and magic based on Jean Philippe Rameau’s opera (1748) as originally told in Ovid’s Metamorphosis.

…complexity keeps resolving in endless delight. - The Village Voice

Masterclass offered @ www.vanderbilt.edu/dance

Trisha Brown Dance Company is funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation.

Broadway Lovers.. Fun Kids workshop

ATTENTION:
Jazz, Musical Theater, and Broadway Lovers in General!

Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville is having a wonderful opportunity!

Makeup and Move: Cats Family Workshop will be at TPAC's Rehearsal Hall in Nashville, TN -
April 2, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.

Spend the morning with cast members from CATS! Learn choreography from one of the songs and have real CATS makeup applied (in a scaled down version) with tips from cast members. Whether you are young or young at heart, you will have a blast as you learn more about this classic Broadway musical. Space in this family arts workshop is limited, so make your reservation today.

Tickets are $20.00 each.

* Anyone can sign up and bring their student to this event. If you are interested please let us know. If we have enough interest we can treat this as a field trip.

CATS PERFORMANCE AT TPAC
Date: April 1 through April 3, 2011
Location: Andrew Jackson Hall


Check out their website TPAC