FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 16, 2003
CONTACT: Mark Fleisher
Festival Ballet Providence, 401.353.1129
Fall Registration for Classes, August 20-21 Open House
Providence, RI - The Festival Ballet Providence Center for Dance Education, the official school of Festival Ballet Providence, will hold an open house Wednesday August 20th & Thursday August 21st for fall class registration at the Dance Center’s 825 Hope Street location. Open House hours are 10:00 am to noon and 3:00 to 7:00 pm each day. Each day there will also be several classes available for observation, as well as tours of the facility.
The Festival Ballet Providence Center for Dance Education offers a comprehensive dance program for children and adults, for recreational, pre-professional and professional dancers. The Young Children’s Program is designed specially for children aged 3 to 7 years old, and the Core Dance Program focuses on the needs of students aged 8 to adults.
In addition to the Core Dance Program’s ballet classes in Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variations and Partnering, the school also offers a wealth of enrichment classes including Jazz, Hip-Hop, Character, Stretch, Modern, Pilates mat classes, and the Festival Ballet Workout. Classes are offered in the Dance Center’s three state-of-the art studios Monday through Saturday throughout the day. Classes are conducted at many levels, from beginner to advanced, and are open to all members of the community.
The Festival Ballet Providence Center for Dance Education provides a positive environment for dance students to flourish to their fullest potential. Class size is limited to afford maximum attention to each student. Faculty members bring to their teaching extensive performing careers both nationally and internationally, as well as a strong commitment to pass on their acquired knowledge and experience to the new generation of dancers. Students are also exposed to Festival Ballet Providence’s professional Company and pre-professional Junior Company, who serve as exemplary role models for the younger dancers.
At the end of the academic year, students age 6 and over have the option to perform in a fully staged evening repertory performance at Rhode Island College’s Roberts Auditorium. It is always a wonderful opportunity to see the growth of the children as artists on stage.
The Festival Ballet Providence Center for Dance education has expanded in the last two years from 130 students to over 450 registered students. The increased number of students matriculating to the school has caused a number of classes to fill before classes begin. Early registration is suggested to avoid being closed out of a class.
For further information about classes or to request a registration package, please call 401.353.1129 or log onto www.festivalballet.com <http://www.festivalballet.com/> .
Young Children’s Program
Core Dance Program
Enrichment Division: Pilates Mat Classes, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Modern, Character, Stretch, Festival Ballet Workout.
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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. The studio is wheelchair accessible.
