Company members from the Ballet and All That Jazz dance school will perform excerpts from Act II of “The Nutcracker” during the holiday season.

The ballerinas don costumes for the continuous performance which includes the Spanish, Arabian, Chinese, Russian and Sugar Plum Fairy variations.  At the conclusion of the 30 minute program a liturgical dance, choreographed by the artistic director, Ranelle Flurie dedicated to the memory of Erika Thimey is performed.

The schedule is as follows:

Nov. 29th Potomac Towers 7:00 pm
Dec. 5th  Coffman Nursing Home  6:30 pm
Dec.6th  Valley Mall (JC Penney) 7:00 pm
Dec. 7th  Western Maryland Hospital  6:45 pm
Dec. 8th  Broadmore Assisted Living  7pm
Dec. 13th  Homewood Retirement Center  6:30pm

The last week of dance classes before the holiday break is December 12-17, Classes will resume on Tuesday January 3, 2012!

Mark your calendars, the Spring Recital is Saturday May 19, 2012

Come learn contemporary, jazz & hip-hop with Bonnie Slawson, of Motion Mania & Commotion Dance Studios in Germantown where she also directs Motion Mania Dance Theatre, a professional jazz company.

One Week Only:
June 13 – 17, 2011 – Monday through Friday
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Ages 9 & Up
Cost – $150.00

Classical Ballet

Susie Banks, formerly with the Houston Ballet and a Hagerstown native, will teach classical variations and character dance.

One Week Only:
June 20 – 24, 2011 – Monday through Friday
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Ages 9 & Up
Cost – $150.00

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Session I – June 13 – 16, 2011
Session II – June 20 – 23, 2011

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Rehearsals on Wednesday and Thursday are at the Maryland Theatre for dress rehearsal.  Rehearsals during the week of May 16 will be in place of the regular class schedule. You can click, view and print the full schedule here.

The schedule is as follows:

Dec 6th  Homewood 6:30pm
Dec. 7th  Valley Mall (in front of JCPenney)   7pm
Dec.8th  Broadmore 6:30pm
Dec. 9th  Potomac Towers  6:30pm
Dec. 13th  Loyalton  7pm
Dec. 16th  Western MD Hospital  6:30pm

For further info. call the ballet school at 301-797-2100.
 Thanks

November 29 – December 4

All of Ranelle Flurie’s classes, plus the following classes:

Tuesday, November 30 – Ballet I/II (Courtney Summers’ class)

Thursday, December 2 – Jazz IV, Jazz V, Hip Hop II, Hip-Hop III (Julie
Fritsch, Ranelle Flurie and Courtney Summers’ classes)

December 6 – 11

Monday, December 6 – Ballet II, Jazz II, Jazz IV/V, Hip-Hop I  (Julie Fritsch and Whitney Crawford’s classes)

Tuesday, December 7 –Pre-Ballet II, Tap I, Tap II, Tap III  (Molly Folsom & Mary King’s classes)

Wednesday, December 8 – Jazz III, Ballet IV/V, Modern I, Modern II and
Modern III (Lorna Rajahpillay & Julie Fritsch’s classes)

Thursday, December 9 – Ballet III/IV, Ballet IV, Jazz III/IV (Julie Fritsch & Courtney Summers’ classes)

Saturday, December 11 – BTJ dancers (Molly Folsom’s class)

You may bring family members and friends as well as cameras and video recorders.  Additional parking is available across the street.  Mark your calendars.  The last week of dance classes is December 13-18, 2010.  Classes will resume on Monday, January 3, 2011!  The Spring recital is Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the Maryland Theatre, which is NOT Memorial weekend!