Connecticut Concert Ballet's Spring Performance 2018

Connecticut Concert Ballet will present its Spring Performance on Saturday, May 5 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 6 at 2:00 p.m. Choreographers for the show are Wendy Fish-Lawrence, David Lawrence, Lorelei Chang and Christina Shortt.

37 local residents will perform including lead dancers Sara Baldwin and Maricel Thongmanivong. Sara will appear as a Tourist on the trip of her life in the CCB original composition “Postcards from Paris”. This piece follows a whirlwind tour of Paris and the many sights, characters and confections they meet along the way, from Madeline-like Schoolgirls to a Chic Girl danced by Maricel.

Sara and Maricel will also be featured in the Ensemble Piece "A Promise", the Modern Dance "Life Cycle of Five Elements" and a Jazz Dance called "Kouza".

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

Advance Prices: Preferred Front & Center Seats $35; General Admission: Adult $25, Child/Student/Senior $15. Tickets are available at www.tututix.com/CTConcertBallet and will be $38, $28, $18 at the door.

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 and in collaboration with the Music School at 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. Former CCB students who currently train at the American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in New York, New York under Artistic Director Cynthia Harvey are returning as special guests

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 visit ctconcertballet.org, call 860-643-4796 or follow us at facebook.com/connecticutconcertballet.

Manchester Cast:

Eva Andrews

Leanne Baldwin

Sara Baldwin

Alice Brewer

Zoey Burch

Naomi Champlain

Eden Chuong

Ana Cortese

Sofia Divino

Kaitlyn Doble

Amelie Driscoll

Giulia Farina

Mya Foley

Aislinn Gara Grady

Dakota Jusem-LaPorte

Alia Kaiser

Tricia Kearney

Trinity Lach

Mary LaMonica

Penny Leitao

Madisyn Mack

Juliana Mendoza

Valentina Mendoza

Harper Michaud

Jayma Nielsen

Avery Norris

Cecilia Pescosolido

Julia Puzio

Lilly Puzio

Natalie Rutar

Kayla Sandoval

Sarah Silberberg

Leah Stebe

Mira Stebe

Maricel Thongmanivong

Lydia Whelton

Bailey Ziomek