Brighton Ballet Theater

Brighton Ballet Theater (BBT) is a not-for-profit professional dance school in Brooklyn, New York. Established in 1987, it is situated in the heart of the Russian cultural district of New York (Brighton Beach/Manhattan Beach area) and located on the campus of Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York.

Overview

BBT provides dance education to students ages two to nineteen. All instructors are graduates from Russian, Ukrainian, or American institutions, with professional training as well as performance, teaching and choreographing experience at prestigious ballet companies of the former Soviet Union. Three hundred students are enrolled and an additional five hundred students are served through programs in the New York City public schools.

Brighton Ballet Theater provides all children with a unique opportunity to perform full-scale ballets with costumes and scenery. Each year Brighton Ballet Theater holds two large-scale productions and countless presentations at various special events in the Tri-state area. The school hosts the Annual Children's Festival "The World of Dance" and performances of The Nutcracker ( [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXUHU7d95vI VIDEO] ) at the Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center.

The BBT/School of Russian Ballet also has a Summer Intensive Dance Program held in June through August of every year.

elected productions

*Carlson who lives on the Roof, 1992
*Les Sylphides, by Chopin, 1993, and 1999
*In the Snow Queen Kingdom, by Tchaikovsky, 1993
*Classical Symphony, by Prokofiev, 1997
*Grand Pas from the Paquita, by Minkus, 1997
*Excerpts from the ballet: Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, 1998
*Excerpts from the ballet: Coppelia, by Delibes, 2000
*Four Seasons, by Vivaldi, 2002
*The Radish, 2002 - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LMCJPThAQI VIDEO]
*The Nanny’s Story, by Tchaikovsky, 2003 - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFWo_Th-8o4 VIDEO]
*The Ugly Duckling, by Offenbach and Sen-Sans, 2004 - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YP8WC56fn8 VIDEO]
*Sunrise, by Chopin, 2005 - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTe2wG5hiY VIDEO]
*Orchestra, by Ravel, 2006
*Aria. The musical score is inspired by music of various operas. 2007
*The Kingdom of the Shades from Petipa's ballet "La Bayadère". 2008
*Grand Pas Classique from ballet "Paquita". 2008

References

* [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/taking-liberties-with-tchaikovsky/ NYTimes.com Blog: Taking Liberties With Tchaikovsky. Date: December 5, 2007]
* [http://www.thebrooklynink.com/cs/ContentServer?childpagename=RW1Shapiro%2FJRN_Content_C%2FRW1StoryDetailLayout2&c=JRN_Content_C&pagename=JRN%2FRW1Wrapper&cid=1175373603608&site=RW1Shapiro The Brooklyn Ink: Visions of Sugar Plum Fairies in Brighton Beach. Date: December 6, 2007 ]
* [http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/brooklyn/2007/05/09/2007-05-09_keeping_locals_on_their_toes.html New York Daily News: Keeping locals on their toes. Celebrations mark 20 years of Brighton Ballet. Date: Thursday, May 10th, 2007]
* [http://www.brightonballet.com/sch_press_2.htm New York Daily News: Seamless teamwork at Brighton ballet. Date: December 7, 2003]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01E5DC1738F936A25755C0A9659C8B63 The New York Times: Bolshoi to Brooklyn, in a Bound. Date: June 15th, 2003]

External links

* [http://www.brightonballet.org Brighton Ballet Theater Web Site]

* [http://www.youtube.com/brightonballet BrightonBallet on YouTube.com]