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New York City Ballet
www.nycb.org
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2009
Children’s Workshop Photo Essay
(New York City Ballet Children’s Workshop Web Page)
Founders, George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein
Founding Choreographers: George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins
Ballet Master in Chief: Peter Martins
Ballet Mistress: Rosemary Dunleavy
Assistant to the Ballet Master in Chief: Sean Lavery
Children’s Ballet Master: Garielle Whittle
Orchestra, Music Director: Fayçal Karoui
Chairman of the board: John L. Vogelstein
Managing Dir. Communications and Special Projects: Robert Daniels
Assoc. Director Communications, Joe Guttridge
Assoc., Communications and Special Projects, Caitlin Gillette
The David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
www.lincolncenter.org
Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower
June 20, 2009
(Read more NYC Ballet Reviews, including today’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream matinee).
For today’s matinee of New York City Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I was joined by Camille, my five year-old niece, and her mother, Madeline. We began the day at the New York City Ballet Studios in the Samuel B. & David Rose Building. In a rehearsal studio, numerous young ballerina-wannabes and one danseur noble-wannabe listened to Tiler Peck, a City Ballet Soloist, plus teachers from City Ballet’s Education Department and students from School of American Ballet, discuss what it’s like to be a ballet dancer. Then the children participated in organized ballet exercises, some light aerobics, and the movement and gesture of little butterflies, which they would soon see in today’s matinee. The 45-minute Workshop also included donning pink butterfly wings, with a head-piece for the young man. This Workshop was extremely well-planned, as the children divided into three groups for large muscle movement. The simple choreography was expanded for the entire children’s “ensemble”, with each group having its own choreographic motif. I was quite impressed, and so was Camille. The Workshop leaders also allowed the children to take home their butterfly wings.
Children's Workshop Leaders (School of American Ballet Students)
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Lauren Axelrod, Manager, NYCB Outreach Programs,
and Tiler Peck, NYCB Soloist
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Children Warm Up with Workshop Leaders,
Then Rehearse Butterfly Dances in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Children Warm Up with Workshop Leaders,
Then Rehearse Butterfly Dances in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Children Warm Up with Workshop Leaders,
Then Rehearse Butterfly Dances in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Children Warm Up with Workshop Leaders,
Then Rehearse Butterfly Dances in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Children Warm Up with Workshop Leaders,
Then Rehearse Butterfly Dances in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Children Warm Up with Workshop Leaders,
Then Rehearse Butterfly Dances in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Children Receive Butterfly Wings
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Butterfly Choreography in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Butterfly Choreography in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Butterfly Choreography in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Butterfly Choreography in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Butterfly Choreography in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
Butterfly Choreography in Groups
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
NYCB Children's Workshop Leader and Camille
Courtesy of Roberta E. Zlokower
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