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Our annual Valentine’s Dinner Theater and Choreography Festival is coming up on February 9th!

ACT ONE – Student Choreographed Works

ACT TWO – Class Concert (demonstration ballet class to showcase what we’ve learned so far this year)

AND. . . after the show, we have a big announcement – come find out what show we’ll be performing for our Spring Production on May 18th!

PARTICIPATION:

All students will learn choreography for Class Concert during regular class time. Please let us know by Friday, January 12th if your dancer will NOT be able to participate.

Dancers may also apply to present a student-choreographed work. Applications are due January 19th.

Tickets on sale January 22-February 4!

Choreography Application

Dancer Details Doc

UNIT FOUR

January 2nd – February 9th

Enrichment Theme: Dance Around the World

Featured Ballet: The Magic Toyshop (JOY/Junior); Le Corsaire (Senior)

Unit 4 culminates our annual Valentine’s Dinner Theater on February 9th!

Unit 5 begins February 12th

Ice Skating!

Sunday, January 14, 1:30pm

Join us for our annual ice skating excursion to the Lancerlot Sports Complex in Vinton. Admission is $7; skate rental is $3.

Swan Lake at the Jefferson Center!!

This is a rare opportunity to see one of the great ballet classics performed locally with world class dancers and a live orchestra. Tickets are selling out quickly, so get yours soon!

Details

Ballet Movie Night!!

Friday, April 5th, 6:30pm

More details to come!

Don’t forget, all of the important dates for the year are listed in the 2023-2024 Handbook! Visit the westover.ballet.com/community (password Dance4Joy).

Westover Ballet Community Page

Welcome to the 2023-2024 season!

I often marvel at the COMMUNITY that has grown up at Westover over the past 15 years – all of the beautiful families who have blessed us with their presence at the studio! So that’s what we’re choosing to celebrate this year – community.

A note for the older dancers – I encourage you to drop off your phone at the front desk when you arrive, so that while you’re at the studio you are free to live in the moment and focus on building relationships with the people around you.

UNIT ONE

September 18 – October 20

Enrichment Theme: Dancing Through Time (Ballet History)

Featured Ballet: Sleeping Beauty

Unit 1 culminates in Discovery Week October 16-20, which includes the annual Crowning Ceremony for the Joy girls and Knighting Ceremony for the JOY boys. All Joy and Junior classes will be open for observation!

Unit 2 begins October 23rd

Performances

see the calendar for audition, rehearsal, & performance details

Nutcracker 1918 – Our beloved Christmas tradition returns this December! All Westover students ages 5 and up are invited to audition! Auditions are October 3rd and 6th. Register below.

nUTCRACKER Audition Sign-Up

Valentine’s Dinner Theater – Our annual evening of student-choreographed works! All students will have the opportunity to perform, either choreographing a piece themselves or dancing in a piece choreographed by their peers!

Spring Production – Our annual spring production will be announced at our Valentine’s Dinner Theater!

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

Buffalo Mountain Hike and Picnic!

Saturday, October 14th

Ballet families are invited to join us for a hike up to Buffalo Mountain to enjoy the autumn foliage! Afterwards, we’ll stop at the Rocky Knob picnic area for dinner.

2:30pm – Meet at the Buffalo Mountain parking lot (carpooling is encouraged since parking spots are limited)

5pm – Meet at the Rocky Knob Picnic Area on the Parkway for dinner (bring your own picnic dinner)

Trip to see Ballet Magnificat’s Stratagem

Tuesday, October 24 (Somerset, KY)

See America’s premier Christian ballet company perform a ballet based on C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters! A few of us got to see it rehearsed during the Ballet Mag Summer Dance Intensive this year, and it’s phenomenal!

We will plan to drive to Kentucky on October 24 (five hour drive), see the ballet that evening, spend the night in a hotel, and then drive back on the morning of the 25th. Please let me know by October 6th if you would like to come!

Christmas Decorating Party

Saturday, November 18, 6-8pm

Deck the [studio] with boughs of holly!

Senior dancers are invited to our annual Christmas season kick-off. We’ll fellowship, enjoy snacks, and fill the studio with Christmas cheer! Bring a snack to share.

Christiansburg Christmas Parade

Friday, December 8 (meet at 5:30pm at the studio to get ready, parade starts at 7pm)

Everyone is invited to join our Nutcracker 1918 parade float!

Dancers younger than 8 must have a parent walking with them.

Ice Skating!

Sunday, January 14, 1:30pm

Join us for our annual ice skating excursion to the Lancerlot Sports Complex in Vinton. Admission is $7; skate rental is $3.

Trip to see ABT’s Swan Lake

Saturday, February 24

American Ballet Theater is performing Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center, and we’re taking a group to see it!

We’ll drive up to DC on Friday the 23rd, see the matinee show on Saturday the 24th, and drive back either late Saturday or early Sunday. Depending on how many people come, our alumna Ellen may be able to host some of us in her apartment (this is her last year living in DC, so probably our last opportunity to go to the Kennedy Center with her). Sign up by November 3rd.

We’ll also have a ballet movie night sometime during the spring semester. Stay tuned for details!

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Valentine’s Dinner Theater, Ice Skating, and more! Welcome 2024!