We’ve got a kickstarter project ready for funding! We hope you will help us get our shoes on the stage and orchestra in the pit for this year’s production of “The Nutcracker.” Live music is a vital component of our productions, but sometimes the cost outweighs our funds. With your help, we can make it happen this year! Please consider donating even a small amount to our cause. And remember, since it’s kickstarter, we won’t get anything unless the entire project is funded. Spread the word!
Here at the IBT studios we have a strong emphasis for art in all forms. One unique aspect of our studios is the opportunity we have to display art. Starting in 2011 in our new studios, we joined the Ogden City Arts First Friday Art Stroll. As part of the Art Stroll, we have had the chance to have original artwork displayed by very talented local artists. Each month, a different artist or artists bring pieces to display in our lobby-turned-gallery, studios, and hallways. Dancers, parents, and visitors are treated each month to a different showcase of art: paintings, illustrations, photography, and many other forms of framed work have made their home at IBT this year.
Last night being the first Friday in September, we welcomed Meagan and Michelle Montierth to the studio. Michelle brings intricate and detailed watercolors of flowers and plants interspersed with poetic text backgrounds and borders. Her daughter, Meagan, shows her photography skills with pictures of antiqued and rustic architecture and the colorful scene that was IBT’s spring performance of “The Secret Garden.” The studio was full of patrons of the arts as guests viewed the gallery, as well as the IBT rehearsal going on in Studio 1 as we prepare for the October 15th performance.
To further our art programs, as part of the Summer 2011 Music, Art, and Dance class for 5-10 year olds, students at Imagine Ballet Theatre had the unique opportunity to “branch out” into other areas of the arts. Our Music, Art, and Dance students loved it! Their classes were themed around everything faeries and the classic story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” As the dancers learned more about other aspects of art, we saw them realize how vital these other art forms are in relation to dance. As they created their own art, we also saw their emerging gifts and talents show themselves in another medium.
We were so excited about their excitement for art class that we are starting an art class for the 5-10 year old age group. Saturday mornings our “little ones” can participate in both a dance class (Pre-Ballet or Movement & Music) and then continue on to an art class especially for them. Enrollment is still open, so bring your little dancer, painter, and inspiring artist in for a unique and cultural experience at the studio!
Carrie Lee Miles holds a BA in Dance from Weber State University where she was the recipient of the Patty O’Neal Scholarship, the John & Vera Eccles Ballet Scholarship, and regular recipient of the Modern Dance Department Scholarship. She had the privilege of performing with Orchesis Dance Theater, WSU Moving Company, as well as performing at the American Dance Festival and multiple American College Dance Festivals, with some of her own works presented, and was invited to perform for the Governor of Utah. She was recognized as an Outstanding Performer, Outstanding Choreographer and Outstanding Student Scholar of the College of Arts and Humanities. Carrie has since danced with Sternworks, a dance-theatre company, and has had the honor of performing as a guest artist with Repertory Dance Theater located in Salt Lake City. Carrie has also studied with Zvi Gothnier, Donald McKayle, Carolyn Adams, Kenneth Tosti, Christopher Jones, and Lynne Wimmer among others. She has also enjoyed many Lead Dancer roles with the Terrace Plaza Playhouse in addition to developing choreography for many productions there.
Local photographer Nathan Caulford will be displaying his photos at the Imagine Ballet Theatre studios as part of Ogden’s First Friday Art Stroll on August 5th . Doors will open at 6:00 pm for guests to view the gallery, and closes at 9:00 pm.
Caulford began shooting and working in the darkroom as a hobby in 1999. He started using digital in 2003 when he accepted a job with Digital Specialties, a sporting event photography company. By 2004, he had been contracted to photograph National Championship events for U.S. Figure Skating, as well as the bi-annual State Games of America for the U.S. Olympic Committee. In 2005, he was hired to photograph the Luge World Championships, and began working with film talent on-set and in his Salt Lake City studio.
Caulford has photographed Archery World Cup, Youth Archery World Cup, WAC Basketball Championships, Winter Dew Tour, “Among the Maya” (a personal project in Guatemala), two commissions for Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, and he regularly shoots for Ogden Business Development Division, and the Salt Lake City-based architectural firm, Axis Architects.
Caulford has been awarded five awards by the Society of Professional Journalists, including three 1st place awards (feature photography, sports essay, and sports feature). He is also the recipient of the American Democracy Award given by the New York Times.
Caulford’s favorite genres are portraiture and nature. His major influences include David Leeson and Greg Gorman.
Our 2011 Summer Intensive Performance is winding to a close, and with only two more weeks of classes the dancers are working hard as they finish the five-week dance program. A final performance showing their progress and performance pieces will be held August 12th at the Peery’s Egyptian Theater at 7:00 pm. Tickets are available through the Peery’s Egyptian Theater box office or online at smithstix.com.
IBT’s Summer Dance Intensive spans five weeks and six hours a day during the week. The dancers focus on ballet technique for two hours each day, while the afternoons are dedicated to variations, pointe, and other styles of dance. These other styles include modern, contemporary ballet, jazz, and choreography. The dancers have also had the opportunity to prepare their own pieces of choreography throughout the summer in preparation for the Summer Dance Sampler performance.
Joining the dancers on stage will be Gary Flannery, a former star of Broadway and Bob Fosse’s principal dancer for many years. Mr. Flannery will be performing the legendary “Mr. Bojangles” piece, which was originally choreographed by Bob Fosse for him.
Don’t miss this exciting evening of dance! The dancers, guest instructors, and IBT faculty look forward to sharing their summer’s work with you!
WHERE: Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden
WHEN: Friday, August 12th
TICKETS: $7.50 each, available online at Smiths Tix or via the box office
IBT’s Applause organization of volunteers, along with the dancers have been making flower hair pieces, dance bags, Tutu’s and such to help raise money to bring in Guest Dancers, pay for rehearsal time, ensure live music at our productions and for new costumes. Please join us at the Ogden Farmers Market on Saturday mornings and show your support!
We will be holding Auditions for Imagine Ballet Theatre’s Nutcracker on
August 27,2011.
2432 Washington Blvd.
Ogden, Utah 84401
9:30 Registration
10:00 am to 11:30 Ages 7-10 auditioning for Angels, Gingerettes, Party boys and girls, rats, and Soldiers.
11:30 Registration
12:00 to 2:00pm Ages 11 and up auditioning for Gingerettes, Russian, Party Boys and Girls, rats, Soldiers, Waltz of the Flowers, Chinese and Snow Corps.
Please bring a Photo of yourself and be prepared to dance for the Audition.
Cost is $25.00
Please call 801-393-5000 for more info:
The School will resume on August 22, 2011.
The School of Imagine Ballet Theatre is accepting new students ages 3 to 5 for Movement and Music, 5 and up for Pre-ballet through Advanced Ballet, Pointe, and Variations classes. Other classes available will be Art Class, Modern Class, Yoga, Adult Ballet, and Adult Ballroom which meets twice a month.