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Arizona Ballet Theatre is now on Facebook.



Arizona Ballet Theatre has a Facebook Page now. Come on over and see! And, if you do Like us, click on "Like."

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Boston Ballet Alumni Network

Miss Cecily is a founding member of this organization of Dancers who were part of the Boston Ballet Company in its early days when the Artistic Director was its founder and inspiration was E. Virginia Williams.

The site has some interesting views of the Boston Ballet Dancers Miss Cecily danced with in Boston Ballet Company. Please visit The Boston Ballet Alumni Network


Joanne and Rusty's Tango Arizona

Rusty and Joanne's offer a number of Argentine Tango Classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Arizona Ballet Theatre's lovely studios in Tucson. Please visit Rusty and Joanne's Interesting Website.


Placer Theatre Ballet

Pat Colgate has a small company, Placer Theatre Ballet in Northern California. Pat recently retired from teaching, but is still Director of the Company. Please visit her lovely and interesting website at Placer Theatre Ballet


Ballet Connection's Reviews of Ballet Movies

This is an excellent set of reviews of movies related to ballet. Strongly recommended if you love movies with a ballet theme or connection. Some are available on DVD. It is actually much more than a set of reviews, with sections on

  • Ballet and Dance Films

  • Ballets on Video

  • Dance Instruction Videos

  • Musicals

  • View Dance Video Excerpts
  • There are clickable connections to purchase some videos.


    Sonoran Latin Dancing, Salsa Meetups: Belly Dance Workshop: Improve those Salsa/Bachata Hips!!

    Yes, this is a Salsa meetup group, but I truely believe that ones salsa dancing becomes better when styling elements of various dance types are incorporated. This belly dance workshop will help to improve your salsa body movements and musicality. Join us for this fun event!

    Learn the sensual and empowering hip and body movements of a belly dancer. This 90 minute class will cover the basics of hip circles and shimmies, arm styling and will be a celebration of the female body!

    Class size will be limited, so get in while you fit in!

    What to wear/bring:
    comfortable dance/yoga clothing, scarf for the hips, and an adventurous spirit! Dancing will be barefoot.

    Our instructor:
    Theadra Taylor is one of our meetup members who comes to us from Florida. She has been performing since 1994, and teaching since 1999 as well as touring internationally in the Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Tokyo. Her specialties include sword balancing, double sword, veil/double veil, candle balancing dance, cymbals and cane dancing.
    Check out Theadra in action here

    Cost:
    $15 if pre-registered by April 21st, pre-register at www.SalsaSoulseros.blogspot.com
    $20 at the door


    Reviews from the Meetup Community

    Four And A Half Stars out of Five (56 ratings)
    2512 E 6th St
    Tucson, AZ 85716
    Surveyed as:
    Good for group sizes: 11-25 people 26-50 people
    Noise Level: Like a Coffee Shop
    Cost: Cheap
    Keywords:
    Dance Studio


    Kiran's Bollywood Dance Fusion

    We are about to host a fascinating new Bollywood Dance Fusion Class with Kiran Easwarachandran.

    Kiran will be teaching Bollywood Dance Fusion Classes for Adults at ABT.

    The first class will be on Wednesdays at 6.15 pm, starting on August 25th, 2010.


    Dance With Marguerite.

    Our wonderful Miss Marguerite teaches Middle Eastern Dance classes at Arizona Ballet Theatre. In addition, she has choreographed for us and appears in our Photo Galleries. Marguerite now also has a website of her very own, Dance With Marguerite.


    Tohono Chul Park's Free Event

    Tohono Chul Park is a very special place. It's a lovely, interesting, botanical garden for Families and not just for Dancers. 

    Bloom Night Is Soon! It's a free event

    "Many of our Cereuses have started "moving." They could bloom as early as this coming weekend! As soon as we know they will bloom, the Park will be opened free of charge so everyone can take in the beauty of this unique cactus! More than twenty flowers have already bloomed this year, so we will be checking daily! Currently, Tohono Chul Park has the largest collection of Peniocereus greggii at about 350 specimens."

    If you sign up for their email alerts, you will receive a message like this:

    "Because you are signed up for the Desert Corner Express, you will automatically be notified as soon as we call a Bloom Night. For more information on Bloom Night, visit our webpage."