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Welcome to Arizona Ballet Theatre
Submitted by Cecily on May 26, 2006 - 4:17pm.Ballet Dancers Turn Out BetterTM
Please move your mouse curser over the following text and click to view our Spring 2008 Class Schedule, Calendar, Tuition Table, and Dress Code
Here are some photos of activities related to our Arizona Ballet Theatre, School of Schools, June performances of Choreographic Homage 2007. Please note that dancers of all ages in our pre-ballet, ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, and theater arts classes participated, as well as professional level and adult dancers who continue to take classes in our Tucson studios.
Miss Cecily Starts Her Day With Adult Ballet! (How alliterative.)
Our Lovely ABT Studios are located at 2512 E 6th Street, near the corner of Tucson Boulevard, in Tucson.
Our phone number is (520)322-8019 - Our email address is: misscecily@mac.com
Announcing our Summer Program 2008 - Click Here , or, click on the Image just above, for details.
Miss Cecily's Daily Blog, providing current information and thoughts to our Arizona Ballet Theatre dancers and their families, is further down on this page.
Friday, May 16th, 2008 - Rehearsals on Saturday and Sunday - Congratulations to U of A Graduates (;=)
Submitted by Cecily on May 16, 2008 - 6:11am.Important Reminder - Please Note and Save this Coming Sunday Afternoon for Rehearsals!
- Full Cast Rehearsals - Ballet at 1PM and Modern at Noon- Sunday, May 18th! at ABT Studios in Tucson...
- That's This Sunday!!!
- These are extremely important large rehearsals, as we rapidly approach this Performance Season.
- Thank you for keeping up to date by tuning into my daily blog!
- That's This Sunday!!!
- These are extremely important large rehearsals, as we rapidly approach this Performance Season.
- Thank you for keeping up to date by tuning into my daily blog!
Good Morning Dancers, Dreamers, AND Graduates,
Ballet Classes today - as usual. Saturday classes - as usual.
Full Cast Rehearsal (Ballet) 1PM & (Modern) Noon- Sunday, May 18th! This Sunday!!!
Come prepared to Purchase Tickets, ask questions about supplies your dancer may need (or any other topic), and be prepared to pitch in to help!
Today I am the Proud Mama of a U of A College of Science Graduate, and I am walking on air! Thank you Universe!
May all your celebrations be joyful, sunny and bright! May you be contented in your lives and full of hope and dreams.
Since graduation day is all about Mom, Mommy, and Mamma, I will rerun this video in honor of graduation Day Moms Let's remember to appreciate our Moms everyday. (Dads too, but that's another story.) To underscore how important Moms are, here is "The Mom" song, sung to the William Tell Overture, by Anita Renfroe.
What a Mom says in 24 hours, condensed into 2 minutes and 55 seconds!!! !
TaDa!!
Where would we be without the love and support of our Moms?
Important Reminders
Buy Tickets for Both Performances!!
We are full speed ahead towards our Two Performances May 31st and June 1st. Please invite all your friends and family to attend; tickets are selling well. Our goal is to be Sold-Out before we even go into the Stevie Eller Theatre for rehearsals after Memorial Day Weekend. We can do it if we work together!
This coming Sunday, May 18th, we are spending several hours rehearsing at the Arizona Ballet Theatre Studios. Norman will see his dancers for his modern piece from Noon to I PM. All performers in my Ballet - Homage 2008 - are expected at 1PM. The Pre Ballet groups should be finished by 2 PM. Tween, teen, and adult performers will be done at 3PM. Margaret and her costume team will be fitting costumes throughout the afternoon. Please check for details posted in the Lobby when you attend your regular classes today, Friday, and tomorrow, Sarturday..
Keep in mind that we expect to see our performers more than usual during the upcoming days which lead to the all important performances. Plan to spend extra time at the Studios before and after classes when questions can be answered and difficult dance passages can be reviewed.
Also, this is the time to be preparing fresh & clean dance shoes and other necessary items for the shows. Purchase extra tights just in case, and make sure to have plenty of hair supplies. I cannot count the number of times little performers have appeared at the theatre with no hair fixing items of any type. Each dancer should have her own hair brush, hair nets, hair pins and bobby pins not to mention spray, gel or mousse to hold wispies in place.
We are full speed ahead towards our Two Performances May 31st and June 1st. Please invite all your friends and family to attend; tickets are selling well. Our goal is to be Sold-Out before we even go into the Stevie Eller Theatre for rehearsals after Memorial Day Weekend. We can do it if we work together!
Keep in mind that we expect to see our performers more than usual during the upcoming days which lead to the all important performances. Plan to spend extra time at the Studios before and after classes when questions can be answered and difficult dance passages can be reviewed.
I will keep these little reminders coming over the next few weeks. The Shows will be upon us almost before we know it, and they will be magical!
See you soon for classes and rehearsal on Sunday which takes place AT THE ABT STUDIOS!!!!!!!
I'll See All My Wonderful Dancers Soon at Our Cozy Love-Filled ABT Studios!! - ¡Nos vemos en los Estudios ABT!
Smiling Miss Cecily, Excited About Dancing and Rehearsing with You - Señora Cecilia
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 - May Day!
Submitted by Cecily on May 15, 2008 - 7:26am.
Good Morning Dancers, Dreamers & Graduates,
My son, Raf, graduates today, and I am in "Proud Mama" mode. Congratulations to all the graduates who are attending commencements this week, and to their families and friends.
ABT is on track and humming like the sweetest and prettiest hummingbird in the Old Pueblo.
Enjoy the day!
I'll see everyone this afternoon, tomorrow, or Sunday, May 18th for our next Full Cast Rehearsal.
Miss Cecily Feeling Especially Proud
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Submitted by Cecily on May 14, 2008 - 6:03am.
Good Morning Dancers & Dreamers,
Congratulations to Tuesday's dancers! We got an enormous amount done in both of my classes yesterday, and I was very pleased with the good behavior and excellent focus. Norman's dancers also had a very good rehearsal; I understand that his classes were somewhat different than the norm. I think there may be some squawking quads in town today...dance is forever challenging and, therefore, forever interesting.
Megan informed me that both she and Michael need to hold their Saturday classes over the Memorial Day Weekend, so plan accordingly. I was quite dismayed to learn that Saturday attendance has been so spotty since the beginning of April that progress on the pieces for the show has been affected. It is very frustrating for teacher/choreographers when dancers are missing and the whole cast is never actually together. Many dance schools simply solve the dilemma by forbidding dancers who don't attend from performing. While we at ABT have gone to great lengths to avoid such harsh measures, there comes a moment when the piece is in jeopardy and that is unfair to those who attend steadily as well as the teachers who want everyone to look their best!
Having said that, I know that each of you will pace now yourselves in all your various activities so that you can focus to the best of your abilities in your dance classes. I have confidence in you all and want you to be the very best you can be.
Remember that we have a Full Cast rehearsal this coming Sunday, May 18th. The only dancers not required to attend are the few of you who appear in Megan's Jazz piece ONLY and are not participating in any of the ballet pieces.
I'll see you all later today and I can't wait!
Miss Cecily Keeping Us On Track
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Submitted by Cecily on May 13, 2008 - 6:52am.GOOD MORNING DREAMING DANCERS, READERS, AND BUSY PEOPLE!!! -- ¡HOLA BAILARINES! ( ;-)


