LUMIERE BALLET  35-C Corbin Ave., Bay Shore, NY 11706         (631) 586-2921

Upcoming Performances

ANNUAL  GRADUATION  PERFORMANCE

Saturday, June 15  at 7pm  at Town Hall West    401, Islip, NY

All level students are featured in the ballet class concert and in classical and new repertoire as well as in character dance

CINDERELLA

Assisted by Town of Babylon, Department of Cultural Affairs. Richard Schaffer, Supervisor.
The two act ballet production is the culmination of the Summer Intensive Studies 2013.

This production is in part supported by funding from Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning. Special Thanks to Suffolk County Legislator Duwayne Gregory.

THE NUTCRACKER

in the photo: Oksana Maslova and Anton Kandaurov

The Maguire Theater at SUNY College in Old Westbury, NY

Tickets: Tickets can be purchased at the studio or by phone with a credit card. Please call (631) 586-2921. Lumiere Ballet accepts Visa, Master Card and Discover or you may pay by check. Tickets are mailed as soon as payment is received.

Adults: $30
Seniors / Children  $25
Group sales: $15 (minimum of fifteen people)

Directions: Long Island Expressway (LIE 495) to exit 41N (turn right) and bear left, follow sign for Route 107 go for about 1 mile the entrance to SUNY College is on the left hand side on Route 107.

Recent Performances

COPPELIA

Assisted by Town of Babylon, Department of Cultural Affairs. Richard Schaffer, Supervisor.

The two act ballet production is the culmination of the Summer Intensive Studies.

The NUTCRACKER 2010 - 2011, 2012

Two informative lectures were presented at the Dokoudovsky New York Conservatory of Dance, by members of the Russian Nobility Association, Ludmila Polchaninova Selinsky and Svetlana Caton-Noble. Ludmila Selinsky opened with Roehrich's painting for one of Diaghilev's ballets "The Rite of Spring". The image testifies the high place that dance has been occupying in the Russian culture from the earliest of times. She continued with a description of the social, economic and political backdrop in Russia stressing the period that preceeded the break of the Revolution.

Svetlana Caton-Noble introduced the history of ballet from the XVII century on. She showed seventeen images and gave biographical notes of artists and intellectuals whose talent and work shaped the Art World in Russia, particularly the art of ballet in the world today. Coincidently, like Ludmila Selinsky, Svetlana Caton-Noble chose to conclude with also an image of Roehrich's work; The Madonna holding the Banner of Peace: "Where there is Culture, there is Peace, where there is Peace, there is Culture."

The Ballet Performance featured two guest artists, Oksana Maslova and Anton Kandaurov in Sleeping Beauty Pas de Deux. Aina Tadokoro, Tatiana Ferraro, Gabriella Albanese and Briana Gobourne performed sections of the ballet Paquita (Choreography of Petipa). Aina Tadokoro closed the performance with a variation from La Esmeralda.

Special thanks to Patricia Dokoudovsky for hosting this event. Many thanks to Peter Ward of Lindenhurst Library for supplying us with an overhead projector.

The Unspoken Story of Tchaikovsky and Nadezhda von Meck.

This new ballet has been choreographed by Venti Petrov. It was presented one night only with an all professional cast gathered from various ballet companies including American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet and Kiev National Ballet.

Cast:

Reviewed by Nina Alovert in Russian Bazaar Weekly No. 16.

Danses d'Automne were presented by the Department of Foreign Languages at the USMA, West Point. The Gala, a black tie formal event was organized by Dr. Rajaa Chouairi and attended by Cadets, officers, professors and residents from the area. The program was directed by Svetlana Caton-Noble and included a Spanish Dance with Tatiana Ferraro and Nana Tadokoro. Tchaikovsky's Russian Nobility dance with Aina Tadokoro, selections from "Giselle" with Rochelle Martin and Petrov's "The Gentleman" with Aina Tadokoro and Venti Petrov.

Closing the performance 10 cadets volunteered to partner our dancers. Lead by Svetlana Caton-Noble they learn and performed The Polonaise, a dignified dance of Polish origin that has often been performed at court balls and other royal functions.

Review by Ben Meyers in the Woodbury Gazette Nov. 10, 2011.