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| School of the Minnesota Ballet School of the Minnesota Ballet 200708 Calendar of Events Special Interim Classes with the Company
Sept. 6 Saturday Sampler, Depot Studios Nov. 2 Sugar Plum Fair, Grain Exchange Studio Nov. 38 Parent Observation Week Nov. 2730 Thanksgiving Recess (no classes) Dec. 1214 The Nutcracker, DECC Auditorium Dec. 15 Jan. 4 Winter Recess (no classes) Jan. 5 Resuming of Semester I classes Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Day (no classes) Jan. 20May 8, 2009 Semester II Feb. 12 Celebrity Dance Challenge, Fregeau Aud., Marshall Sch. Feb. 1621 Winter Break (no classes) Mar. 27 Parent Observation Week Mar. 2122 Cinderella, DECC Auditorium April 611 Spring Break (no classes) May 8 Student Performance, DECC Auditorium June 6 Saturday Sampler, Depot Studios June 8 July 24 Summer Term (June 29July 5 off) July 624 Summer Intensive School Schedule 200809 (I)= Depot Studio I; (II)= Depot Studio II (III)= Elizabeth Adams Studio (Grain Exchange) Creative Movement I, Age 34, $220/440 Creative Movement II, Age 5:
Sat 1111:45 (II), $220/440 Pre-Ballet I, Age 6: Sat 910 (I), $235/470 Pre-Ballet II, Age 7: Sat 1011 (I), $235/470 Ballet I, Age 8+: Mon 4:15-5:15 (I), Wed 4:15-5:15 (II), $375/750 Ballet II, Age 9+/2nd year: Tues 4:15-5:15 (II), Thurs 4:15-5:15 (I), $375/750 Ballet III, Age 10+/3rd year: Tues 4:15-5:15 (I), Thurs 4:155:15 (II), $375/550 Ballet IV, Audition: Mon 4:15-5:30 (III), Wed 4:15-5:45 (I), Fri 4:15-5:45 (III), $455/910 Ballet V, Audition: Mon 5:15-6:45 (II), Tues 5:15-6:45 (II), Thurs 5:15-6:45* (I), Fri 4:30-6 (I), $570/1140 Point V, Mon 6:45-7:45 (II), Tues 6:45-7:45 (II), Fri 6-7 (II), $230/460 Ballet VI, Age 13/Audition: Mon 5:15-6:45** (I), Tues 5:15-6:45 (I), Thurs 5:15-6:45*(I), Fri 4:30-6 (II), Sat 11-12:30** (I), $780/1560 Point VI, Mon 6:45-7:45** (I), Tues 6:45-7:45 (Variations) (I), Thurs 6:45-7:45 (I), Fri 6-7 (I), Sat 12:30-1:30 (II), $240/480 Ballet VII, Audition: Mon 5:15-6:45**(I), Tues 5-6:30 (III), Wed 5-6:30 (III), Thurs 5-6:30 (III), Sat 11-12:30** (I), $780/1560 Point VII, Mon 6:45-7:45** (I), Tues 6:30-7:30 (Special Technique) (III), Wed 6:30-7:30 (Variations) (III), Thurs 6:30-7:00 (III), Sat 12:30-1:30 (Repertoire) (I), $240/480 Athletic Dance for Young Men, Age 10+: Thurs 5:156:15 (II), $235/470Jazz, Age 12+, Tues 4-5 (III), $235/470 Tap for Children, Age 812, Wed 5:156 (II), $220/440 Creative Dance (Children with Phys. Challenges; level placement by instructor): Section I Wed 4-5 (III), Section II Thurs 4-5 (III), $235/470 Creative Dance is supported by the Van Gorden Fund, Miller-Dwan Foundation.*Ballet V & VI combined. **Ballet VI & VII combined. Tuition Dress Code Creative Movement: student choice of leotard Recommended for Pre-BalletBallet IV: Capezio cap-sleeve leotard style #9908C Required color is listed for each level: Pre-Ballet: light pink leotard Artistic Director Robert Gardner trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts and the School of American Ballet. He danced with the Joffrey Ballet, Eglevsky Ballet, and Cleveland San Jose Ballet. He has taught nationally and internationally, including at the School of the Cleveland Ballet and Lou Conte Dance Studios in Chicago, and taught master classes at the Columbus [Ohio] Youth Ballet, Ball State [Indiana] Dance Theatre, the Shreveport [Louisiana] Metropolitan Ballet, University of Minnesota, and others. INSTRUCTORS LilaAnn Coates White, Minnesota Ballet Principal Teacher, trained at the National Academy of Arts, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. She apprenticed with the Des Moines Ballet, taught at the Allegro Dance Theatre, Tennessee, and is an assistant professor of dance at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She was a company member of the Minnesota Ballet from 198693. Amanda Abrahamson, graduate of the School of the Minnesota Ballet, Minnesota Ballet Company member, and teacher in the School of the Minnesota Ballet, coordinates the Creative Dance class for children with developmental challenges. Igor Burlak, Minnesota Ballet Company member and teacher, studied at the School of American Ballet, performed with the New York City Ballet, and danced with the Kansas City Ballet and Atlantic Southeast Ballet. Suzanne Kritzberg, Minnesota Ballet Company member and teacher, trained at Ruth Page, Houston Ballet Academy, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School and received a McKnight Artist Fellowship. Ramona Treuer, a Duluth native, graduate of the Ballets school and apprentice dancer for the company in the 199293 season, has been teaching for the Ballet since 1991. She has also danced with Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre and in Dances on the Lakewalk in both Duluth and at Lake Harriet. Suzie Baer, School of the Minnesota Ballet graduate, danced as Minnesota Ballet Senior Apprentice in the 200708 season, touring with the company. She is also an assistant for the Creative Dance class. Linda Carillo, teacher, School of the Minnesota Ballet, trained at the University of Utah, Ballet West in Salt Lake City, and the Joffrey Ballet in New York. She also performed and toured with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. She trained in the Vaganova technique and is certified in the Cecchetti Method. Elyse Snider, teacher, School of the Minnesota Ballet, holds a B.A. in acting and direction and a minor in dance from Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois. She performed with the Chicago-area modern and jazz company 98.6 Degrees Fahrenheit Dance Company. In Madison, Wisconsin, she danced and taught for Kanope Dance Company and taught for the Movement in Your World program at the Madison Ballet. And additional company professionals.
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