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This show ROCKS
11.05.2008 04:07 PM
| Company, Season, Performances
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The first weekend of Rock Ballets was incredible. Fierce dancing, excited audiences, sold out houses - even with Halloween and the election taking up so much attention! And so many new, young faces in the crowd - it's clear that we are successfully reaching out to people who are new to ballet and getting them interested - what an amazing success.
I'm so proud of what our company is doing - creating new, exciting work that moves the dance genre forward, engaging audiences and giving them unexpected, wonderful experiences, and producing shows that ... ROCK!
One more weekend of Rock Ballets and it's on to Nutcracker. That means only 3 more chances to see these incredible works - the intense and exciting Mediate, the unbelieveably luscious and wonderful Love of My Life, and the new, fun/inspiring/heart wrenching/thought provoking/all-around-incredible An Occasional Dream. Wow.
I know where I'll be this weekend - soaking up every minute of this inspiring show! I hope you will join me.
I'm so proud of what our company is doing - creating new, exciting work that moves the dance genre forward, engaging audiences and giving them unexpected, wonderful experiences, and producing shows that ... ROCK!
One more weekend of Rock Ballets and it's on to Nutcracker. That means only 3 more chances to see these incredible works - the intense and exciting Mediate, the unbelieveably luscious and wonderful Love of My Life, and the new, fun/inspiring/heart wrenching/thought provoking/all-around-incredible An Occasional Dream. Wow.
I know where I'll be this weekend - soaking up every minute of this inspiring show! I hope you will join me.
AMAZING REVIEWS!
11.05.2008 02:53 PM
| Press Releases, News, Company, Season, Performances
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Hi all!!! We have had some MAJOR press on Rock Ballets. Here are the links to three of our reviews. You really have to see this show! People are raving about it. One more weekend and that's it! Buy tickets now!
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/31/new-ballet-bears-the-heaviness-of-rock/
http://www.worlddancereviews.com/dance/read_reviews.php?id=203
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_10889363
If you ever want to keep up with our media coverage or missed any stories about us, you can always check them out on our media page on our website - here
Enjoy!
Talia
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/31/new-ballet-bears-the-heaviness-of-rock/
http://www.worlddancereviews.com/dance/read_reviews.php?id=203
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_10889363
If you ever want to keep up with our media coverage or missed any stories about us, you can always check them out on our media page on our website - here
Enjoy!
Talia
Community Arts Education Conference
Hello all!
Well Julia and I are back from the Community Arts Education Conference which was held in Philadelphia this past week. This was my first time to the conference and I must say, I had a fabulous time! I attended seminars on evaluation and assessment, collaboration, working with senior citizens and students with special needs and many more. Not only was this conference informative, but it was also A LOT of fun!
I learned so much and met so many people that gave me advice on how to be a better "outreach manager" and make a larger impact in local schools and communities. I am so excited to be back at BNC and start exploring new options for the Outreach program. I have been very antsy to get back and start working! I am specifically interested in collaborating with other service nonprofits in the area. I'll keep you posted as things progress.
It felt great to be surrounded by so many like minded people from across the country who do similar work. This conference definitely reinforced my views on outreach and reminded me how much I love my job!!!
Well Julia and I are back from the Community Arts Education Conference which was held in Philadelphia this past week. This was my first time to the conference and I must say, I had a fabulous time! I attended seminars on evaluation and assessment, collaboration, working with senior citizens and students with special needs and many more. Not only was this conference informative, but it was also A LOT of fun!
I learned so much and met so many people that gave me advice on how to be a better "outreach manager" and make a larger impact in local schools and communities. I am so excited to be back at BNC and start exploring new options for the Outreach program. I have been very antsy to get back and start working! I am specifically interested in collaborating with other service nonprofits in the area. I'll keep you posted as things progress.
It felt great to be surrounded by so many like minded people from across the country who do similar work. This conference definitely reinforced my views on outreach and reminded me how much I love my job!!!
Garrett Ammon's Rock Ballets - Publicity
10.30.2008 03:26 PM
| Press Releases, News, Company, Season, Performances
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Hi all! I know I am kinda blogging out of turn but Julia and Dani are in Philadelphia for a National Guild Community School for the Arts conference, so I didn't think you would mind! :-)
I just updated my press page with some of our recent articles. There is a great review up there from Don Atwood at World Dance Reviews for Small Talk and two previews of our show that opens TOMORROW NIGHT - Garrett Ammon's Rock Ballets.
Check out the Longmont Times Call article here
and
Check out the Broomfield Enterprise article here
Both have some great pictures attached.
I hope you have bought your tickets but if you haven't, click here to get them!!!
See you at the show!!!
Talia
I just updated my press page with some of our recent articles. There is a great review up there from Don Atwood at World Dance Reviews for Small Talk and two previews of our show that opens TOMORROW NIGHT - Garrett Ammon's Rock Ballets.
Check out the Longmont Times Call article here
and
Check out the Broomfield Enterprise article here
Both have some great pictures attached.
I hope you have bought your tickets but if you haven't, click here to get them!!!
See you at the show!!!
Talia
Rock Ballets - Letter from the Artistic Director
10.27.2008 09:25 AM
| Company, Season, Performances
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Welcome to Rock Ballets!
Music has always been a part of my life. My sister was playing the clarinet before I was born, and my brothers and I each took our turns in choral music. I think this instilled in me an awareness, appreciation and perhaps an obsession with all kinds of music.
When I was away from home, as a ballet student, I couldn't resist hopping on the bus every other week when I would receive my small living stipend. I wouldn't go to the supermarket like I should have, I would go straight to the record store and browse the aisles for hours. I would finally manage to justify that I could buy the complete recordings of The Velvet Underground, or a Rolling Stones box set and still be able to feed myself.
Over the years, I have created work to classical, jazz, bluegrass, country, blues and of course rock music. The thing I most love about rock is the particular place it holds in our public consciousness. Whether the music is from your particular generation or not, you have likely heard the songs, or at least a song by the particular artist, at some point. This creates a common ground, or launching pad, for a conversation between the performers and the audience.
Dance is an overt expression of how are lives connect to and affect each other. I hope you enjoy this program and in someway feel a connection between what you see on stage and your own world.
Best wishes,
Music has always been a part of my life. My sister was playing the clarinet before I was born, and my brothers and I each took our turns in choral music. I think this instilled in me an awareness, appreciation and perhaps an obsession with all kinds of music.
When I was away from home, as a ballet student, I couldn't resist hopping on the bus every other week when I would receive my small living stipend. I wouldn't go to the supermarket like I should have, I would go straight to the record store and browse the aisles for hours. I would finally manage to justify that I could buy the complete recordings of The Velvet Underground, or a Rolling Stones box set and still be able to feed myself.
Over the years, I have created work to classical, jazz, bluegrass, country, blues and of course rock music. The thing I most love about rock is the particular place it holds in our public consciousness. Whether the music is from your particular generation or not, you have likely heard the songs, or at least a song by the particular artist, at some point. This creates a common ground, or launching pad, for a conversation between the performers and the audience.
Dance is an overt expression of how are lives connect to and affect each other. I hope you enjoy this program and in someway feel a connection between what you see on stage and your own world.
Best wishes,
Pre-Pointe shoe fittings
Yesterday was a really exciting day for 11 young ladies in our pre-pointe program. 
Master fitter Amy Kenney, of Boulder Body Wear, came to fit these young dancers with their very first pair - and they were absolutely beside themselves with happiness and excitement. These shoes are different from pointe shoes because the shank (the bottom of the shoe which is akin to the sole of a regular shoe) is very soft. The shank of a pointe shoe is very, very hard. Pre-pointe shoes afford dancers a great deal of strength as they learn to keep their ankles from wobbling and as they try to roll up to pointe. However, they are safer than regular pointe shoes because while the dancer can work through them and gain strength while trying to get all the way up on pointe, the shank is too hard to actually allow them to go on pointe (which is very dangerous if you are not strong enough).
Outreach Update
Everything in the world of Outreach is really on a roll right now. The residencies are going so well and students are really showing their creative side by helping to choreograph the dances. Right now I am working on content material regarding landforms at Coronado Hills and nutrition at Thornton Elementary.
I'm now constantly singing songs about eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day and making healthy choices as well as envisioning students move like glaciers down a mountain or a river running through a canyon.
I will be out of the office next week at the Conference for Community Arts Education in Philadelphia with Julia. Being a Pennsylvania native, I am so excited to go back to the east coast as well as to attend a conference on arts education. I will be attending seminars on evaluation practices as well as making site visits to many local dance studios including The Rock School for Dance Education! I can't wait!
I'm now constantly singing songs about eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day and making healthy choices as well as envisioning students move like glaciers down a mountain or a river running through a canyon.
I will be out of the office next week at the Conference for Community Arts Education in Philadelphia with Julia. Being a Pennsylvania native, I am so excited to go back to the east coast as well as to attend a conference on arts education. I will be attending seminars on evaluation practices as well as making site visits to many local dance studios including The Rock School for Dance Education! I can't wait!
Nutcracker rehearsals
I have been working on teaching choreography to and coaching all of the children (there are over 50) in our production of The Nutcracker. Every Saturday I rehearse them from 1:45pm to 7pm. Today, rehearsals run the gamut...Angels, Bon Bons, Chinese, Party Children, Jesters, Battle Scene, Dolls, and more!
It's really fun to work with an entire cast of children on this production. The Nutcracker is an important part of developping young dancers - and these memories will last a lifetime.
It's really fun to work with an entire cast of children on this production. The Nutcracker is an important part of developping young dancers - and these memories will last a lifetime.
Garrett Ammon's Rock Ballets
10.15.2008 11:37 AM
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I can't believe that with Small Talk just closing, we are getting ready to open Rock Ballets! It has been so exciting to listen to all the AWESOME rock music in the studios!
I hope you are getting your tickets ASAP because this is the show that EVERYONE in Denver is talking about! If you are waiting for a special deal, I suggest you check out www.bncdance.com/intheknow. We have some pretty awesome deals there. If you are a young professional, check out our Act Your Age but Only Pay Half deal. For half your age, you get a ticket to the show and an invitation to drinks with the dancers afterwards. Now, if you are looking for something a little different, check out our Five Buck Fridays deal. All of these are available only through the In The Know group.
And everyone loves our SWAG Sundays! Come to a Sunday performance and get a fun, cool, and unique piece on logo'd SWAG! For Small Talk, everyone got a BNC bumper sticker! I promise the SWAG for Rock Ballets is super retro cool! :-)
See you all at the show!
I hope you are getting your tickets ASAP because this is the show that EVERYONE in Denver is talking about! If you are waiting for a special deal, I suggest you check out www.bncdance.com/intheknow. We have some pretty awesome deals there. If you are a young professional, check out our Act Your Age but Only Pay Half deal. For half your age, you get a ticket to the show and an invitation to drinks with the dancers afterwards. Now, if you are looking for something a little different, check out our Five Buck Fridays deal. All of these are available only through the In The Know group.
And everyone loves our SWAG Sundays! Come to a Sunday performance and get a fun, cool, and unique piece on logo'd SWAG! For Small Talk, everyone got a BNC bumper sticker! I promise the SWAG for Rock Ballets is super retro cool! :-)
See you all at the show!
Catching up!
10.13.2008 06:32 PM
| School, Student Company
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We have been doing some really cool things in the past couple of weeks with the school - and I need to catch you up!
A couple of weeks ago, some of our Student Company members were featured Nutcracker characters at an event for Flatirons Crossing ! They dressed up as Clara, The Nutcracker Prince, and Sugar Plum Fairy. They were joined by Santa and Mrs. Claus who gave out gifts!
This past Saturday, we had a great event with our students! We called it Kids' Nite Out, and kids of all ages got to come hang out at the BNC studios with myself and all of our Student Company dancers. The kids played tons of games, played dress up, got their hair and nails done, got massages and tattoos, and had their fortunes told by the mysterious Jeremystika (one of our Student Company dancers)! We had so much fun, and a lot of the parents got to go out on the town - so they had fun, too!
Cheers!
A couple of weeks ago, some of our Student Company members were featured Nutcracker characters at an event for Flatirons Crossing ! They dressed up as Clara, The Nutcracker Prince, and Sugar Plum Fairy. They were joined by Santa and Mrs. Claus who gave out gifts!This past Saturday, we had a great event with our students! We called it Kids' Nite Out, and kids of all ages got to come hang out at the BNC studios with myself and all of our Student Company dancers. The kids played tons of games, played dress up, got their hair and nails done, got massages and tattoos, and had their fortunes told by the mysterious Jeremystika (one of our Student Company dancers)! We had so much fun, and a lot of the parents got to go out on the town - so they had fun, too!
Cheers!