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American Repertory Ballet

Monday, May 14, 2012

Princeton Ballet School presents Don Quixote at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial

Dancers discuss the intricacies of the ballet "Don Quixote".

The Princeton Ballet School, the official ballet school of the American Repertory Ballet presented "Don Quixote" at the Trenton War Memorial on May 5 at the Trenton War Memorial. In this video, you young dancers discuss the ballet and what goes into dancing the dances in the Spanish-inspired story. Check it out! For more information on the American Repetory Ballet and the Princeton Ballet School, visit www.americanrepertoryballet.org.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

New Brunswick Arts Scene Honored

Film festival, dance company and theaters all voted best in the state by a pool of NJ voters in the 2011 People's Choice Awards, run by Discover Jersey Arts

Champions of New Brunswick often say that the arts and entertainment scene here can go toe to toe with Princeton and even New York. Arts enthusiasts recently affirmed those claims in the 2011 People's Choice Awards, awarding the Hub City top honors in several categories. Run by Discover Jersey Arts, which is a collaboration between the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the ArtPride New Jersey Foundation, the Awards tally up votes from state citizens as to their favorite arts and entertainment venues and entities throughout the state. New Brunswick won in the following categories: Additionally, the State Theatre received an honorable mention as the first runner up in the category of Favorite Performing Arts Center. The award for that…

Friday, December 23, 2011

American Repertory Ballet to Present Three-Part Dance Workshop

Grant money from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities to fund community programs in New Brunswick, Princeton and Lawrenceville.

American Repertory Ballet is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant money will be used in support of a three-part seminar series aimed at engaging the community through the exploration of humanities and dance. ARB’s program revolves around its new production of the ballet Romeo and Juliet, and is designed to give audiences insight into how various humanities disciplines interpret and communicate specific themes of the human condition.  The three lecture-demonstrations will feature the expertise of local humanities scholars in the areas of musicology, literature and dance.  It will also explore the three …

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Photo Gallery: Performers from The Nutcracker Visit Patients at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital

American Repertory Ballet performers visited young patients dressed as their characters from "The Nutcracker"

The Bristol-Myer's Squibb Children Children's Hospital got a touch of holiday cheer on Dec. 12 with a visit from characters of "The Nutcracker," performed by the American Repertory Ballet. The Snow Queen, a Spanish Dancer, an Arabian Dancer, Marzipan and the Nutcracker himself visited with patients, posing for photos and showing off the "en point" ballet technique. Check out some photos from the visit, courtesy of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

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