BTM's Beauty and the Beast Press Release

Immediate Release

Contact: Dianna Cuatto

410-224-5644, 410-263-8289

Email: dianna.cuatto@balletmaryland.org

The Gordon Center, Baltimore County:

Beauty and the Beast premieres at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts on April 8, 2018, with one performance only at 2:00 p.m. Experience the magic, the metaphor, the symbolism, the humor and the romance, when the Ballet Theatre of Maryland (BTM) in partnership with the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts present the hauntingly, transformative retelling of the classic fairytale: Beauty and the Beast.

“Beauty and the Beast has been my favorite fairytale since I was a child,” claims Artistic Director Dianna Cuatto. “I loved her passion for reading and learning as well as her capacity for love and empathy; I also liked that she valued the inner beauty over the exterior, so I wanted to portray that through the emotions of dance, and I set out to do just that,” Cuatto continues.

Sarah Gilliam stars as the indomitable Beauty, who captures the inner beauty and intelligence of her character with selfless abandon. Enter an enchanted castle where Beauty discovers that nothing is what it seems; help her tame a Beast through the power of love; and become a part of the magic that unravels the hideous spell keeping the Beast Captive. Stephaen Hood masterfully portrays the Beast with a pathos, sensitivity and passionate intensity that will melt your heart. Become a part of their story as they leap from the page to the stage through the powerful language of dance. For tickets and information, go to: www.balletmaryland.org; or call us 410-263-8289.

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*Ballet Theatre of Maryland, located in Annapolis, MD., is designated as the premier professional ballet company and school in the state of Maryland. The company is comprised of 16-18 professional dancers, 10-12 Apprentices and 10 Trainees. The school of dance has and all professional faculty with teachers all still current in the field with degrees in dance education and/or certifications from top training schools. Our school has locations in Annapolis Brooklyn Park and Easton, providing quality training for ages 2 through adult, pre-professional and professional in ballet, jazz, modern, tap, etc. It also provides students opportunities to perform with the professional company in some of the professional productions with age appropriate challenges in many of our full-length story ballets. For information about BTM, visit us at www.balletmaryland.org or call 410-263-8289.