FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 27, 2002

CONTACT: Mark Fleisher:

Festival Ballet Providence, 401-353-1129

Festival Ballet Providence Center for Dance Education's Summer Dance Classes

Providence, RI - The Festival Ballet Providence Center for Dance Education announces summer dance classes for all ages and levels.

The Center for Dance Education is offering two three-week Summer Workshops, June 17th to July 5th and August 4th to August 23rd for ages 3 to adult. The classes include Ballet Technique, Pre-Pointe, Pointe, Character, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Creative Movement and the Festival Ballet Workout. These workshops are designed to give regular dance students continuous training in the summer, and to introduce new dance forms to dance students.

The Center for Dance Education, under the leadership of Mihailo Djuric, is the official school of Festival Ballet Providence, Rhode Island's leading professional dance company, and is housed in the company's new state-of-the-art studios at 825 Hope Street on Providence's East Side.

Festival Ballet Providence is also offering its selective four-week SummerDance Intensive from July 8th to August 2nd, giving pre-professional intermediate and advanced dancers the opportunity to study in a daily intensive program, from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm.

The international faculty members are all professionals, many of whom have had careers on stage, and now pass on their knowledge to the next generation of dancers. This summer's faculty includes Festival Ballet'sVera Kurmasheva, Mihailo Djuric, Mary Ann Mayer, Ann Morsilli, James Brown, Audrey Monahan, Heidi Henderson; Boston Ballet's Paul Thrussell and Laura Young; and former Hamburg Ballet principal dancer Tomislav Vukovich.

For information about Festival Ballet Providence's Summer Workshop's and SummerDance Intensive, please contact Festival Ballet Providence at 401.353.1129 or visit the web at www.festivalballet.com.

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The Festival Ballet Providence Center for Dance Education offers a comprehensive dance program for children and adults suitable for the professional, pre-professional and recreational dancer. Programs take place during the summer (the SummerDance Intensive and the Summer Workshops) and during the academic school year. For further information about any of these programs, please call 401-353-1129 and/or visit our web site at www.festivalballet.com.

Summer Recreational Curriculum includes:

Broadway Jazz Beginning and intermediate for ages 10 - 13
Tuesdays from 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Advanced level for ages 14 to adult
Fridays from 6:00 to 7:30 pm

Hip-Hop Ages 10 to 13
Fridays from 5:00 to 6:00 pm

Ages 14 and older
Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Creative Movement For ages 3 to 4
Monday or Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 pm
Friday 4:00 to 5:00 pm

Pre-Ballet I For ages 4-5
Thursdays 4:00 to 5:00 pm

Pre-Ballet II For ages 5 to 6
Thursdays 5:00 to 6:00 pm

Beginning Ballet Pre-teen/Teen, ages 11 to 15
No previous ballet training required
Monday and/or Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 pm

Beginner Ballet Adult, with no previous ballet training required
Monday and/or Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:30 pm

Beg/Int. Ballet Adult, with some previous ballet training
Tuesday and/or Thursday from 6:00 to 7:30 PM

Festival Ballet Workout Adult
Monday and/or Wednesday, 9:30 to 10:30 am

Summer Core Curriculum includes:

Class A Ages 8 to 10 with no previous ballet training
Monday and Wednesday 4:00 to 5:00 pm

Class B Ages 9 to 11, minimum 1 year ballet training
Tuesday & Thursday 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Historical Dance Tuesday 5:30 to 6:30 pm

Class C Ages 10 to 13, minimum of 2 years ballet training
Tuesday and Thursday 4:00 to 6:30 pm
Friday 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Character dance on Thursdays 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Class D Ages12 and up, minimum 3 years ballet training, 1 year on pointe
Monday & Wednesday 4:00 to 6:30 PM
Friday 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Character dance on Thursdays 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Class E Ages 13 and up, minimum 4 years ballet training,
2 years on pointe
Monday & Wednesday 4 to 6:30 pm
Friday 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Character Wednesday 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Festival Ballet Providence and the Center for Dance Education are together a not-for-profit arts organization whose EIN is 05-0377245 and whose Rhode Island Corporate ID number is ND-27-137.