| February 11th - 12th, 2012
"Production of Aladdin"
 The
American Ballet Russe, and the Great Neck School of Dance are proud to
announce their upcoming production of Aladdin: The Ballet, to be
performed at the Landmark on Main Street Jeanne Rimsky Theater in Port
Washington at 3:00 pm Saturday and Sunday, February 11 and 12.
Using the Silk Road setting from the original 1001 Arabian Nights,
Aladdin will be a Pan Asian ballet intended for a family audience which
will combine Central, South and East Asian, Middle Eastern and African
dance styles with classical ballet. With a score comprised of Russian
Orientalist music (especially Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazounov) and a
multi-generational, multi-ethnic cast including students from the Great
Neck School of Dance and professional dancers from New York City, the
ballet will feature a carpet ride which visits the animal creatures from
several Southern lands, encouraging global awareness and multi-cultural
appreciation and unity while promoting ballet as an accessible and
understandable art form. In addition, the familiar story portrays a
protagonist (Aladdin) as someone of ambiguous central Asian origin
(Iran/Iraq/Afghanistan/Pakistan/Uzbek/Kazakh/Kurd) which helps to put a
human face on the people so much in the news today.
“ In my experience of running the Great Neck School of Dance for 30
years, I’ve come to realize that most children have never seen a
classical ballet, except for The Nutcracker” notes Roberta Senn,
artistic director of the American Ballet Russe and the Great Neck School
of Dance. “Aladdin is the perfect choice to introduce children to
classical ballet. Since it was made popular by Disney, it will appeal to
boys as well as girls”.
The American Ballet Russe is a Long Island based classical ballet
company founded in 1991. Composed of outstanding dancers from the
world’s best ballet companies, it is dedicated to educating the public
in the appreciation of ballet. The American Ballet Russe is truly a
community project. In Aladdin there will be 40 children dancing. They
come from communities all over Long Island including Great Neck, Little
Neck, Douglaston, Manhasset, Port Washington, Bayside and Flushing.
For further information, or to buy tickets, please call 516 466-3515
Past
Events
JUNE 10th, 2011
"Golf
for Paws"
A FAMILY FUN GOLF EVENT AT HARBOR LINKS GOLF COURSE
TO BENEFIT PORT WASHINGTON SHELTER DOGS
JUNE 10th At Harbor Links Golf Course, 1 West Fairway Drive, Port
Washington, NY, 11050Friday, June 10 from 6:00pm
On Friday June 10th Harbor Links Golf Course is going to the dogs.
Families, animal-lovers and golfers are invited to join together and
have fun while benefiting the dogs at the Town of North Hempstead Animal
Shelter. The evening kicks off at 6:30 p.m. with a wine and cheese
reception followed by miniature golf and BBQ dinner for all the family
and twilight golf on the Executive Course for golf enthusiasts. Golfers
can win prizes in the putting and closest-to-the-pin contest and, most
excitingly, have the chance to win the Hole-in-One-Prize –a lease on a
2011 BMW 128 Coupe. Other attractions on the night include a $1,000
Grand Prize Raffle, live music and golfer goody-bags.
The evening is being hosted by the volunteer organization, The Shelter
Connection. Their mission is to improve the quality of life and increase
the successful adoptions for all the dogs housed at The Town of North
Hempstead Animal Shelter. They do this through obedience training,
socialization, public education programs and by paying for medical care
and treatments not otherwise available to the dogs.
Come for the golf, come for the prizes but most importantly come for the
dogs. Join us for a fun night out for the whole family.
Miniature golf is $20 per person, $30 with family meal. Reception and
dinner alone, $55 per person. Executive Course Golf registration is $150
per golfer including reception and BBQ dinner. To participate contact
Nancy Verdi at 516-767-5103 or visit The Shelter Connection website:
www.theshelterconnection.org for more information and to
download a registration form.
June 12, 2011
Great Neck School of
Dance is celebrating it's 30th anniversary
 On
June 12th at 3 PM at Great Neck South High School, the Great Neck School
of Dance is celebrating it's 30th anniversary by presenting a dance
performance which will also be sponsered by their resident ballet
company, The American Ballet Russe. Children from the ballet school
will dance alongside 10 professional dancers from the ballet company. On
the program will be the 2nd act of Swan Lake, 2 scenes from La Bayadere,
and a large portion of The Firebird. The Firebird is an old Russian
ballet choreographed by Michael Fokine in 1915 and Swan Lake has
original choreography from Marius Petipa who worked in the late 1800's.
The music for La Bayadere is by Mincus and the famous Kingdom of the
Shades scene will be performed. Additional choreography is by Osamu
Uehara, American Ballet Russe company choreographer. General admission
is $20 and special discount tickets for children under 11 will be
available for $10. Tickets are available for purchase at the door on the
day of the show or by calling the Great Neck School of Dance at 516
466-3515
November 14,
2010
October 28, 2010
May 12, 2010
Garden City, NY- The Queens Long
Island Medical Group and EmblemHealth presents: The Lake Success
Business Card/Networking event featuring special guest, NBA Hall of
Famer and N.Y. Knicks Legend, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe. The event
will be held on Wednesday, May 12th from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at our
newly opened Lake Success Medical Office located at 1991 Marcus
Avenue, Lake Success, NY 11042. The event offers business leaders an
opportunity to create and strengthen local business contacts and to
create sustainable business relationships. Light refreshments will
be served.
Who: Queens Long Island Medical Group, P.C. (QLIMG) and EmblemHealth
What: The Lake Success Business Card/Networking Event
Where: 1991 Marcus Avenue, Lake Success, NY 11042
When: May 12th 2010 5:30-7:30 pm.
Contact: To RSVP for the event, please contact Peter Spanos at
516-542-5500 x 5180 or Jennifer Isola Barakovic at 516-542-5500 x
5165
May 11, 2010
April 27,2010
|
