New Mexico's newest
regional dance company
for ages 8 through professional

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Kaleidescope of Choreographers

This 2 hour concert presents the finest of local choreographers including Patricia Dickinson Wells, Jennifer Boren, Judy Czelusniak, Louie and Courtney Giannini, Dominic Guerra, Joe Moncada, Shuga Shane Montoya, and Thax von Reither as well as two national choreographers.  The styles include classical and contemporary ballet, modern, gospel, jazz-ballet, lyrical and bboy, bgirl hip hop and beyond!
   

7:00 p.m. May 21st and 2:00 p.m. May 22nd
at Sandia Preparatory School

Tickets $15.00

available at Dance Theatre Southwest,
home of Festival Ballet ABQ

4200 Wyoming Blvd., NE
Albuquerque, NM

505-296-9465
Choreographer's Showcase
Festival Ballet Albuquerque's premiere performance

Saturday May 29, 2010
2:00 and 7:00 pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico

This Gala Kick-Off fundraising event for New Mexico's newest regional dance company will  feature concert length works by guest choreographers:
  • Mel Tomlinson, formerly with New York City Ballet and Alvin Ailey
  • Matthew Diamond, Academy Award nominee and Director of TV's "So You Think You Can Dance"
  • Robbie Mackey, international Disney choreographer
and local choreographers Patricia Dickinson Wells, Judy Czelusniak, Dara Beckley, Angelie Melzer, Krista King-Doherty, Vladimir Stadnik,  with others to be announced. 

Other local companies participating in the Gala premiere include Trey Pickett's Disciples of Chaos, a local collective, Duke City Dance, Paul Paradise's Paulish Dance, and Sara de Luz Flamenco.

Soloists from companies across America who will perform in the showcase include Gabi Rojas (Cleo Parker Robinson), Julie Cobble (Roxey Ballet, NJ), and Thomas Panto (Atlanta Ballet).


Some works will be accompanied by live music.

More to come!  Check back for additional information.


Festival Ballet Albuquerque's premiere performance

Saturday May 29, 2010
2:00 and 7:00 pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Duke Dance Collective dedicates itself to creating original and experimental dance theatre that reflects the community. Based in Albuquerque and largely composed of alumni from UNM's Department of Theatre and Dance, these dynamic performers regularly present their innovative work in local productions, and were also featured artists in the 2008 Boulder International Fringe Festival.

Paulish Dance
This Gala Kick-Off fundraising event for New Mexico's newest regional dance company featured concert length works by guest choreographers:
  • Mel Tomlinson, formerly with New York City Ballet and Alvin Ailey
  • Matthew Diamond, Academy Award nominee and Director of TV's "So You Think You Can Dance"
  • Robbie Mackey, international Disney choreographer
and local choreographers Patricia Dickinson Wells, Judy Czelusniak, Dara Beckley, Krista King-Doherty, and others. 
Other local companies participating in the Gala premiere included Trey Pickett's Disciples of Chaos, Duke City Dance, Paul Paradise's Paulish Dance, and Sara de Luz Flamenco.

Soloists from companies across America who performed in the showcase include Gabi Rojas (Cleo Parker Robinson), Julie Cobble (Roxey Ballet, NJ), and Thomas Panto (Atlanta Ballet).

Some works were accompanied by live music.
September 24-26, Popejoy Hall
with New Mexico Symphony Orchestra

Relive the Firebird premiere of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, called "the most exquisite marvel of equilibrium we have ever imagined between sounds, movements and forms."

     Mozart, Symphony No. 38, Prague
     Humperdinck, Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
     Stravinsky, The Firebird

Free pre-concert lecture with NMSO conductor Guillermo Figueroa, begins one hour before each concert.

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