Sugar Plum Fairies at Abermain

Niamh, Isabelle and Róisín

Róisín

Niamh

Isabelle

Beautiful Photos Girls!!!!!
ps: Reminder Parents-  don't forget that tutu briefs are to be worn over tights.
Photographs © 2011 Kim Barker - Central Coast Baby Ballet

Sugar Plum Fairies at Kanwal

Amelie

Olivia

Jade

Sophie

Brianna

Amelia and Keira - click on the images to zoom

We were very happy with the Sugar Plum Fairy photos taken yesterday at Kanwal!!
We loved the poses of the girls sitting with the nutcracker - they looked very relaxed and comfortable so we will do another shoot next Wednesday for more individual photos (sitting) of Keira, Ashley, Paige, Isabelle, Holly, Ella and Piper as well as sisters together - Amelie and Keira and Jade, Olivia and Sophie.
ps: The individual photos are for the Term Certificate that your Ballerina(s) will be awarded on Open Day.
Photographs © 2011 Kim Barker - Central Coast Baby Ballet

Ballerina Mummy - Julie

Julie dancing the part of Clara in The Nutcracker - such a wonderful jete!!

More Nutcracker en pointe!!

Julie executing a beautiful arabesque en pointe with a very dashing Nutcracker Prince!!

We recently featured Dancing Sisters, Isla and Linsey so now we are very pleased to feature their Mummy, Julie, who was obviously quite a beautiful Ballerina herself.
So lovely to see that Julie's daughters will be able to carry on in her footsteps or should we say pointe shoes!!!

CCBB Trivia

Pacific Northwest Ballet School student in Nutcracker. © Angela Sterling

Did you know that.....

1. Even though The Nutcracker ballet was not appreciated in Russia where it originated, there are more than 2,000 Nutcracker performances in the U.S. each year.
2. Nutcracker  the book written by E.T.A. Hoffmann was illustrated by Maurice Sendak who is best known for his children’s books, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE and IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN. Beyond his award-winning work as a writer and illustrator of children’s books, Sendak has produced both operas and ballets for television and the stage.
3. George Balanchine choreographed Circus Polka to be performed by real live elephants.
4. Ballet was invented in Italy.
5. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was one of the greatest Russian composers of all time. He wrote the music for three of the most famous ballets: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. CCBB's End of Year Open Day performance in 2010 was Swan Lake. In December 2011 the Open Day performance will be The Nutcracker and in December 2012 - Sleeping Beauty.
6. 98% of enrolments at CCBB are by Referrals and Internet Searches.
7. CCBB Ballerinas are from Gorokan, Lake Haven, North Gosford, Terrigal, Somersby, Mannering Park, Watanobbi, Lake Munmorah, Doyalson, Long Jetty, Woongarrah, Wadalba, Noraville, Budgewoi, Kanwal, Buff Point, Cessnock, Abermain, Maitland and Cliftleigh
8. CCBB's website has had 5,645 unique hits and 15,829 page views since February 2010 and CCBB's blog has 866 unique hits since October 1 2011

Ballet facts 3 and 4 from the book "A Child's Introduction to Ballet" by Laura Lee.

Week 7

Kinder Ballerinas - Waltz of the Flowers Costume

We have made a few changes to our Open Day Program.
Because our audience will be 100+ we have decided to put our little dancers on stage at Toukley Neighbourhood Centre.
Please check the program as Baby Ballet Classes will be divided into 2 groups - Group 1 - 2/3 years and Group 2 - 4/5 years

Don't forget - individual photos this week and next week!!

Proposed Program – Draft 2

for
"Sugar Plum Fairies and Nutcrackers"

Central Coast Baby Ballet Open Day

Saturday 17^th December 2011

At: Toukley Neighbourhood Centre, Heador Street, Toukley

9.15am

All Ballerinas to be at Toukley Neighbourhood Centre

9.30am

Guest Performance Moldovian Dance - (Students of Central School of Dance)

9.40am

Snow Fairies (Bubby Ballet Class Demonstration)

Mummies to wear black

10am

Presentation of Term Certificates, Attendance and Stencil Prizes for Bubby Ballet

10.10am

Guest Performance Russian Dance -(Students of Central School of Dance)

10.15am

The Nutcracker (Baby Ballet and Kinder/Grade Ballet)

Clara – Lara Maybury

1. Chinese Dance (Kinder Ballet) with Nutcrackers Jackson, Daniel and Harry

10.20am

2. Sugar Plum Fairies (Baby Ballet 2/3 years – Kanwal and Toukley Ballerinas) with Nutcracker Harry

10.45am

Guest Performance Pas de Quatre -(Students of Central School of Dance)

10.50am

3. Sugar Plum Fairies (Baby Ballet 4/5 years – Kanwal Abermain and Toukley Ballerinas) with Nutcracker Daniel

11.15am

4. Flower Fairies (Kinder Ballet) with Nutcrackers Jackson, Daniel and Harry

11.20am

Finale with all Ballerinas

11.30am

Presentation of Term Certificates, Attendance and Stencil Prizes for Baby Ballet/Kinder and Grade Ballet

Presentation of Trophies to Ballerinas who have been enrolled with CCBB for 4 full terms or more

Judging and Announcement of Student of the Term Prizes

Guest Judge – Karen Barker/Rogers ARAD

Director - Baby Ballerinas and Co and Central School of Dance

Baby Ballet – 2/3 years Winner and Runner Up

Baby Ballet – 4/5 years Winner and Runner Up

Kinder Ballet -  5/6 years Winner and Runner Up

Draw of lucky door prizes

12.00 -  Arrival of Santa

Finish around 12.30pm

Angelina Ballerina

Angelina Ballerina is coming to Sydney Opera House Dec 20-24!
Join Angelina, everyone’s favourite dancing mouse as she takes to the stage in a real live ballet! Performed by the Royal New Zealand Ballet, be a part of Angelina and her friends as they prepare to audition for the prestigious Camembert Academy of Performing Arts. Tickets are selling fast! For more information click here.

CCBB's Themes for 2012

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Click here to see Proposed Timetable - 2012

ps: Reminder - Individual Photos next week - Full Costume and hair in a bun please.

The Chinese Dance - The Nutcracker

Some amazing performances of The Chinese Dance from The Nutcracker!!!


Nutcracker Cojocaru 2 act part 3 Tea: Chinese Dance
Clara Alina Cojocaru
Drosselmeer Anthony Dowell
Nutcracker Prince Ivan Putrov
2000 Covent Garden, The Royal Ballet


The Mariinsky's production of Nutcracker, with the "Chinese Dance", also known as "Tea".


Chinese Dance Urban Nutcracker

Baby Ballerina - Ashley

Baby Ballerina - Ashley - click on the image to zoom

Happy 4th Birthday to Jazmine and Happy 2nd Birthday to Lily today!!!

They danced by the light of the moon.
  ~Edward Lear

ps: Thanks to Ashley's Mum, Nikki, for sending in the photo of Ashley practising her Arabesque!!

Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker

Principal dancers Ekaterina Bortyakova and Akzhol Mussakhanov in a charming pas de deux as Clara or, in Russian, Masha and her Nutcracker Prince.

Happy 4th Birthday to Ava today!!!

"Let us read, and let us dance; 

these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." 

~ Voltaire

ps: Because the Dancing Sisters Feature last week was so popular, we will be featuring  more CCBB  Ballerinas here on our blog over the next few weeks so please email us your photo(s) if you would like your Dancing Ballerina featured.

Week 6 - Snowflakes Costumes

Snowflakes - Bubby Ballet - click to zoom

Bubby Ballet Classes
Costume Pack contains:
1 x Headband
2 x Arm puffs
2 x ties for shoulder straps
1 x Overlay with 4 x ties
(Both colours available now)

To be worn with:
Pink Ballet Tights
Pink Ballet Shoes
Briefs - same colour as tutu
Long hair must be worn in a bun

Thank you to those Parents who have already purchased their Ballerinas' costumes early. This has made our job a lot easier allowing us the extra time to add buttons/pom poms to tutus over the past weeks.
All costume payments should be finalised this week so we can sew the buttons/pom poms on your Ballerinas' tutus.

Timetable 2012

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This timetable may be subject to change.

Dancing Sisters - Isla and Linsey

Dancing Sisters - click on the image to zoom

A sister is a forever friend. 

~ Author Unknown

Dancing Sisters Feature # 5 - Isla and Linsey

Dancing Sisters - Lara, Charlotte and Matilda

Dancing Sisters - click on the image to zoom

 They share the incredibly precious gift of being "sisters. ...

~  Laurel Atherton

 Dancing Sisters - Feature # 4 - Lara, Charlotte and Matilda

Dancing Sisters - Ava and Zoe

Dancing Sisters - click on the image to zoom

A sister is someone more special than words

~ from a poem by Douglas Pagels

Dancing Sisters - Feature # 3 - Ava and Zoe

Dancing Sisters - Jade, Olivia and Sophie

Dancing Sisters - click on the image to zoom

Sometimes being a sister is better than being a princess

~  Art Moms' Quotes

 Dancing Sisters - Feature # 2 - Jade , Olivia and Sophie.

Dancing Sisters - Keira and Amelie

Dancing Sisters - click on the image to zoom

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
~ Author Unknown

Starting Week 5 with the first of five features on Dancing Sisters at CCBB - Keira and Amelie.

Term Calendar and Checklist

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How the term is flying!!!!

Next week will be Week 5  - halfway through the term already!

 CCBB Calendar/Checklist  - Term 4 2011

Week 5   November  7 - 12

·      video all classes (don’t forget your media release form if you haven’t handed it in yet)

·      Free Trial Classes at Kanwal and Abermain

Week 6   November 14 - 19

·      Payment for costumes to be finalised/tutus to be collected by us

Week 7   November  21 - 26

·      Costumes and tutus to be handed out

Week 8   November  28 – December 3

·      Individual photos of all students –hair in a bun and full costume to be worn. Photos will be taken before and after classes.

·      video all classes

·      Payment for DVD to be finalised.

·      2012 Enrolment Forms handed out

Week  9   December  5 - 10

·      Baby Ballet, Kinder/Grade Classes may finish up to 15 mins later.

·      2012 Enrolment Forms to be returned

Week 10   December  12 - 17

·      Classes at Kanwal, Abermain and Open Day at Toukley on Saturday 17^th December 2011 – 9.30 am to 12.30 pm

               

ps

we will give you a print out of this calendar next week  :)

Seasons of Dance

Presented by: Baby Ballerinas & Co and Central School of Dance
PERFORMANCE DATE
Sunday 4 December 2011 - Civic Theatre, Newcastle
Performance 1: 10am
Performance 2: 3pm

Experience changes of Seasons through music and our beautiful dancers as the delightful little ballerinas nourish their bright and colourful gardens. See the Autumn fairies and wood nymphs along with the rich tones of character dancers. Explode into Summer with dance energy and fun in the sun. Be prepared to feel the winter icicles through the dramatic poise and steely stares of the stunning black swans.


Something for everyone and all ages!

Tickets on sale
Saturday 5th November 2011 9:00AM
Click here to book your tickets through Ticketek
ps: Performances usually sell out within 1 hour. 

pps: The Director of Baby Ballerinas & Co and Central School of Dance - Karen Barker Rogers will be the Guest Judge at CCBB's Open Day on the 17th December 2011

Guest Performers from Central School of Dance will be performing on the day as well!!!

Clara and The Nutcracker

Dancers representing Ballet Califia in Cotati perform the annual production of "The Nutcracker"

 Happy 6th Birthday to Chloe today!!!

 

"Magic is believing in yourself, 

if you can do that, 

you can make anything happen."

 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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