NHB on WTNH
It was exciting to have Natasha Lubczenko of CT Style visit NHB studios. She interviewed students and filmed one of our Nutcracker rehearsals.
Click Here to see NHB students’ appearance on CT Style, which aired on Friday, December 2.
News & Events
NHBC Audition
New Haven Ballet announces its 2023 Company Audition on Friday, January 20, 2023. New Haven Ballet’s student company is open to Level 5-8 students. The Company performs at the Shubert Theatre New Haven on May 27, 2023. To register Click Here.
Symphonic Nonsense: Jazz Pizzicato
As a thank you to our supporters on #GivingTuesday, New Haven Ballet is pleased to share a video of our students performing Jazz Pizzicato from the ballet, Symphonic Nonsense, with choreography by Tom Gold. This performance was filmed on May 28, 2022 at the Shubert Theatre New Haven. Donor support allows New Haven Ballet to do what we love — provide excellent classes, performances and community programs.
Thank You Walsh Intermediate School
New Haven Ballet wishes to thank Raeanne Reynolds, Principal of the Francis Walsh Intermediate School, and Frank Carrano of the Branford Arts and Cultural Alliance for partnering with New Haven Ballet this past weekend. The dancers were beautiful and the performance was a resounding success. We are grateful to everyone who supported the ballet by attending the performance. Thank you for a wonderful time!
Our next free performance is December 4 at 4:00 p.m. at the Dixwell Community House “Q House” located at 197 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven. Doors open at 3:30 p.m.
Free Performances
New Haven Ballet will present two FREE community performances:
Sunday, November 27, 4:00 p.m. at the Francis Walsh Intermediate School, Branford
and
Sunday, December 4, 4:00 p.m. at the Dixwell Community House (Q House), New Haven.
These performances are made possible by patron donations, the Francis Walsh Intermediate School, the Branford Cultural and Arts Alliance, LEAP & the Dixwell Community House, and the City of New Haven.
We hope you will join us!
Chamber of Commerce Honors NHB
Congratulations New Haven Ballet!
The Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce has awarded New Haven Ballet with the Sunspot Innovation Award. The Nonprofit Resource Council Awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, November 17, 2022. Artistic Director, Lisa Kim Sanborn, and New Haven Ballet will be recognized for having exhibited exceptional business or community leadership skills, noteworthy results, and being an active participant in local organizations.
SUNSPOT INNOVATION AWARD: NEW HAVEN BALLET
To an organization employing innovative approaches to success and impact.
Discounted Tickets: School Groups & Retirement Residences
Contact New Haven Ballet if your school group or retirement residence would like to attend The Nutcracker on December 16-18, 2022 at the Shubert Theatre New Haven. Guest stars from New York City Ballet will perform as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier.
School groups may purchase tickets as low as $20 per seat.
Retirement residences may receive a 25% discount on tickets.
Contact New Haven Ballet for more information at email: administrator@newhavenballet.org or tel. 203-782-9038.
Boo!
New Haven Ballet encourages students who attend classes and/or rehearsals on Friday, October 28, Saturday, October 29, and/or Sunday, October 30, to wear dancewear other than their class uniforms or other dance class appropriate Halloween costumes.
Class attire must not compromise a student’s ability to dance fully; props are not allowed, and costumes may not leave glitter, feathers, etc., on the floor.
If you are so inclined, please make a donation to the NHB Annual Fund
We look forward to seeing your spellbinding attire!
Beginning Ballet Offered through 11/28
New Haven Ballet’s Monday morning 10:00 a.m. beginning ballet class will be offered through November 28. This one-hour class is perfect for beginners, those who may have taken a long hiatus away from ballet, and those recovering from an injury who are reintroducing a slower paced, lower impact class as they return to full capacity. If you are interested in trying ballet for the first time we encourage you to attend our Monday morning class taught by Kelsey Paff in our beautifully appointed studio in downtown New Haven. Email: administrator@newhavenballet.org for more information.
NYCB’s Harrison Coll to Perform as Cavalier
Artistic Director, Lisa Kim Sanborn, announces that New York City Ballet’s Harrison Coll will perform as the Cavalier in New Haven Ballet’s 2022 production of The Nutcracker at the Shubert Theatre New Haven on December 16-18, 2022. Mr. Coll will join NYCB’s Sara Adams, who will perform as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Click Here to See Harrison Coll in NYCB’s Justin Peck ballet, “Easy”
Click Here to Purchase Nutcracker Tickets
Harrison Coll Bio
Harrison Coll joined New York City Ballet as a dancer in 2012 and was promoted to Soloist in 2018. He has danced numerous featured roles with the company, performing ballets by choreographers such as: Jerome Robbins, Justin Peck, and George Balanchine. Mr. Coll worked as a creative collaborator for Justin Peck’s 2018 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, and performed with cast for the Tony Awards that year. He is featured as a Jet in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and plays one of the “fancy free” sailors in Bradley Cooper’s upcoming film “Maestro”.
NYCB’s Sara Adams to Perform as Sugar Plum Fairy
New Haven Ballet is pleased to announce that New York City Ballet soloist, Sara Adams, will perform as the Sugar Plum Fairy in New Haven Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker at the Shubert Theatre New Haven on December 16-18, 2022. New Haven Ballet Artistic Director, Lisa Kim Sanborn, states, “We are thrilled to have Sara perform with us. She knows many of our students having been a member of New Haven Ballet’s faculty a few years ago. She is an absolutely stunning dancer and I cannot wait for our audiences to see her perform.”
Click Here to See Sara Adams perform NYCB’s Raymonda Variations
Click Here for Tickets to The Nutcracker
Sara Adams Bio
Sara Adams was born in Dennis, Massachusetts, and began her dance training at the age of six at the Mid-Cape Ballet Academy.
She later studied at the Boston Ballet School, before taking a summer course at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, during the summer of 2003.
She enrolled as a full-time student at SAB from 2003 to 2008. She became an apprentice with NYCB in June 2008 and became a member of the corps de ballet in September 2009. In February 2017, Ms. Adams was promoted to soloist.
Honors
Ms. Adams was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in 2007.
Nutcracker Tickets On Sale
Tickets for New Haven Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Shubert Theatre New Haven are on sale! Tickets
https://www.shubert.com/
