From: Ballet Tucson <operations@ballettucson.org>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 1:49 PM
Subject: Tomorrow is your last chance to watch! ⏰
Our Spring Pop Up Performances conclude tomorrow! 🌷
Last chance to attend our Spring Pop Up Performances!
Dear friend,
We have loved reconnecting with you in-person through the return of our celebrated Spring Pop Up Performances throughout April. It is our great pleasure to bring the beauty of live dance back into your life!
Our final free to the public performances take place at Rillito Regional Park Farmers Market Pavilions and Main Circle:
Saturday April 24th at 5:30pm & 6:30pm
More information can be found at: https://ballettucson.org/performances-and-tickets/
You will be treated to five new choreographic works by Associate Artistic Director Chieko Imada and Ballet Master Daniel Precup that feature a diverse array of dance styles and moods.Delight in Chieko Imada's Shall we Dance? (a comical relationship duet) and Trio (a contemporary jazz piece). Daniel Precup unveils three new works: Reverberation (a dynamic ensemble piece), a beautiful solo for prima ballerina Jenna Johnson, and Rhapsody (a romantic pas de deux performed by Jenna Johnson and Daniel Precup).
Don't miss your last chance to experience live dance this spring!
NOTE: We recommend bringing lawn chairs for seating. This event is free to the public, but social distancing and mask usage is required per Pima County Parks policy. No unleashed pets or alcoholic beverages are permitted. For more park information, visit: https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/one.aspx?pageId=1455
Calling all dance students! Experience exceptional in-person dance training at our 36th Annual Summer Dance Workshop. Our two May 2nd placement classes are limited to 10 dancers per group.
Contact us today to reserve your spot: Call 520-623-3373 or email balletartstucson@aol.com
Please contact the Workshop Administrator, June Mullin at 520-623-3373 with questions or visit: https://balletartstucson.com/summer-workshop/
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Our very own Casey Johnson (a.k.a. The Dancing Gardener) is back with the third installment of his springtime gardening series. We hope you enjoy!:
"Spring is in full swing here in Tucson! Start planning on summer heat now. Make sure to add mulch, shade or protection for newly planted trees, and continue or begin a feeding regime. Foliar feeding is a great option here. Fish and kelp emulsion applied as a foliar spray will do wonders for building a plant's heat tolerance. Compost and manure applied as a topdressing now will help to sustain the plants through our long growing season. Newly planted trees should have their trunks protected from sun scald until they are mature enough to shade their own trunks. Tree paint applied as a whitewash is a great protective measure. Make sure to keep vigilant with watering as the days climb into the 90s. Happy Gardening!!" -The Dancing Gardener
Video created by Casey Johnson, The Dancing Gardener 🌼
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Experience outstanding in-person training from our Ballet Tucson artistic staff and these four Special Guest Teachers June 1st- June 26th:
Liang Fu (Kansas City Ballet)
Margaret Mullin (Former Soloist, Pacific Northwest Ballet)
Matthew Renko (Former Soloist, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, New York City Ballet)
Danielle Bausinger (Kansas City Ballet)
Class size is currently limited to 10 dancers per level, so be sure to reserve your spot today before space runs out! More information is available at: https://balletartstucson.com/summer-workshop/
About our Special Guest Teachers:
Liang Fu was born in Qingdao, China. He was trained at Beijing Dance Academy. Upon graduating in 2001, he danced with Singapore Dance Theatre, Universal Ballet Company and Cincinnati Ballet before joining Kansas City Ballet in 2014. Mr. Fu won the 1st prize at the 10th Asian Pacific International Ballet Competition in Tokyo, Japan in 2005. He has danced in many leading roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and The Nutcracker. He has also enjoyed dancing contemporary works by Jiří Kylián, Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Val Caniparoli, Edwaard Liang and Helen Pickett.
Margaret Mullin is from Tucson, Arizona and trained at Ballet Arts, the official school of Ballet Tucson. She is currently Artistic Associate and Media Director for Ballet Tucson, in addition to continuing her work as a freelance artist. Margaret was formerly a Soloist dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, where she danced for thirteen seasons. There she performed leading roles in works by William Forsythe, Justin Peck, Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Crystal Pite and more. In 2011 she was the recipient of a prestigious Dance Fellowship Award from the Princess Grace Foundation USA, for her talent as a dancer and her potential to impact the field. She was also the recipient of a 2018 CityArtist Award from the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. Ms. Mullin appeared as a guest speaker at the Dance/USA national conference in June 2017. Margaret has choreographed works for Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet School and Ballet Tucson. She has served as a stager of the choreographic works of Ian Horvath and Price Suddarth. She has been featured by Dance Magazine, Pointe Magazine, Dance Informa, Seattle Magazine, EmpowHer New York, We are Minding the Gap, Seattle morning show New Day Northwest, Dance Lifestyle, Balancing Pointe podcast and Discount Dance Supply as a representative.
Matthew Renko was born in Tampa, Florida and raised in Sumter, South Carolina, where he began dancing at the age of 8. As a teenager he trained at North Carolina School of the Arts and then The School of American Ballet in New York City. He began his professional career in 2007, joining the New York City Ballet as an apprentice and then joining the corps de ballet in 2008. He went on to join the Suzanne Farrell Ballet in 2010, where he was promoted to soloist in 2013. Simultaneously he was a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet, joining in 2011. He has performed a wide range of featured roles in a variety of repertoire including George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, La Source, Le Baiser de la Fée and Rubies, Jerome Robbins' Watermill and Fancy Free and Molissa Fenley's State of Darkness. Matthew's choreographic credits include participating in SAB's Student Choreography Workshop, The New York Choreographic Institute, and PNB's Next Step program. He is currently an instructor at Ballet Chicago.
Danielle Bausinger is from Ridgewood, New Jersey and started dancing at the age of 3. Her family then moved to California where she trained at San Francisco Ballet School. Ms. Bausinger joined Cincinnati Ballet in 2006 and performed roles such as Myrtha in Giselle and 3rd Movement Principal in Balanchine's Symphony in C within her eight seasons with the company. Since joining Kansas City Ballet in 2014, she has danced many featured roles, including Sanguinic in George Balanchine's The Four Temperaments and The Sugar Plum Fairy in Devon Carney's The Nutcracker. She has also performed leading roles in many contemporary works, including Jiri Kylian's Petite Mort and Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room. She had the opportunity to perform at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in November 2017.
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