the methuen ballet EnsembleSun, April 15
The yellow brick road leads to this quality dance performance by Methuen Ballet Ensemble!
Sunday, April 15 at 3pm
Join Dorothy "and Toto too" as they take the journey of a life time. After a tornado blows through the farm that Dorothy calls home, she awakens and utters those memorable words: "... I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more. ..." Trying to find her way home Dorothy meets Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion and together they set off on the yellow brick road. Will they find Emerald City and the Wizard before the Wicked Witch stops them? See this favorite classic tale reinterpreted by the talented Miss Voter and the Methuen Ballet Ensemble. Known for colorful costumes and dramatic sets, the Methuen Ballet Ensemble has produced hits such as Coppellia, Cinderella, Treasure Island and of course, The Nutcracker at the Firehouse.
Methuen Ballet Ensemble: Vanessa Rae Voter founded Methuen Ballet Ensemble in 1989 as a platform for promising students to showcase their talents, performing both classical and modern ballets for the public. Her inspiration came from her years as a dancer with Boston Ballet. During the audition process for “The Nutcracker”, those children not cast in roles touched her, by their disappointment and tears. She vowed that someday she would have a company of her own, where every child who auditioned would be guaranteed a part. She realized her dream and has been successfully staging “The Nutcracker” for eighteen years, never having rejected an auditioning dancer.
Vanessa Rae Voter is Artistic Director and Choreographer for Methuen Ballet Ensemble, a semi-professional ballet company. She is also Director of the Classical Ballet program at Voter’s School of Dance, founded by her mother, Pam Voter, in 1951.
Ms. Voter attended The Boston Conservatory. In addition to dancing with Boston Ballet, she also performed with Ballet Dance Theatre of Boston. Her extensive training includes instruction from Marina Svetlova, Madame Sulamith Messerer (former Prima Ballerina and teacher with the Bolshoi Ballet), E. Virginia Williams, Violet Verdi, Robert Pierce, and David Howard. She has been a guest teacher for Dance Teachers Club of Boston and Dance Teachers Club of Brockton, as well as serving on judge’s panels in both Boston and Brockton. She is a member of Dance Teachers Club of Boston and National Council of America.
This event is presented by Methuen Ballet Ensemble.
Tickets:
All seats: $22
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