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BOCA BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS
TWO OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST DANCERS
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7630 NW 6th Ave.
Boca Raton, FL 33487
Ph: 561-995-0709
Fax: 561-995-8356
www.bocaballet.org
Published by Boca Ballet Theatre
OUR POINTE!
Spring 2004
his spring Boca Ballet Theatre is bringing
a special treat to Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County and South Florida. Namely, La Bayadère, featuring two of the finest dancers today—
Amanda McKerrow and Jose Manuel
Carreño, American Ballet Theatre Principal
Dancers. Both are world-renowned dancers and
recipients of a number of awards. Ms. McKerrow was the first American to win the Gold Medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition in 1981 and the recipient of a Princess
Grace Foundation Dance Fellowship in 1986.
Mr. Carreño has won the Gold Medal at the New
York International Ballet Competition in 1987, as
well as the Grand Prix at the International Ballet
Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, among others.
Boca Ballet Theatre invites you to come
and experience this jewel of classical ballet seldom seen in the United States.
Amanda McKerrow as Nikiya, La Bayadère, ABT;
Photo by Myra
Boca Ballet Theatre presents
LA BAYADÈRE
featuring the brightest stars in the dance
world today
Amanda McKerrow
and
Jose Manuel Carreño
and a cast of other talented guests
Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 18, 2004 at 2:00 pm
at
Olympic Heights Performing
Arts Theater
(20101 Lyons Rd., Boca Raton)
Jose Manuel Carreño as Solor, La Bayadère, ABT;
Photo by Nancy Ellison
Inside this issue:
Boca Ballet Theatre Announces...
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Other Guild Happenings...
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Summer Workshops 2004
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A Virtual Event
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From Page to Plum
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Corporate Spotlight
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Ballet at the Barre Highlights
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Upcoming Events
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Wish List
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Call now for
your tickets to
“La Bayadère”
Box Office
561-995-0709
BOCA BALLET THEATRE
www.bocaballet.org
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Dan Guin
Jane Tyree
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Richard Cascio
Vice President
Joyce Chen
Vice President
Seth A. Marmor, Esq.
Secretary
Marcia Simone Taranto
Treasurer
Stephanie D. Vieira
Directors
Vanessa Boltz
Mark S. Bromson, M.D.
Joseph A. Cardenas
Michael V. Gisonda
Chris Heathcott
Susan S. Kettering
Seton Smith
Honorary Board
Joyce Boyer
Elizabeth and James Cumpton
Marleen and Harold Forkas
Nancy and Charles Ganz
Marjorie and Frank Grande
Henrietta Countess de Hoernle
Lisa & Stott Stevens
Advisory Board
Burt Aronson
Steven L. Abrams
Richard C. Bagdasarian, Esq.
Lisa Chadwick
Art Johnson
Alun Jones
Emily Lilly
Linda Maybarduk
Ruth C. Petrinovic
Barbara Riggins
Blake Smith
Randall Wagner
Thank you for your support.
BOCA BALLET THEATRE ANNOUNCES
INITIATION OF A DEBUTANTE PROGRAM
Boca Ballet Theatre is in the process of
developing a new and exciting event for the
spring of 2005. It will be a Debutante Program
for young ladies which will culminate with their
official presentation at the Debutante Ball. It will
be a night that fairy tales are made of. The Debutante Program is designed as a foundation for
young women to develop an appreciation for the
social and cultural arts and to hone arts advocacy and volunteer skills, while encouraging academic excellence. These young women will
serve as ambassadors for Boca Ballet Theatre
during their Debutante year. The Debutantes’
requirements, financial obligations and more specific details will be available starting April 1,
2004.
Our Debutante Ball committee is still in
need of more volunteers. There are many aspects and opportunities to get involved and use
your skills. Sign up for this event which promises
to become a tradition and the event of the year.
Please consider volunteering some of your time.
Our volunteers are an intricate part of our success at Boca Ballet Theatre. Anyone interested
in volunteering should fill out a guild membership
application or call the studio at 561-995-0709 for
more information.
Boca Ballet Theatre Guild
Cindy Surman, Chris Heathcott, Lisa Stevens, Susan Harris,
Vanessa Boltz and Samantha Milhous
Photo by Mark Harris
OTHER GUILD HAPPENINGS...
February 12th Guild Luncheon Volunteers Have a Heart of Gold meeting was very well attended.
BBT is always thanking its volunteers for all the hard work they do during the year. Sets, props and
costume designs are much underway for our next production, La Bayadère. Watch for our volunteer
sign-up sheet shortly on the Guild Bulletin Board at the studio. We especially need volunteers for
concessions and boutique.
A Princely Affair 2004 committee is already working on this year’s luncheon. Chair Janice
Clough and Co-Chairs Susan Slater and Kim Wiles have planned their next meeting on March
11th at 11:30 at the studio. If you are interested in helping out in the planning of this year’s luncheon, please try to attend this meeting or call the studio at 561-995-0709.
SUMMER WORKSHOPS 2004
AUDITION DATE MAY 1, 2004

Junior/Intermediate Intensive Workshop, 2:00—3:30 pm
(Pointe not required but bring pointe shoes if you are on pointe)
 Performance Workshop Levels A&B, 3:00—5:00 pm (pointe
required)
Audition Fee: $15.00
WORKSHOPS’ DETAILS:
Junior Intensive Workshop
Ages: 8+ • June 21—July 2, 2004 (2 weeks) • Mon—Fri 10:00 am—3:00 pm • Tuition $400
Intermediate Intensive Workshop
Ages: 10+ • July 5—July 23, 2004 (3 weeks) • Mon—Fri 10:00 am—5:00 pm • Tuition $600
Performance Workshops A & B
Ages: 12+ • June 28—August 1, 2004 (5 weeks) • Mon—Sat 10:00 am—6:00 pm • Tuition $950
Dancers selected to participate in the Performance Workshops A & B will perform in Boca Ballet Theatre July 31 or August 1 summer concert Serenade and Other Dances with professional dancers.
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OUR POINTE! Spring 2004
FROM PAGE TO PLUM
A VIRTUAL EVENT
Helping Build La Bayadère
Look in the mail for the invitation to our exciting virtual
event which, as the name says, you will be “attending” virtuLook
ally!!!for
Your generous virtual attendance will help build sets, props
and costumes for La Bayadère, and more! It will also help
present the world-renowned stars, Amanda McKerrow and
Jose Manuel Carreño.
Curious??? The mail is coming!
No mail? Give us a call at 561-995-0709.
Building Sets: A fountain built by Stott Stevens
and painted by Seton Smith, La Bayadère
Building Costumes: Ines Aperlo helping sew a
costume, La Bayadère
CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT
An unexpected, but very appreciated grant from
Fleet Community Investment Group/Fleet
Foundation was given to Boca Raton Housing
Authority toward participation of BRHA children
in Boca Ballet
Theatre’s
outreach program—
1st Step. This
after-school, 35week
program
for under-served
children
from
Boca
Raton
Housing Authority communities
Royce Deale, Joyce Chen of Fleet and
Dan Guin
exposes them to
the joy of movement through the art of dance in a fun, safe environment. Fleet National Bank has showed many
times that it is committed to helping improve the
economic conditions of low-income communities
in Palm Beach County.
We are wholeheartedly
grateful for that!
OUR POINTE! Spring 2004
Former BBT Student Joins
American Ballet Theatre
Sarah Smith, a Boca Raton native, has
studied dance most of her life. She began
her serious dance training with Boca Ballet
Theatre. Sarah premiered on the Boca
Ballet Theatre stage in 1992 as a cakecarrying Page in The Nutcracker. A few
years later, she was the youngest corps
de ballet member in BBT’s premier of
Giselle featuring Lloyd Riggins and
Heather Sanders. She later graduated
Angela Perez and
from Harid Conservatory, and prestigious
Sarah Smith, The
Nutcracker, 1992
Joffrey Ballet School in New York, and
enrolled in the University of Indiana Dance
Department and immediately became a principal artist in its performances. After dancing most roles
available in BBT’s The Nutracker,
Sarah culminated her career at BBT
by returning to perform the leading
role of Sugar Plum Fairy in its 2003
production of The Nutracker.
On
February 12, 2004, she
premiered with American Ballet Theatre at Kennedy Center, performing
the very same role in the Act 1
Waltz from La Bayadère, that she
previously danced with BBT in 1997.
Congratulations Sarah!!!
Sarah Smith and Noel DuPuis,
The Nutcracker, 2003
Photo by David Seabrooke
BALLET AT THE BARRE
Highlights
Jane Tyree, Michael Gisonda and Marta
Batmasian at Royal Palm Place
(December)
Monique Troncone, Mary Kenyon, Larry and
Cynthia Hatfield at Luna Pazza (January)
Another great quarter for Ballet at the Barre has
passed.
Royal Palm Place and Luna Pazza (twice)
have proven to be wonderful hosts of this social/networking event.
For all of you who have not been to this
event, don’t miss this monthly opportunity to
meet new people, network and enjoy a fun
night out.
Come and join us at our next event scheduled on March 17, 2004, 5:30-7:30 pm at
Saporissimo,
located at 366 E
Palmetto Pk. Rd.,
in Boca Raton.
Everyone gets a
chance to enter a
drawing for a pair
of tickets to our
summer
concert
Serenade
and Donald and Gina Clayton and Noah Rubin
at Luna Pazza (February)
Other Dances!!!
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OUR POINTE!
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Spring 2004
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UPCOMING EVENTS
March 17, 2004, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Ballet at the Barre, Saporissimo
(366 E. Palmetto Pk. Rd., Boca Raton)
April 17, 2004 at 8:00 pm
La Bayadère
Après gala following the 8 o’clock perf.
April 18, 2004 at 2:00 pm
La Bayadère
April 21, 2004, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Ballet at the Barre, Location TBA
May 19, 2004, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Ballet at the Barre, Location TBA
May 30, 2004 at 7:00 pm
Mizner Park Concert (Free to public)
June 16, 2004, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Ballet at the Barre, Location TBA
July 21, 2004, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Ballet at the Barre, Location TBA
July 31, 2004 at 8:00 pm
Serenade and Other Dances
Après gala following the 8 o’clock perf.\
August 1, 2004 at 2:00 pm
Serenade and Other Dances
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The Nutcracker Story Time at Florence Fuller Child Development
Center, December 2003
Boca Ballet Theatre students, volunteers and audience
WISH LIST
• Color Copier
• Hotel rooms or condos for Guest Artists
• Interferential Electro Stimulator and Ultrasound (For rehab.)
• 11 by 17 Color Laser Printer
• Universal Weight Training Machine (Multi-gym)
• Sharp Notevision M20X DLP Projector, for presentations (Approx.
value $2,000) and Portable Screen
• Digital Camcorder
• Pilates Reformer
OUR POINTE! Spring 2004