Ballet Shoes, Saturday, September 21, 1-3:30pm
Join us in this artistic and whimsical WORKSHOP. Create your own decorative pointe shoe and magic Sugar Plum fairy wand using ribbons, glitter, jewels, paint, lace, flowers and more. This WORKSHOP is for the child in everyone and is designed for adults and children 10 and up. Italian cookies and beverages will be served.
Come have some fun! and meet Maria Calegari and Bart Cook, of Apollo Arts Initiative Foundation, former principal dancers of the New York City Ballet who spearheaded this event. Admission is $50/pp a portion of the proceeds to benefit UNICEF and the remainder supporting the Putnam Arts Council, a 501c3 not-for-profit cultural organization. Advance registration is strongly recommended.
Local dance shop Ms. Dancewear in Mohegan Lake (owned by Susan Stagnari Wylock) has generously donated pointe shoes.
About the visiting principal dancers:
Maria Calegari was a prima ballerina with the New York City Ballet from 1974-1994 where she performed over 50 soloist roles to high acclaim. Since 1997 she has taught the ballets of George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins to ballet companies worldwide. She is listed in Who’s Who of America Women and was honored with the Jerome Robbins Award in 2011 for her contributions to dance.
Bart Cook is a former principal dancer and ballet master of the New York City Ballet (1971-1993) and has been a repetiteur for both the George Balanchine Trust and the Robbins Rights Trust since 1988 traveling worldwide to most major ballet companies. George Balanchine assigned Cook the role of being Assistant Ballet Master to Mr. Robbins in 1980. A post he held until his departure in 1993. For the School of American Ballet Mr. Balanchine urged Cook to begin to choreograph. He produced several ballets for the SAB Educational Outreach programs and for the SAB annual workshop.
