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The Magic of the Dance The Thrill of the Performance
Rehearsal Audition's January 2010
The Rehearsal Auditions held in January accepted Kara Leatherbarrow, Chelsie Scaddins and Caitrin Barrett-Donlan as
new dancers with the Company. Kara and Chelsie join as Coryphees, and Caitrin as a Soloist. We hope that
they will enjoy their time with us and learn more about ballet as a performing art.
The next Audition Sessions
to be held will be after Coppelia, in April, where we will be accepting dancers for our final ballet of the season, 'Snow
White'. If you would like to be put on the Audition List please let us know and we will be in contact with you
nearer the time with the full details etc.
There are NO fees or charges to participate in the Audition or
the Assessment. Contact South Coast Ballet to register your interest.
New Male dancers are offered FREE Membership
for the 2009/10 year
Casting for Coppelia
Swanilda will
be danced by Stephanie Walker (Mats) and Chelcie Hunt (Eves)
Franz - Ibu Langoo
Dr Coppelius - to
be finalised
Dawn - Madeleine West
Prayer - Allanha Tucker
Amour - Emily Dilke
Bridesmaid - Olivia Mills
Gypsy - Caitrin Barratt-Donlan
Friends - Madeleine West, Olivia Mills, Allanha Tucker, Emily Dilke, Caitrin
Barratt- Donlan, Chelcie Hunt (Mats) or
Stephanie Walker (Eves),
Reapers and Spinners - Artistes
Villagers (Maypole) - Artistes
Townsfolk (Stick)
- Coryphees
Dolls (Act Two) - Coryphees
Waltz of the Hours - Coryphees
Dancers and Actors 18 and over
are most welcome to become involved and play one of our many character roles available. Please contact the Artistic Director
direct for full details or see elsewhere on this website for full listing.
Rehearsals are going very well
indeed and all the cast are enjoying the many delights that performing in Coppelia offers.
Season 2009/10
Traditional
Christmas Season
The Nutcracker - December 11th to 13th 2009
Pier Theatre, Bournemouth
(These
Performances have now been concluded)
Classical Repertoire Season
Coppelia
- April 13th to 14th 2010
Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
(Currently in Rehearsal)
Original
Premiere Season
Snow White - July 1st to 3rd 2010
Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
We hope you will agree that this is an interesting season of ballet, which offers fabulous music for the dancers to get
to know and understand, which will support beautiful choreography and delightful storylines - this season will surely entertain
in a diverse range of ways.
For dancers this season will also give them the opportunity to extend and explore their
acting and mime skills, creativity and humour, as well as their ability to develop characters. It will also challenge
them with both their classical and character dance skills and technique.
We hope you will be tempted to come and
see all three ballets. We are not only fabulously entertaining but real value for money too! - our three seasons cost less
than one touring company performance! By supporting us you are supporting your local youngsters and their future careers,
as well as all the other artists involved with us.
Au Revoir, Zoe!!
How sad it is that
we will not have Zoe Brewer rehearsing with us every week any more!! We will miss her, and her gorgeous smile!!
But Zoe has accepted permanent regular employment, and so can't be doing two things at once. We wish her all the
best. Zoe has expressed interest in performing with South Coast Ballet in future productions as a character dance artist,
and so will still be involved in some capacity with us again.
Spectacle in the Square 2010
South
Coast Ballet has been extended an invitation to perform at the Spectacle in the Square to celebrate Bournemouth's Bicentennary.
We will be presenting a 20 minute section of highlights from Coppelia. This will be a great opportunity for us to showcase
'Coppelia' and generate some public interest in us and our performances. The date has been set as Sunday 14th March.
There will be massive, covered outdoor stages and loads of other facilities, so it is going to be a very big event!! It will
not cost any money for dancers to be involved in the event, just the effort of getting to the venue and taking part. Very
exciting.
Promotions
Congratulations to Misses Annie
Stratman and Lauren Dawes who have both been promoted from Artiste to Coryphee in time for the Coppelia season. Annie has
been an original member of South Coast Ballet and has all four seasons of ballet under her belt. She is working at Intermediate
Foundation level and has not only demonstrated strong ballet technique (which will be needed in the choreography for Coppelia)
but has shown incredible development on stage as a dancer, and always works to a high personal standard. Lauren has three
seasons of ballet with us under her belt and has also proven her abilties on stage and has quite an eidetic memory! She has
also come ahead in leaps and bounds in her technical work since starting training at Intermediate Foundation level earlier
this year. Both dancers train with Nicola Orchard at the Orchard Academy of Dance and Performing Arts. Congratulations to them
both - the hard work starts in January, but I am sure they will both enjoy the challenge of it.
We would also
like to announce the Promotion of Miss Olivia Mills from Coryphee to Soloist level. With three performance seasons behind
her, a Solo opportunity as well as a supporting lead role, Olivia has demonstrated many of the qualities we look for in a
Soloist dancer. Olivia has worked hard, embraced the opportunities given her, explored her own potential talents and shown
consistency and improvement in her technical work. Like the Shining Star that she was in recent performances of The Nutcracker,
we are sure that Olivia will show us more of what she has to offer by being a Soloist.
Congratulations to all
three dancers who have been Promoted this season.
South Coast Ballet December 2009
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