PENNSYLVANIA BALLET.* 38 dancers * 35-week contract (September through June) * 12 weeks of performing in Philadelphia (about 72 performances) including the holiday spectacular, George Balanchine's The Nutcracker and at least one world premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 each season. Creative programming initiatives such as the Family Matinee Series and Prologue Lecture Series, and educational outreach programs such as Accent on Dance * Home Theater: Academy of Music (seats 2803) * Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra * Touring: (this season included) J.F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Huge cultural complex (opened 1971) in Washington, D.C., with a total of six stages, designed by Edward Durell Stone. The complex, surfaced in marble, makes use of the ornamental facade screens for which the architect was known. in Washington, D.C. and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania * Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet is the official school, but there are also open auditions for the company each spring. Videotapes may be sent as auditions by special arrangement with the artistic director or assistant. Pennsylvania Ballet 1101 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 215/551-7000; pennballet1@aol.com Roy Kaiser, Artistic Director Michael Scolamiero, Executive Director Jeffrey Gribler, Ballet Master Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet 1101 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 215/551-7010 Summer session 2001 7/3-7/22 and/or 7/24-8/11 Philadelphia is the fifth largest city in the United States and boasts a metropolitan population of 5.8 million. Located one hundred miles south of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , it is served by all modern modes of transportation: air, rail, highway, and a public transit network of bus, subway, and trolley services. The city has four distinct seasons with moderately cold winter (average 33 [degrees] F. in January) and hot, humid summers (average 75 [degrees] F in July). An area filled with historic attractions, Pennsylvania was granted to William Penn in 1682 and the colony was to be dedicated to religious freedom. In 1776, the thirteen colonies declared their independence from Britain at Philadelphia's Independence Hall, and Betsy Ross is said to have made the first flag for General Washington. In 1787, delegates of the colonies adopted the United States Constitution. Philadelphia was the capital of the U.S. from 1790 to 1800. Philadelphia, a Greek word meaning City of Brotherly Love, is an art-filled city, including Robert Indiana's famous outdoor sculpture of LOVE and the Rodin Museum. The magnificent illuminated Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Museum of Art, established in 1875, chartered in 1876. When the city of Philadelphia planned to erect a building to house the Centennial Exposition of 1876, provision was made to keep the building permanently occupied; the Pennsylvania Museum and School became an icon for achievement against all odds after actor Sylvester Stallone's film character trained by running to the top of its stairs in the film Rocky (followed by Rocky II, III, and V). It is especially well known for its music performances. There are forty-nine colleges and universities within the five-county region of Philly, including the Art Institute of Philadelphia The Art Institute of Philadelphia is a private four-year college. It is primarily located at 1622 Chestnut Avenue, however, they use several more buildings throughout the Center City District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. , Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College, at Bryn Mawr, Pa; undergraduate for women, graduate coeducational; opened 1885 by the Society of Friends, with a bequest from Joseph W. Taylor of Burlington, N.J. Modeled on a group curriculum plan at Johns Hopkins Univ. , Swarthmore College, Temple University, University of the Arts University of the Arts may refer to:
http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , several of which have outstanding dance programs. Though an early Pennsylvania Ballet was attempted by Catherine Littlefield in the 1930s, the current Pennsylvania Ballet was established by Barbara Weisberger, a Balanchine protegee pro·té·gée n. A woman or girl whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person. [French, feminine of protégé, protégé; see protégé.] Noun 1. in 1963, through support from a Ford Foundation initiative to develop professional dance companies outside New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . During its first decade, the company struggled and forged the unique identity for which it is known today: "a diverse classical repertoire with a Balanchine backbone performed by versatile dancers whose energy and exuberance are the company's enduring signature," as stated in its marketing and branding campaigns. For a time in the late '70s, it was the official company of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM. Founded in 1859 and opened in 1861, it is the oldest such institution still in operation in the United States. . From 1987 to 1989, Pennsylvania Ballet forged an alliance with Milwaukee Ballet, and the two-city company was the first in the country to offer its dancers year-round employment. Now the premier classical ballet company in the Philadelphia region, Pennsylvania Ballet is headquartered on Broad and Washington Streets at the beginning of Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts. This state-of-the-art facility houses several dance studios, artistic and administrative staff offices, wardrobe and costume departments, the Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet, and the Performing Arts Physical Therapy Center. A company spokesperson says the Ballet will remain there at its ideal setting in the renovated Academy of Music while other groups will adjoin it in Philadelphia's new Regional Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , which is scheduled to open in fall 2001. |
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