Student Concert Information Packet

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1 Student Concert Information Packet VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Many volunteers are needed for a production of this size. The job is too big for the staff alone. We need your help. Please volunteer by calling Lisa Sheffield at (336) ; leave a message if she is not available or you may speak to anyone in the office. Volunteers needed: Class moms for each day at the theatre. (Elementary Ballet 1 through Intermediate Ballet 1) o Note: We can arrange for class moms to be in the audience for their dancer s ballet. Check-In Desk person(s) for each day at the theatre. Stand-by person ready for anything. Clean up crew for about an hour after the performance.

2 Greensboro Ballet Student Concert: Saturday May 5, :00pm at the Carolina Theatre Enclosed is information about the upcoming student concert. Please read thoroughly! It answers many questions and shows you how to help make the concert a great success for your dancer! This year s concert will be at Carolina Theatre which is located at 310 S. Greene St. Any student concert is a large undertaking. We will need your patience and cooperation to help the rehearsals and concert run smoothly. Please make every effort to have your dancer arrive on time and prepared. PHOTO AND VIDEO Greensboro Ballet does not arrange for a professional photo session for group or individual photos. However, parents are welcome to photograph and video during the dress rehearsal on Friday, May 5 with the exception of the finale COMPANY TRAINEE piece Donizetti. PLEASE, NO FLASH! Also: Due to theatre policy, and as a courtesy to fellow audience members, no videotaping or photography of any kind will be allowed during the performance on Saturday, May 5 There will be a DVD of the performance available. There will be order forms at the school concert. TICKETS Greensboro Ballet s student concert is FREE and the public is invited. No tickets are necessary. Please invite friends, relatives, and well-wishers!

3 Monday, April 30, at the Greensboro Ballet Studios BEAUTY AND THE BEAST consists of the following classes: Elementary Ballet 1-A (Monday, 5:00) Elementary Ballet 2-B (Tuesday, Thursday 5:00) Elementary Ballet 3-A (Monday, Wednesday 3:30) Intermediate Ballet-1 (Tuesday, Thursday 4:30) Intermediate Ballet-3 (Tuesday, Thursday 6:00) 4:30pm 4:45pm BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Dancers arrive at the Greensboro Ballet studios; place their belongings in studio 302-B and wait for rehearsal to begin. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST rehearsal begins in studio 302-A with ELEMENTARY BALLET 1-A, ELEMENTARY BALLET 2-B, ELEMENTARY BALLET 3-A, INTERMEDIATE BALLET-1. 4:45pm Warm-up for INTERMEDIATE BALLET-3 in studio 302-B. 5:15pm *7:45pm Warm-up ends, INTERMEDIATE BALLET-3 joins ELEMENTARY BALLET 1-A, ELEMENTARY BALLET 2-B, ELEMENTARY BALLET 3-A, and INTERMEDIATE BALLET 1 in studio 302-A. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST rehearsal ends. *We will make every effort to send the ELEMENTARY BALLET students home at 7:15 but we may need the extra time. *Bring a quiet activity and a snack.

4 Tuesday, May 1, at the Greensboro Ballet Studios 4:30pm All MODERN students arrive at the Greensboro Ballet studios, place their belongings in Studio 302-B and get ready for MODERN warm up in Studio 302-A. 4:45pm 5:15pm 6:15pm 6:45pm 6:45pm 8:15pm 8:15pm MODERN warm-up in Studio 302-A. MODERN rehearsal begins in Studio 302-A. All JAZZ students arrive at the Greensboro Ballet studios, place their belongings in Studio 302-B and get yourselves warmed-up and ready for your jazz rehearsal MODERN rehearsal ends. JAZZ rehearsal begins. JAZZ rehearsal ends. Dancers in Donizetti report to studio 302-A. All others are dismissed. 8:30pm (8:45pm) All go home! At the latest!!

5 Wednesday, May 2, at the Greensboro Ballet Studios PETER PAN consists of the following classes: Elementary Ballet 1-C (Saturday, 11:00) Elementary Ballet 2-A (Monday, Wednesday 3:30) Elementary Ballet 3-B (Tuesday, Thursday 4:30) Intermediate Ballet-2 (Monday, Wednesday 4:30) Advanced Intermediate Ballet (Monday, Wednesday 6:00) Company Trainees/Company Apprentices 4:30pm 4:45pm 4:45pm 5:15pm *7:45pm PETER PAN arrive at the Greensboro Ballet studios, place your bags in studio 302-B and wait for rehearsal to begin. PETER PAN rehearsal begins in studio 302-A with ELEMENTARY BALLET 1-C, ELEMENTARY BALLET 2-A, ELEMENTARY BALLET 3-B, and INTERMEDIATE BALLET-2. COMPANY TRAINEES, COMPANY APPRENTICES, AND ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET warm up class in studio 302-B. COMPANY TRAINEE, COMPANY APPRENTICES, AND ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET warm up class ends, join ELEMENTARY BALLET 1-C, ELEMENTARY BALLET 2-A, ELEMENTARY BALLET 3-B, and INTERMEDIATE BALLET-2 in studio 302-A. PETER PAN rehearsal ends. 7:45 pm COMPANY TRAINEES and COMPANY APPRENTICES run DONIZETTI. *We will make every effort to send the ELEMENTARY BALLET students home at 7:15 but we may need the extra time. *Bring a quiet activity and a snack.

6 Thursday, May 3 at Greensboro Ballet Studios 4:15pm 4:30pm 5:30pm 5:45pm 5:45pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:00pm All BEAUTY AND THE BEAST dancers arrive at Greensboro Ballet studios, place bags and stuff in Studio 302-B, then report to Studio 302-A BEAUTY AND THE BEAST rehearsal begins in Studio 302-A. INTERMEDIATE BALLET 3 will have a short warm-up in studio 302-B, then join the rest of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in Studio 302-A. PETER PAN dancers arrive at Greensboro Ballet studios, place bags and stuff in Studio 302-B, then wait to be called to Studio 302-A All BEAUTY AND THE BEAST dismissed. PETER PAN rehearsal begins in Studio 302-A. COMPANY TRIANEES, COMPANY APPRENTICES, AND ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET will have a short warm-up in studio 302- B, then join the rest of PETER PAN in Studio 302-A. All JAZZ and MODERN dancers not already here, report to Studio 302-B and get ready for rehearsal. All PETER PAN dismissed. ALL JAZZ dancers report to Studio 302-A for rehearsal. JAZZ rehearsal end. All MODERN dancers report to studio 302-A for rehearsal. MODERN rehearsal ends. 8:00pm DONIZETTI rehearsal in Studio 302-A 9:00pm All go home. (Sooner if possible)

7 Friday, May 4 TECHNICAL/DRESS REHEARSAL SCHEDULE AT THE CAROLINA THEATRE Come to the theater with hair in a bun, no bangs, wear make-up base, blush, eye shadow, mascara, eye brow pencil and red lipstick. NO JEWELRY, NO PAINTED FINGERNAILS, NO BODY GLITTER! All dancers must wear their own tights, clean shoes, and uniform leotard where appropriate. Report to stage door entrance, check in, and go to your assigned dressing room. Get into your costume. Wait QUIETLY to be brought to the stage when it is your turn to dance. Then you ll return to the dressing room where you will LEAVE YOUR COSTUME and change into your street clothes promptly. No one will be allowed backstage except dancers, volunteers, and staff. If you need to deliver something to a dancer, please do so through the check in desk. Cell phones are to be left in the dressing room. DO NOT bring them to the stage. DO NOT invite friends or family backstage or to your dressing room. Please, DO NOT WEAR underwear that shows below your leotard OR bras that show outside of your leotard. Dress rehearsal is considered a full performance; please do not cut any corners. It is considered inappropriate to leave the theatre and /or sit in the audience with dance clothes showing (tights/leotard). Please change or cover-up completely. It is also considered inappropriate to leave the theatre or to sit in the audience while still wearing stage make-up and with hair performance-ready. However, let us waive that impropriety for the sake of convenience during this student concert event!

8 Friday, May 4, TECHNICAL/DRESS REHEARSAL AT THE CAROLINA THEATRE Technical rehearsals can be slow and tedious. Parents should pick up their dancers as soon as they are dismissed. Parents are welcome to wait in the audience for their dancer or at the stage door (at their dismissal time). 4:30pm INTERMEDIATE BALLET 2, INTERMEDIATE BALLET 3, ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET, COMPANY TRAINEES AND COMPANY APPRENTICES report to the Carolina Theatre, check in, go to your dressing room and get ready for your evening. 4:45pm INTERMEDIATE BALLET 2, INTERMEDIATE BALLET 3, ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET, COMPANY TRAINEES, AND COMPANY APPRENTICES report to the stage for a short warm-up class. 4:45pm BEAUTY AND THE BEAST dancers ELEMENTARY BALLET 1-A (Birds), ELEMENTARY BALLET 2-B (Flowers), ELEMENTARY BALLET 3-A (Rosebuds) and INTERMEDIATE BALLET 1-B (Guests) report to the Carolina Theatre, check in, go to your dressing room, get ready for your rehearsal and quietly wait to be called down to the stage for your BEAUTY AND THE BEAST rehearsal. 5:15 Class ends. 5:30pm BEAUTY AND THE BEAST dancers report to the stage for rehearsal.

9 Friday, May 4, TECHNICAL/DRESS REHEARSAL AT THE CAROLINA THEATRE (continued) 5:45pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 9:30pm PETER PAN dancers ELEMENTARY BALLET 1-C (Flowers and a Lost Boy), ELEMENTARY BALLET 2-A (Mermaids), ELEMENTARY BALLET 3-B (Tinkerbell and Friends) report to the Carolina Theatre, check in, go to your dressing room, get ready for your rehearsal and quietly wait to be called to the stage for your PETER PAN rehearsal. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST rehearsal ends. PETER PAN dancers report to the stage for rehearsal. All MODERN ONLY and JAZZ only dancers report to the Carolina Theatre. PETER PAN dismissed. All MODERN dancers report to the stage for rehearsal. All MODERN dancers dismissed. All JAZZ dancers report to the stage for rehearsal. All JAZZ dancers dismissed. All DONIZETTI dancers report to the stage for rehearsal. All Go Home! (Sooner if possible) DANCE HARD, DANCE SMART, GO HOME EARLY!

10 Saturday, May 5 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE AT THE CAROLINA THEATRE Come to the theater with hair in a bun, no bangs, wear make-up base, blush, eye shadow, mascara, eye brow pencil and red lipstick. NO JEWELRY, NO PAINTED FINGERNAILS, NO BODY GLITTER, NO JEWELS! All dancers must wear their own tights, clean shoes, and uniform leotard where appropriate. Report to stage door entrance, check in, and go to your assigned dressing room. Get into your costume. Wait QUIETLY to be brought to the stage when it is your turn to dance. Then you ll return to the dressing room where you will LEAVE YOUR COSTUME and change into your street clothes promptly. No one will be allowed backstage except dancers, volunteers, and staff. Cell phones are to be left in the dressing room. DO NOT bring them to the stage. DO NOT invite friends or family backstage or to your dressing room. If you need to deliver something to a dancer, please do so through the check in desk. Dancers will want to meet their parents in the lobby during one of the intermissions or pauses, and then enjoy the rest of the performance. DANCERS: INTERMEDIATE BALLET 1 and UP: To do this, you may walk through the tunnel that connects backstage to the audience or meet your parents at the stage door. ELEMENTARY BALLET 1, ELEMENTARY BALLET 2, and ELEMENTARY BALLET 3: Parents may pick you up at the stage door. (You may use the tunnel during intermission). NO ONE MAY USE THE TUNNEL DURING THE PERFORMANCE. ONLY DURING INTERMISSIONS OR PAUSES IN THE PERFORMANCE. We encourage all BEAUTY AND THE BEAST dancers to meet your parents in the lobby or at the stage door after the end of ACT I and return to your seats to view the remainder of the performance. Note: PETER PAN dancers, after your Ballet, we encourage you to change fast OR just throw something over your costume and meet your parents in the lobby so you may view DONIZETTI. Feel free to leave your stuff in the dressing room to be picked up after the performance.

11 No dancer will be permitted to watch from backstage. When you are finished with your dance, go straight to your dressing room and get ready for your next dance or to go home. During rehearsals and performances is NOT the time to approach Mr. D, Ms. Mayfield or the staff with questions or concerns. Relay your questions and concerns to the person at the check in desk or to the class mom. The dressing rooms are fairly small. It will be very important for all dancers to treat each other with respect, to keep our voices quiet and our activities calm. Boys are not allowed in the girls dressing room for any reason whatsoever.

12 3:00pm Performance 1:00pm: 1:15pm: 2:00pm 2:15pm: 2:15-2:30pm: 2:30pm: 3:00pm: INTERMEDIATE BALLET 2, INTERMEDIATE BALLET 3, ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET, COMPANY TRAINEES and COMPANY APPRENTICES arrive at the theatre, check in, and go to your dressing rooms and begin preparations. INTERMEDIATE BALLET 2, INTERMEDIATE BALLET 3 and ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET, COMPANY TRAINEES and COMPANY APPRENTICES report to the stage for warm-up class. ELEMENTARY BALLET 1-A, ELEMENTARY BALLET 1-C, ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY BALLET 2-A, ELEMENTARY BALLET 2-B, ELEMENTARY BALLET 3-A, ELEMENTARY BALLET 3-B, AND INTERMEDIATE BALLET 1 students arrive at the theatre, check in and go to dressing rooms, begin preparations. Class on stage ends. Free time on stage for dancers. All dancers go to dressing rooms and make final preparations. THE BEST STUDENT CONCERT EVER BEGINS 5:00pm (approximate): Performance ends. / 5:01 CLEAN UP BEGINS. Helpful Hints for Dancers : Bring water A small towel is handy Wear socks, sandals, or slippers to and from the stage keeps your shoes clean. Bring plenty of warm dance clothes Keep your dressing room neat and clean Younger dancers: Have hair and make-up done before you get to the theatre and bring a quiet activity. All Dancers Please Remember: It is considered inappropriate to leave the theatre and/or sit in the audience with dance clothes showing (tights/leotard). Please change or cover up completely. It is also considered inappropriate to leave the theatre or to sit in the audience while still wearing stage make-up and with hair performance-ready. However, let us waive that impropriety for the sake of convenience during this student concert event!

13 PROGRAM ORDER Act I BEAUTY AND THE BEAST -Elementary Ballet 1-A, Elementary Ballet 2-B, Elementary Ballet 3-A, Intermediate Ballet 1 and Intermediate Ballet 3 Act II -10 Minute Intermission- Modern Modern A, Modern C, Company Trainee & Company Apprentice Modern -PAUSE- Jazz Jazz A, Jazz C, Company Trainee & Company Apprentice Jazz Act III -10 Minute Intermission- PETER PAN Elementary Ballet 1-C, Elementary Ballet 2-A, Elementary Ballet 3-B, Intermediate Ballet 2, Advanced Intermediate Ballet, Company Trainees and Apprentices -PAUSE- DONIZETTI Greensboro Ballet Company Members, Trainees and Apprentices -FIN-