Media City Ballet Hosts Open Rehearsal

Media City Ballet will host an Open Rehearsal for members of the press and invited guests.  Notables who will be in attendance include:  Roland Armstorff (Media City Ballet Board Member); Natalie Garrotto (San Francisco Opera and Media City Ballet Board Member); Roberta Laune (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) and her husband, Bob Blank; Charles Maple (Director and Choreographer for The Maple Youth Ballet; American Ballet Theatre); Dorothy Matsie (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) and her husband, Ken Wade; Paul Maure (Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo); Natasha Middleton (Artistic Director and Choreographer of Media City Ballet); Patricia Peters (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) and her husband Walt Monczka; Cindy Pease (President, Board of Directors, Media City Ballet); Ruben Tonoyan (Ballet Master, Media City Ballet); Andrei Tremaine (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) and his wife Hiroko Tremaine; Tom Pease (Media City Ballet Board Member); and Elmarie Wendel (Ballet Russe Remembered Producer).

An Open Rehearsal for invited guests and members of the press for Media City Ballet's upcoming Seventh Season Opener, "Ballet Russe Remembered," including: Alexander Borodin's "Polovtsian Dances" from "Prince Igor" and selections from Carl Maria von Weber's "Le Spectre de la Rose;" Alexander Glazunov's "Raymonda" Variations; Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Shehérézade" and Jacques Offenbach's "Le Can-Can" from "Gaîté Parisienne."  The Maple Youth Ballet, based in Irvine, CA, will appear as a Guest Ballet Company performing George Balanchine's "Valse-Fantaisie," which features a windswept pattern of dancing in waltz rhythms, with music by Mikhail Glinka and costumes by Karinska.
 
The rehearsal will take place at Media Dance Centre; 237 East Palm Avenue; Burbank, CA  91502 on Sunday, April 20, 2008 from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. for members of the press and invited guests.

Members of the General Public can purchase tickets to "Ballet Russe Remembered," to be presented on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the Alex Theatre; 216 N. Brand Boulevard; Glendale, CA  91203 by calling the Alex Box Office at 818-243-ALEX (2539).  Tickets are $20.00, $38.00 and $48.00 each.   Discounts are available for Groups of 15 or more, Seniors, Students and Children under 12.  For information on Discounted Family Packs and Group Sales, please call the Alex Theatre at 818-243-7700, ext. 216.  To purchase tickets online, please visit the website, www.alextheatre.org.  For further information, please vistit Media City Ballet's website, www.mediacityballet.org. 

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