The Spokane Ballet Ensemble is a nonprofit performing arts organization
providing pre-professional dance students with training in classical
ballet repertoire and performance opportunities and enriching
the greater Spokane Community through educational and entertaining
productions.
In the past years, SBE dancers performed internationally touring
in London,
Paris, Russia, Denmark, Spain, Morocco, Australia and Fiji.
Former SBE
dancers have gone on to professional ballet careers dancing
with companies
such as the Pacific NW Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theater and the
Disney
Corporation. Some SBE dancers are now studying dance at
universities
nationwide, and others are teaching dance.
For the past 18 years, the SBE has been staging quality ballet
performances at area elementary schools. Elementary school gymnasiums
are transformed into theaters, complete with special flooring,
backdrops, sound systems, lighting and wings. SBE has
performed for nearly every elementary school in the greater
Spokane area, including the Coeur D'Alene schools. There
are currently four performances each school year reaching approximately
500 children per school. Through the 18 years of SBE performances
over 30,0000 children have benefited from the productions.
Community Performance Fundraiser
for the Food Bank has been SBE's mission for the past five
years. SBE performs an annual performance at a major
theater, such as the MET. This performance is a fundraiser
for the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest (formerly
the Spokane Food Bank.) Community audiences have experience
the same high quality performances at those staged at the
area elementary schools.
La Fille Mal Gardee Cast
2001 - Cast A
La Fille Mal Gardee Cast
2001 - Cast B
Le Patineurs Cast - 2001
Watch for the 2002 spring
production of Coppelia!
Spokane Ballet Ensemble Company Members 2001-2002
Ashley Bliesner
Alisha Burger
Cyrielle Criscione
Rachel Danielson
Kelly DesRosiers
Patrick DesRosiers
Sarah Fain
Megan Galvin
Rachael Gray
Heather Gwynn
Abbra Hopkins
Holly Jeanneret
Laurel Johnson
Blake Linde
Kirsten Lindsey
Mark Lindsey
Rachel Newton
Jaimie Norisada
Erin O'Connell
Mikayla Osborne
Alyssa Ricken
Kara Samargis
Bianca Serafini
Carissa Silvis
Kelsey Small
Jenni Solberg
Guest Artists:
Gordon Davis
John Jeanneret
Grant Ricken
SHARI DAVIS/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
DARLA STEPHENS/CHOREOGRAPHER
The Spokane Ballet Ensemble is in residence at The Dance Center
of Spokane on the South Hill at 57th and Perry. SBE was
born out of the teachers of the
Dance Center and rehearsals are held at the studio. The SBE
was formed 18 years ago to provide dance students, ages 10 to
18, with performance experience. SBE dancers take an average
of 12 hours of classes each week and spend additional time in
performances. Auditions are held at the Dance Center in
September. Intermediate level audition for various parts
for the current years ballet production.
The Dance Center of Spokane
2001
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