Mar 2002

Royal Academy of Dance Majors Exams

The Dance Center is hosting Royal Academy of Dance Majors Exams March 14 -16th for dancers from across the Inland Empire and southern British Columbia.  Eighteen Dance Center students are participating.  The examiner--who has been the Majors examiner at the Dance Center once before--is Miss Mary Moe Adams.  Miss Adams is originally from Hong Kong and now resides in the United States.   Good luck dancers!
Miss Adams will present a free seminar on the new marking system for RAD

majors--open to all students, parents and teachers--on March 16th, 1-4 pm.  Miss Adams will also present a master class for students elementary and above on March 16th, 4:30-6 pm.  The Master Class costs $12.

SBE performances open at Hayden Meadows

In their first performances of the 2001-02 season, the Spokane Ballet Ensemble (SBE) will stage the ballet Coppelia for the Hayden Meadows Elementary School on March 1st.  Eight of the twelve performances the nonprofit performing company mounts this season are educational outreach  performances at area elementary schools.
Dancers, parents and choreographers have been working hard to get this show ready to take on the road.  The ballet has elaborate new sets, including a balcony over a doorway that is so tall

the cast doesn't get to practice on it until it is assembled at the school! 
Special thanks to Jon Jeanneret who spent hours getting the set ready, and will transport, set-up and run the lighting for the productions.  Special thanks also go the Newton family who created a wardrobe for the 'doll,' and Deborah Loy who designed and painted the new backdrop depicting the inside of a house.  Many thanks to everyone who helped paint, get props and costumes ready, transport and set-up equipment, and do everything else to get the production ready!           Break a leg SBE!