2007/2008 Press Releases
RDT 2007/2008 Season Announcement: PDF Version
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mary LeGere
(919) 834-1058
Raleigh Dance Theatre Announces Its 23rd Season
(RALEIGH) – Mary LeGere, Artistic Director, announces the 2007-2008 season of Raleigh Dance Theatre (RDT). The company will open its season with the family-oriented production of Storybook Tales featuring the premiere of a ballet based on the timeless classic children’s tale of the rewards of determination and good will, The Little Engine That Could. Rounding out the program are The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Sleeping Beauty, Act III, Aurora’s Wedding. Performances take place Saturday, November 10, at 11:00am and 3:00pm, and Sunday, November 11, at 3:00pm, in Fletcher Opera Theater at Raleigh’s Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. RDT’s Spring Repertoire performances will be held on March 29, 2008 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm in Jones Auditorium at Meredith College. General admission tickets for both performances are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Group rates are also available.
In conjunction with Storybook Tales and Spring Repertoire performances, RDT will present community outreach programs at Cameron Village Library in Raleigh on October 27, 2007 and March 15, 2008 at 11:00am. These programs will involve free lecture-demonstrations and story times that are open to the public.
RDT is also working with the North Carolina Coastal Plain Girl Scout Council to offer ballet workshops and programming for Brownies and Girl Scouts. In Her Shoes, is an opportunity for Brownies to earn their “Dance Try-It” badge on Saturday, October 13, 2007. The participants will have the opportunity learn what it is like to be a professional dancer from Carolina Ballet’s Margot Martin. In addition will learn what is involved in putting on a production, see performance excerpts, and have an opportunity to learn and create dances. Dance Around the World, to be held on December 1, 2007, teaches girl scouts about music and dance from Africa, India and Ireland with local professionals including African dancer, L.D. Burris, and musician and composer, Ken Ray Wilemon.
Raleigh Dance Theatre was founded in 1984 by Ann Vorus to provide pre-professional performance training, while promoting and fostering the art of dance in the community. It is one of two local pre-professional companies who have gained recognition by Regional Dance America/Southeastern Regional Ballet Association. RDT’s training program has a proven record of success, with alumnae who have gone on to professional careers with Carolina Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Washington Ballet II, and New York City Ballet among others.
For more information about the Raleigh Dance Theatre or Storybook Tales, please contact the company offices at (919) 834-1058, or visit its website at www.raleighdance.org.
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RDT Spring Season 2008 : PDF Version
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mary LeGere
(919) 834-1058
Raleigh Dance Theatre Announces Its Spring 2008 Season
(RALEIGH)-Mary LeGere, Artistic Director, of Raleigh Dance Theatre (RDT) announces
the spring 2008 season. Raleigh Dance Theatre will present its annual Spring
Repertoire performances on Saturday, March 29, at 2:00pm and 7:00pm, in Fletcher
Opera Theatre at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. General
admission tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Group rates are also
available.
This year's Spring Repertoire features Swan Lake Act II, as well as the premiere
of two new works; the first a classical ballet set to Brahms', Serenade #1 in
D, by Mary LeGere and a new modern work set by Raleigh School of Ballet faculty
member and director of Saint Mary's Orchesis Dance Theatre, Lisa Yount. Mary
LeGere will also restage Bournonville Divertissements (2006), choreographed
in the style of the legendary Danish choreographer Auguste Bournonville.
In conjunction with their Spring Repertoire performances, RDT will present a
community outreach program at Cameron Village Regional Library on March 15,
2008. The Cameron Village event is a free, open to the public, lecture-demonstration
featuring movement and storytelling excerpts from Swan Lake.
RDT will also present a new outreach program this spring to give teenagers involved
with the NC Coastal Pines Girl Scout Council the opportunity to earn their Invitation
to Dance Interest Project Award. Teens will learn about what goes into a ballet
performance from backstage to front of house. This will be a hands-on experience
where they will learn about the choreographic process and the resources and
materials that go into a dance performance, and will attend RDT's Spring Repertoire
performance with backstage access. Along with basic ballet steps they will learn
folk dances from around the world.
Raleigh Dance Theatre was founded in 1984 by Ann Vorus to provide pre-professional
performance training, while promoting and fostering the art of dance in the
community. It is the only pre-professional company in the Triangle area selected
for membership as an honor company in the Southeastern Regional Ballet Association.
RDT's training program along with its affiliate school, The Raleigh School of
Ballet has a proven record of success, with alumnae who have gone on to professional
careers with Carolina Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Washington
Ballet II, and New York City Ballet.
For more information about Raleigh Dance Theatre or the Spring Repertoire performances,
please contact the company offices at (919) 834-1058, or visit its website at
www.raleighdance.org.