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Shared Ability Begins 3/9
The goals of the program include increasing New Haven Ballet’s accessibility, creating an opportunity for New Haven Ballet and differently abled artists to meet, interact, and share their experiences and skills, and fulfilling New Haven Ballet’s mission:
“To provide the greater New Haven Community with exceptional classical ballet training, performances, and outreach programs, which nurture appreciation of ballet and foster the joy of dance.”
WHAT: Weekly dance workshop for differently abled artists
WHEN: Saturdays, March 9 through May 11, 2019
TIME: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Community Foundation Building, Lower Level (LL), 70 Audubon Street, New Haven, CT
WHO: Differently abled artists aged 10+ years
FEE: $215 (Financial assistance available. No student turned away based on inability to pay)
Mary Ann Mayer Rescheduled
New Haven Ballet is excited to welcome Mary Ann Mayer on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Ms. Mayer will offer ballet technique classes to Levels 2, 3 and 4 students at the Whitney Arts Center, 591 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT. This FREE workshop is offered to all NHB students enrolled in Levels 2, 3 and 4.
We encourage all to attend!
What: Ballet Technique Master Classes with Mary Ann Mayer
Who: Levels 2, 3 & 4 students
Cost: FREE
Location: 591 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2019
Level 2 class 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Level 3 class 11:30-1:00 p.m.
Students wear class uniform
Emily Coates Master Class
Ms. Emily Coates will teach a Master Class Tuesday, March 5, 2019, from 4:30-6:00 pm for NHB levels 5-8 students in Danspace, 70 Audubon Street, New Haven.
Emily Coates Biography
A dance artist and writer, Emily Coates has directed the Dance Studies curriculum at Yale University since its inception in 2006. A recipient of the Poorvu Family Award for Interdisciplinary Teaching, she teaches dance in dialogue with theater, film, visual art, and physics, for Theater Studies and the Yale School of Drama. She has performed internationally with New York City Ballet (NYCB), Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project, Twyla Tharp, and Yvonne Rainer. Career highlights include dancing three duets with Baryshnikov, in works by Mark Morris, Karole Armitage, and Erick Hawkins. She was among the last generation of NYCB dancers to work closely with Jerome Robbins. She has presented her solo and collaborative creations at Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Zankel Hall, Harvard, Cornell, Brown, in the Movement Research Fall Festival and Performa Biennial, and created new work for Ballet Memphis, among other venues. Her essays have appeared in PAJ, Theater, and The Huffington Post. With particle physicist Sarah Demers, she is currently co-writing a book on physics and dance forthcoming from Yale University Press, with support from an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant for Public Understanding of Science, Technology, and Economics. Their science-art video Three Views of the Higgs and Dance, funded by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, premiered in 2013. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in English and holds an M.A. in American Studies from Yale.
