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| Eastern Connecticut Ballet Company Serious students may audition to become a member of Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s well-known and highly respected Junior and Senior Companies. Throughout the year company members perform original and traditional works staged by master choreographers who have come to ECB from American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Hartford Ballet, Nashville Ballet, The Martha Graham Dance Company and Alvin Ailey American Repertory Theatre, among others. Choreographers work to expose dancers to both classical and contemporary repertory designed to create well-rounded, balanced artists. Professional guests artists from New York and Boston work alongside young dancers in these ballets. For the last three years, company members have had the opportunity to work with the Adam Miller Dance Project, a new, contemporary dance company based in Hartford, Connecticut. Students make contacts and learn skills that can ease their transition into dance careers and college dance programs. Past artists have included: • Donald Acevedo, National Ballet of Canada, Cavanough & Dancers • James Graber, American Repertory Ballet, Hartford Ballet • Arch Higgins, New York City Ballet • Jeanette Hanley, Hartford Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Milwaukee Ballet • Hagop Kharatian, Hartford Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Milwaukee Ballet • Natalie Koons, Hartford Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet • Cheryl Madeux, American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet • Timothy Melady, Hartford Ballet, Miami City Ballet • Momchil Mladenov, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Bulgarian National Ballet • Carlos Molina, American Ballet Theatre • Bonnie Pickard, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre • Boris Serebryakov, Hartford Ballet, Washington Ballet • Laura Urgelles, Hartford Ballet, Washington Ballet ECB Company members have had the privilege of working in collaboration with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Youth Orchestra, The US Coast Guard Band, the Connecticut State Music Teachers Association, Lyme Art Association, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme Library, East Lyme Arts Festival, and the Philippine and Chinese Cultural Associations. Many performances are held at the Garde Arts Center, but others are held at theaters throughout the region in order to be accessible to a broader community. As a result of the commitment and discipline needed to prepare live performances and balance company training requirements with challenging academic loads, dancers develop into conscientious, hard-working adults who can contribute to society in a meaningful way. Company Repertory All Star Swing – Lisa de Ribere, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre Beautiful – Debra Collins Ryder, Hartford Ballet Calliope Fantasy – Dawn King Cry – Alvin Ailey English Folk Song Suite – Debra Collins Ryder Evacuees – Lisa de Ribere, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre Girl With the Flaxen Hair – Debra Collins Ryder Geographic Preludes – Debra Collins Ryder Green Eggs & Ham – Debra Collins Ryder Ile Perdue – Adam Miller Jellicle Ball – Cats, Lisa Feltes Land of Oz – Leslie Unger Like a Cloud, Like a Wing, Like a White Light Burning – Bo Parish Mythical Morning – Dawn King Nostalgic Dream – Dawn King On Common Ground – Maggie Pelton, Alvin Ailey Pranks & Capers – Dawn King Rodeo – Debra Collins Ryder Roll, Spin, Draw or Fold – Peggy Lyman, The Martha Graham Dance Company Stars & Stripes – Debra Collins Ryder Turn Around Norman – James Robey Vineyard Study – Patricia Smith 5X7 – Bo Parish 6X2X6 – Lu-Anne Cox Classical Repertory Balanchine Minkus Pas de Trois – Staged by Deborah Flomine, New York City Ballet Cinderella – Debra Collins Ryder Coppelia Variations Concerto Barocco – George Balanchine/Staged by Deborah Flomine (with consent of the Balanchine Trust) Don Quixote Variations Esmerelda Variations Flower Festival Variations Hansel and Gretel – Adam Miller and Krystin McClure Humoresque – Candy Karl La Fille Mal Gardee Les Partineurs – Betty Siebert Les Sylphides – Debra Collins Ryder, Laura Young and Pollyana Ribeiro Minkus Pas de Trois – George Balanchine/Staged by Deborah Flomine (with consent of the Balanchine Trust) Pied en l’aire – Debra Collins Ryder Raymonda Variations Schottische – Debra Collins Ryder Sleeping Beauty – Debra Collins Ryder Swan Lake Variations and Swan Lake Princesses – Staged by Adam Miller The Nutcracker – Adam Miller and Debra Collins Ryder Variations on a Theme – Raymond Lukens and Franco DeVita, Boston Ballet |
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