Apr 2010
Irish Workshop with Riverdancers
April 19, 2010 11:43 AM
Irish Students Attend Private Workshop With Riverdancers
On Saturday, April 17th over 45 of our Irish students had the
opportunity to attend a private workshop with the dancers from
"Riverdance" at the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center. Our students were
joined by 55 students from Richmond making a grand total of 100 students
at the worskhop. The instructors included Lead Dancer-Padraic Moyles,
Dance Captain: Maeve Croke and Troupe members: Kevin Horton, Lisa
Murphy, and Craig Ashurst. All the students received great feedback and
advice from the instructors on their dancing and also got to ask them
questions during the Q & A session.
That evening those that attended the 8:00pm show at the Landmark
Theater got to meet all the troupe members after the show to get
autographs and pictures! It was a fun, inspiring day for our dancers
and one they will take with them forever!
On Saturday, April 17th over 45 of our Irish students had the
opportunity to attend a private workshop with the dancers from
"Riverdance" at the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center. Our students were
joined by 55 students from Richmond making a grand total of 100 students
at the worskhop. The instructors included Lead Dancer-Padraic Moyles,
Dance Captain: Maeve Croke and Troupe members: Kevin Horton, Lisa
Murphy, and Craig Ashurst. All the students received great feedback and
advice from the instructors on their dancing and also got to ask them
questions during the Q & A session.
That evening those that attended the 8:00pm show at the Landmark
Theater got to meet all the troupe members after the show to get
autographs and pictures! It was a fun, inspiring day for our dancers
and one they will take with them forever!
On Stage America Competition
April 19, 2010 08:46 AM
FBC Competition Dance Teams in Pom, Tap and Lyrical all received Platinum! This is the highest level of award our teams have received thus far. The Platinum Awards did not end there, Rachel Surles received one for her Lyrical Solo and Ixchel Mendez received one for her Contemporary Solo. Ixchel also received a special award entitled, “Breathtaking.” The lyrical trio group of Hayley Burton, Sarah Rice and Syndey O’Toole received a High-Gold and special praise for their piece entitled “September 12th” from one of the judges stating the piece was full of “wonderful technique” and “original concept and choreography.” Amy Habel is the choreographer for this piece. Jazz soloist Heather Forrest received a Gold for her high spirited dance and Lyrical soloist Jessica Cornell showed improvement by receiving Gold as well.
Teen Ballet Performs
April 01, 2010 07:59 AM
Teen Ballet was asked to perform as an opening act at South Stafford School's Spring Show. The audience was filled with parents, teachers, elementary and kindergarten aged dancers eager to see the "sneak peak" of their dance they have been working on for Fredericksburg Ballet's Spring Show. The show took place the evening of March 29th, and they danced beautifully!