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Ballet Tucson Auditions for
Fall Gala Firebird/Ascending and The Nutcracker
Saturday August 20 and 27, 2011
LAST CALL Auditions for
The Nutcracker only
Saturday September 10, 2011
For audition times, please call
520-623-3373
BALLET ARTS is pleased to announce the accomplishments of its students who have been awarded scholarships to or are performing professionally with the following institutions:
Ballet Tucson
American Ballet Theatre
New York City Ballet
Gus Giordano
National Ballet School, Toronto
Boston Ballet
School of American Ballet
Ballet West
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
The Kirov Academy
Milwaukee Ballet
Hartford Ballet
Harid Conservatory
Houston Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Sarasota Ballet
Cleveland Ballet
Alvin Ailey
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Ballet Florida
Pennsylvania Ballet
Dayton Ballet
Disney Tokyo
Ohio Ballet
North Carolina School of the Arts
Oakland Ballet
Alabama Ballet
Dutch National Ballet
ABOUT THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR:
MARY BETH CABANA, FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR has been a principal dancer with Cleveland Ballet, Ballet Oklahoma, San Diego Ballet, and Arizona Dance Theatre. She began her professional career at the age of 14 with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and has danced in numerous ballets including the works of Petipa, Fokine, Balanchine, Tudor, Nahat, and DeMille. As a teacher, she has served on the faculties of the School of Cleveland Ballet, Ballet Arts-Carnegie Hall, Dance Concepts, NYC, and as administrator and principal teacher for Arizona Dance Theatre School (Ballet Arizona). Since 1986, she has been responsible for establishing Ballet Arts School, Ballet Tucson, Ballet Nogales, annual Summer Dance Workshops in cooperation with UA School of Dance and Summer Dance/Cultural Exchanges that have taken place with Kiev, Ukraine and Beziers, France. In summer 2009, students toured and performed in France as part of the International Program.
BALLET ARTS was established in September of 1986 and has since gained the reputation as Arizonas foremost classical ballet training institution.
Our permanent faculty is comprised of highly accomplished ballet, jazz, and tap professionals who have danced in prestigious American companies as soloists and principal dancers.
Our faculty is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards in the teaching of the "American" style of ballet. This emerging style combines the best of the Russian, French, and Italian schools with a distinctive dose of American restless energy and youthful spirit. Our teachers share a common technical background and philosophy of teaching and we hope to provide each student with a full and exciting dance education in a creative environment.
