Connecticut Concert Ballet Presents Spring Performance 2018

Three area residents will be highlighted -and many others will be supporting players- in the nonprofit Connecticut Concert Ballet’s Spring Performance. A total of 29 Glastonbury residents will perform works choreographed by Wendy Fish-Lawrence, David Lawrence, Lorelei Chang and Christina Shortt in two performances on Saturday, May 5 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 6 at 2:00 p.m.

Alicia Haynes, a senior at Glastonbury High School and a member of CCB's Pre-Professional Ensemble, performs in “Postcards from Paris”. This piece follows two tourists on a whirlwind tour of Paris and the many sights and characters they meet along the way, from Madeline-like Schoolgirls to a Bohemian Nightclub Girl danced by Alicia. She will also appear in "A Promise" and in the Jazz dance "Kooza". Alia Hurley, also a Pre-Professional Ensemble member, performs in four roles.

Special guest performers are three alumni CCB students who currently study at the American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in New York, New York. Glastonbury residents Angie Gibbons and Grayson Stranko, along with Dorothy Lawrence of Bolton are performing variations in the technically challenging “Pas de Trois des Odalisques” from the classic ballet Le Corsaire. These dances involve intricate footwork, sweeping turns and grand jumps which highlights these dancers' advanced training.

Performances will be held at the state of the art Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School, 134 Middle Turnpike East.

Advance Ticket Prices: Preferred front and center seats are $35; General admission is $25 for Adults and $15 Child/Student/Senior. Tickets are available at tututix.com/CTConcertBallet or call the toll free call center at 855.222.2849. Tickets will also be available at the door for $38, $28 and $18.

Connecticut Concert Ballet's 2018 Spring Performance will include:

A PROMISE makes a timely return to remind us of the fragility of life. A chorus of school children directed by Anjanee Wright with assistance by Amy Cele in collaboration with the Music School of Sound Crossing also performs

LIFE CYCLE OF FIVE ELEMENTS will expand your mind with dances inspired by Asian views of the universe to bring balance and harmony into your life

The stunning PAS DE TROIS DES ODALISQUES from the classic LE CORSAIRE will awe and inspire

Jazz pieces PINK PANTHERS IN PARIS and KOOZA are light-hearted and fun

POSTCARDS FROM PARIS follows two tourists on a whirlwind tour of Paris and the many sights, characters and confections they meet along the way

Connecticut Concert Ballet is a semi-professional 501(c)(3) classical ballet school and performing arts organization with studios in Manchester on the Glastonbury line and in Windsor in the Great Hall at Grace Church. CCB brings fully staged ballet and dance productions to audiences from all over Connecticut twice a year including the Nutcracker in December and the Spring Performance in May.

CCB offers a robust, year-round schedule of classes in ballet, modern and jazz for ages 3 to adult. It has 300 students from over 40 towns in the Greater Hartford, northern and eastern areas of the state. Connecticut Concert Ballet proudly employs the AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE® National Training Curriculum. CCB is a multi-year winner of “Best Dance Lessons” in Hartford Magazine’s “Best of” readers’ poll.

For more information on the school and summer programs please visitctconcertballet.org, call 860-643-4796 or follow us at facebook.com/connecticutconcertballet.

Glastonbury Cast List:

Molly Bell

Charlotte Berger

Caitlen Chaniewski

Eleanor Chi

Natalie Clark

Reilly Cotter

Charlotte Couture

Elysia Dy

Ally Edgington

Eleanor Gaul

Julia Gordon

Alicia Haynes

Abby Healy

Catherine Hearne

Mary Hearne

Sara Hearne

Alia Hurley

Rebekah Kilgore

Isabel Leal

Mandy Li

Natalie Malinowski

Devin Marie Myers

Taylor O'Keefe

Angelina Ossino

Laura Park

Isabella Roh

Emma Stricevic