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Message from Artistic Director
September 2, 2023
Dear New Haven Ballet Families,
I hope you enjoyed a fantastic summer and are ready to begin the fall. All of us at New Haven Ballet are excited to welcome new and returning students to the studio.
This is an exciting time to be part of New Haven Ballet and I feel privileged to be part of this community. Our first summer residency at Choate was incredible and I look forward to sharing news about expanding the program next summer.
You may see some new faces as Heidi Yu returns to the faculty to teach Levels 2, 3 and 4, and we welcome Julien Kanor who will be working with Mr. Tim and students in the Children’s Division.
During the month of September, I encourage students in Levels 3-8 to try something new by attending one or more of the nine weekly enrichment classes for FREE. Enrichment classes support and maximize a student’s progress and potential. Students in levels 3-8 should participate in at least one weekly conditioning class. Broadway and Contemporary dance classes build physical strength, flexibility, musicality, and broaden a dancer’s overall technical skills and artistry.
Finally, I understand many of us are focused on The Nutcracker. Auditions will be held September 23-24 and are open to students enrolled at New Haven Ballet in Creative Ballet 1 through Level 8. For those who have questions about the process I invite you to attend a meeting on Saturday, September 9.
If you have a general question please do not hesitate to ask Ruth Barker at Tel. 203-782-9038 or email:Â administrator@
As the Artistic Director I will continue to dedicate myself to this organization, and feel confident that together we will make great things happen at New Haven Ballet!
Click Here to See What’s Happening this Fall!
Yours sincerely,
Lisa Kim Sanborn
Artistic Director
Auditions for The Nutcracker
New Haven Ballet is looking for classically trained child dancers for our upcoming Nutcracker production. Auditions are September 23-24, 2023. Students enrolled at New Haven Ballet in Creative Ballet 1 through Level 8 (ages 4+ years) are eligible to participate.
2021 Nutcracker Video Showing
New Haven Ballet will show both casts of the 2021 Nutcracker:
Friday, January 6, 2023
ECA ACES Arts Hall, 55 Audubon Street (Orange Street Entrance)
Fri/Sun Cast 4:30-5:45 p.m.
Sat/Sat Cast 6:00-7:15 p.m.
$5 Entrance Fee
In the Studio
New Haven Ballet invites you inside the studio as Artistic Director, Lisa Kim Sanborn, and Alejandro Ulloa work with students preparing to perform The Nutcracker.
Thank You Q House
Congratulations to the New Haven Ballet dancers who were spectacular in their performance at the Dixwell Community House (“Q House”) on Sunday. Thank you to everyone who came out to support us and a special thank you to Yakima Robinson and LEAP for partnering with us.
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.
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.
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.Â
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!
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.
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