Secret Snap Shots Are So Important
December.7.2011
This shots make me oh soooo happy...check them out!
First, we have SDA Alum Abby Fitzgerald, Current Senior Rachel Zacharias and Junior Eliza Krakower...all having a blast back stage (a few years ago) at SDA’s collaboration with ABB!
Here is a more recent picture of our very own Rachel Zacharias...breaking it down...is the least I can say, at NYCDA in Boston, 2011
Enjoy
M
Hocus Pocus
October.31.2011
Happy Halloween my friends! I heard (from Chicago) that the East coast got a bit of snow before this spooky holiday? How did the cold treat you during your trick-or-treating?
As promised, I have featured a bunch of our SDA Halloween fans! Those who dressed up, and sent int heir pictures will be posted below. I should not be posted, as I skipped this Halloween (and last), but I decided to spend the weekend writing midterm papers and going to farmers markets!
Enjoy!
Helena dressed up as....anyone know?
Kaia Cannon as a Candy Corn
Alex (Parrot) Sharat as a Blue M & M
Keira Placek as a Lalaloopsy Doll
Rachel Zacharias’s Class
Hope Shaw!
Apprentice Teacher - Rachel Zacharias & Assistant Sarah Schneider
Rachel Zacharias & Cara Lachtrupp as Bunnies?
Annika Nordon & Emma Rivers at the Black and White Swan from Swan Lake!
Caroline Mallon, Natalie Herwood & Rachel Barr!
SDA Cats..
Eliza as a Bee
Pre-Pro A
Halloween Stretching
Out for Halloween with my fellow Maria! We have danced together here at the Dance Center of Columbia College for the past three and a half years. I cant believe its the Fall and Halloween of our senior year of College.
I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween weekend!
Enjoy!
M
And the Spring 2012 Performance is…Coppélia
October.27.2011
Helena recently announced this year’s Spring Performance! SDA has performed Coppélia in the past, with wonderful costumes, choreography and beautiful set design.
Coppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon. The ballet premiered on 25 May 1870 at the Théâtre Impérial de l´Opéra, with the 16-year-old Giuseppina Bozzacchi as the principal role of Swanhilde.
The story of Coppélia concerns a mysterious and faintly diabolical inventor, Doctor Coppélius[1] who has made a life-size dancing doll. It is so lifelike that Frantz, a village swain, is infatuated with it, and sets aside his true heart’s desire, Swanhilde, who in Act II shows him his folly by dressing as the doll and pretending to come to life. The festive wedding-day divertissements in the village square that occupy Act III are often deleted in modern danced versions, though one of the entrées was the first czardas presented on a ballet stage.
We are very excited to produce our own version of Coppélia here at SDA. Please look for cast lists closer to Christmas time! For any questions, please leave a comment below!
M
New Faces at SDA
September.29.2011
Have you noticed a few new faces around the studio?
Meet Amia & Danielle!
Danielle
Amia
Amia is our new Hip Hop teacher who grew up training in Montpelier with Lorraine Neal, and after studying in New York, she has returned to Vermont. Danielle is originally from Rochester, NY where she began her training with many different styles. After traveling around, teaching and choreographing, Danielle has moved to Vermont. We are very happy to add these two great teachers to our staff.
Read Amia & Danielle’s full bios here: New Teacher Bios
M
Some old Articles
August.5.2011
The Stowe Reporter has written a few nice articles on SDA...this one features myself and Hannah Zuckswert. We graduated high school at the same time, in Stowe and Morrisville. Hannah and I danced together since we were 4 years old and grew to really know each other. When my mom (Helena) got sick during my senior year of high school, I was asked to cover a large majority of SDA classes, as well as the annual production of “The Nutcracker,” which Hannah and I ran together! It was a great learning experience and one that I will forever cherish! Check out the article from The Stowe Reporter below…
