Poster Illustration by Debra Fadely - gallery.me.com/debrafadely

First Place

YAGP Semi-Finals – Pre-Competitive Classical Category

Miss Leah Danek!!

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Congratulations also to:

Miss Avery Held

YAGP Pre-Competitive Divison

top 12

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as well as

Miss Emily Bain

top 12

Senior Division Classical Solos!

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and the 

New York City

final round invitees

Are:

Miss Leah Danek

And the 

New York Cast members of

“Ascent”

Leah Danek, Courtney Blackington, Sadie Gelb, Lacey Marsh,Anna Ostrovsky,  May Lin Russell,  Olivia Weprich, 

Choreographed by Jane Hachiya-Weiner 

coached by So Yon Nam and Frank Weiner, Sabrina Matheson and Stirlilng Matheson

Celebrate!!

Thank you  parents, faculty members and PE Dance Theatre Inc for your support of our young emerging artists!

Thank you to Indianapolis City Ballet for sponsoring the

Youth America Grand Prix Indianapolis Semi Finals 2012!

As the Youth America Grand Prix Competition returns to Indianapolis for only the second time in 2 years, over 500 local and regional ballet students from across the Midwest and as far away as British Columbia, Canada, are gearing up for an exciting and competitive weekend.  For students at Ballet Theatre of Carmel at Performer’s Edge, that also means that hundreds of dancers will be leaping and pirouetting on their studio’s floor as they host the event’s Master Classes for the second year in a row on Sunday, March 11.

“We are pleased and honored to welcome the master teachers and participating students to our studios. We hope that it will be a day filled with inspiration!” says Ballet Theatre of Carmel Artistic Director Jane Hachiya-Weiner.

The 18,000+ square foot facility at Performer’s Edge in Carmel will host the upper level YAGP Master Classes, while the younger dancers will attend classes at the Indiana Ballet Conservatory nearby.

Because of the support and underwriting efforts of the Indianapolis City Ballet, the city of Indianapolis was added as a YAGP semi-final location again this year.  The 2-day event will take place at Zionsville High School on March 9-10.

While this is BTC’s second year participating in the competition, Hachiya-Weiner maintains that dance education is often more important than competing. “BTC and YAGP both share the same goals of educating young dancers in the best way possible.”

Hachiya-Weiner is an ABT® Affiliate Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum and has successfully presented students for examinations.

“We are very excited that 15 of our students have an opportunity to be part of such a prestigious event,” says Hachiya-Weiner. “Although ballet is ultimately a performing art and not a competitive sport, I believe that the futures of all the YAGP competitors throughout the world just got brighter due to their involvement with YAGP.”

For further information visit:?Youth America Grand Prix – www.yagp.org Indianapolis City Ballet – www.IndianapolisCityBallet.org (underwriting sponsor)?Ballet Theatre of Carmel – www.BalletTheatreOfCarmel.org (host  studio – Master Classes)Indiana Ballet Conservatory – www.indianaballetconservatory.org (host studio – Master Classes)

Come travel with Clara and the Nutcracker Prince

To the Land of the Angels

And The Sugar Plum Fairy

Saturday, December 17, 2011

4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Westfield High School Auditorium

Tickets/ Passes good for both shows –  $ 10.00 each

Students 10 years old and under – $ 5.00 each

www.BalletTheatreofCarmel.org

BTC Dancers Kari Baker and Emily Bain (photo by Nataly Lowder)

Building on the beautiful beginnings

established

by Founding Artistic Director Nataly Lowder,

Studio Owner Ron Morgan and newly appointed

Artistic/Associate Directors

 Jane Hachiya-Weiner and Frank Weiner

 have assembled a stellar

new 7 member ballet guest faculty/ faculty team

for the upper levels of the Ballet Department of Performer’s Edge Dance Theatre.

Visit our website shortly for new faculty

biographies and introductions.

The Ballet Theatre of Carmel’s Holiday Concert and Nutcracker Suite will take place at the

 Westfield High School Auditorium on Saturday, December 17th, 2011 .

We will  debut our very own Sugar Plum Fairy this year  partnered by accomplished ballet dancer and  Guest Faculty member Mr. Stirling Matheson!

We thank Mrs.  Nataly Lowder  for her beautiful foundational work getting Ballet Theatre of Carmel launched!

We wish her all good things in her new career in the Office of Planned Giving at  the IU School of Medicine!

Congratulations to All Who Auditioned!

Casting and Further Information Coming Soon!

Young ballet dancers from Carmel, Fishers, Westfield, Greenwood, and Northern Indianapolis take another bold step with American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum Examinations. In two short years after implementation, Performer’s Edge remains the only school in the state of Indiana to pursue ABT’s examination process! Last year 14 dancers and 1 certified teacher were involved.  This year, 38 dancers and 2 certified teachers are standing in the spotlight.

Mr. Franco De Vita, Principal of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, the official School of the American Ballet Theatre located in New York City, returns for a second year in a row.

Mrs. Nataly Lowder, Director of Ballet Programs at Performer’s Edge and the Artistic Director of the Ballet Theatre of Carmel is an Affiliate Teacher and Certified Teacher of the American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum in levels primary through level 7.  She will be presenting dancers in ABT levels 4A and 5A.

Mrs. Jane Hachiya-Weiner, Associate Artistic Director, Ballet Theatre of Carmel, is a Certified Teacher of the American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum in levels primary through level 3.  She will be presenting dancers in ABT levels 3A and 3B.

The American Ballet Theatre has been designated by The United States Congress as America’s National Ballet Company ® In creating its National Training Curriculum, ABT assembled a Medical Advisory Board to collaborate with ballet instructors in order to provide medical guidelines for the healthy and sound training of dancers. Preserving the best aspects of the tried and true methodologies of ballet training developed globally throughout the last 4 centuries, ABT brought these methodologies into the modern day to meet the technical requirements of 21st century ballet while preserving the traditions of the past.

“This examination process is so good for the dancers, the school, and us as teachers,” stated Nataly Lowder. “It’s much like getting ready for an AP academic final. The focus and intensity are very similar. We are looking forward to the examination this weekend, Saturday May 14^th.”