- Ballet Fantastique
Ballet Fantastique is a non-profit chamber
ballet company inEugene, Oregon . The organization began in 2000 and gained recognition from the Eugene Weekly as the first nonprofit professional ballet academy and chamber ballet company in Eugene-Springfield in 2003. According to a [http://www.balletfantastique.org/press_releases/Eugene%20Weekly%206.8.pdf Eugene Weekly article] their chamber ensemble group performs about 20 shows a year.Ballet Fantastique's mission statement: "Ballet Fantastique, a
501(c) 3non-profit organization , keeps classical ballet vibrantly alive in our city through unique, community-centered, world-class training, educational, and performance experiences for young artists, audiences, and professionals."Programs
Classes at the Ballet Fantastique Academy follow the Vaganova Syllabus and are limited to 5 students per class in the Professional Division (ages 10-professional), and 8 students per class in the Children's Division (ages 4 and up). Director Donna Marisa Bontrager says that this is to ensure that students "receive professional training bolstered with extensive personal attention."
*Professional Dancer Development Program
* Academy Programs
** Children's classes
** Professional coaching
** Scholarships for youth* [http://www.balletfantastique.org/press_releases/experience_dance_9_05.pdf The EXPERIENCE DANCE! Project]
** The Experience Dance! Project brings:
*** Professional dancers to elementary school classrooms
*** Preview performances in public venues
**** The Ballet Fantastique often performs in spaces where the dancers are close to the audience, with free admission to young children ( [http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io/article?id=1085 Inside Oregon] ).
*** Subsidized tickets to low-income community members for professional performances* Student Internships
Artistic Directors
* Donna Marisa Bontrager
* Hannah Joy BontragerRepertoire and Performance Profiles
Selections from Classical Ballet
*The Sleeping Beauty
*Cinderella
*Don Quixote
*Le Corsaire
*The Nutcracker New Works created for the Chamber Ensemble
*The Cakewalk Ballet
*Variations set toHandel 's Water Music andChopin Waltz es
*Other Original PiecesPerformances
The Ballet Fantastique often performs at the
*Hult Center for the Performing Arts
*The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts Ballet Fantastique's chamber ballet company also collaborates with local groups, including the
Eugene Symphony ,Oregon Mozart Players , and theTrio Voronezh .References
* [http://www.balletfantastique.org/press_releases/Eugene%20Weekly%206.8.pdf Eugene Weekly Press Release]
* [http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2005/10/13/culture.html#dance Eugene Weekly: "Mosaico de Danza at the Hult"]
* [http://rgweb.registerguard.com/news/2007/05/11/d1.cr.experiencedance.0511.p1.php?section=cityregion Register Guard: "Dancing 'birds' get a workout"]
* [http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2006/06/08/dance.html Eugene Weeky: "Pirou-What? Ballet Fantastique rekindles dance appreciation off stage"]
* [http://www.balletfantastique.org/performance/reviews.htm Ballet Fantastique reviews archive]
* [http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=22005974 Yahoo Local]
* [http://www.triovoronezh.com/ Trio Voronezh]
* [http://www.oregonmozartplayers.org/ Oregon Mozart Players]
* [http://eugenesymphony.org/ Eugene Symphony]
* [http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io/article?id=1085 Inside Oregon]
* [http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=71371&sid=5&fid=1 Register Guard]External links
* [http://www.balletfantastique.org/index.htm Official Site]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=hzJONHoEY9E You Tube Video]
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