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2008/9 School Year Starts August 23rd
NBB Accepts Registrations Year-Round
NBB's 2008/9 School Year Starts on Saturday, August 23rd. NBB Accepts
Registrations Year-round so its Not Too Late to Sign-up. Please see our
schedule page for Registrations
forms and other Information.
New Bern Ballet Company To
Perform at Mumfest
New Bern Ballet is pleased to support the 2008 Mumfest. Our
Performance Company, New Bern Ballet Company, will be performing at the Dance
Arena on October 11th.
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Our Mission
Our mission is to provide a wholesome and enriching ballet environment for children
and adults of Eastern North Carolina to
explore and develop their artistic expression, movement and physical wellbeing.
NBB will provide a classically based ballet program that will allow for
self-exploration, creativity within movement and discipline. NBB will
present artistic opportunities for the student and community through
performances and summer camps.
Our Philosophy
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Every Student will be exposed to an
enriching curriculum containing a wide variety of Ballet dance styles, pantomime
and characters in Ballet stories using props, pictures and costume pieces.
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Every student will learn classic
ballet technique, terminology, history, costuming and music through a well
developed curriculum.
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Every student will be treated with
dignity and respect with positive reinforcement throughout their training. Each
student is expected to be dignified and respectful of themselves and their art
form.
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Each student will be taught ballet
in a variety of styles, learning how to execute ballet steps within the
curriculum in a variety of ballet combinations. Students will learn how
to dance rather than just learning a dance.
About The Owner/Ballet Mistress
 Miss
Laura is educated in the Visual and Performing Arts. She has been trained in
Classical Ballet and performed for Missouri Concert Ballet as a leading soloist
in several major classical ballets as well as Small Ensemble work. She received
her Bachelor's in Fine Arts, with Honors, from
Lindenwood University and
furthered her education with Post-baccalaureate studies, on scholarship, at
The
School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She received a Professional
Certificate in Art Education, emphasis on developing programs in
Interrelated/Integrated Arts. Receiving teaching certificates in Missouri and
Illinois, Miss Laura has taught a variety of fine and performing arts programs, for
both public and private schools. She has developed and taught programs for
pre-school students as well as for gifted and special needs children. At
Alexandra School of Ballet, Miss Laura was the primary teacher of the young children’s
program and, at Alexandra Ballet Company (ABC), Miss Laura was Ballet Mistress to the Junior Ballet Company. During Miss
Laura’s time with ABC she also
rehearsed Apprentice and First Company members. Miss Laura has worked with
Nationally known choreographers restaging major classical Ballets such as The
Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and smaller classics Les Sylphides, Pas de Quatre and
Origami. Miss Laura also
taught Ballet at the
Center Of Creative Arts
(COCA), Performing Arts Centre (PAC) of St.
Charles and St. Peters Academy of Dance. At COCA she developed the Ballet
Babies, Ballet Live and Ballet Stories curriculum for pre-kindergarten through 6th
grade students. Miss
Laura developed Accelerated Ballet, Character and Variations Classes for
advanced beginners and intermediate students while at
PAC. At New Bern Ballet Miss Laura will provide students with a well
developed ballet curriculum blending Vaganava (Russian), Paris Opera (French),
Cecchetti (Italian) and Balanchine (American) techniques.
 Kristie
Huray has more than 20 years of dance experience. Growing up in Charlotte,
North Carolina, she danced competitively with Rhythm and Dance Productions
studios and performed with the
Charlotte School of Ballet, Ballet School of Charlotte, and Union County
Youth Ballet. She is a national top soloist and has been awarded the titles of
Miss Showbiz, Rising Star, and Junior Miss Starpower. Kristie was featured in
the 1998 edition of Dancer Magazine and has appeared on television for
various dance performances, a Gold’s Gym commercial, and as a cast member of a
live, weekly PBS show. She is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she double-majored in
Journalism and English. During college, Kristie was a member of the UNC Dance
Team and Vice President, choreographer, and member of UNC Modernextension, a
modern dance organization. To continue her dance education, she regularly
attends dance workshops and recently studied at the
Broadway Dance Center and
Steps on Broadway in New York City, New
York, as well as Edge Performing Arts Center
in Hollywood, California. For the past two years, Kristie was an instructor and
choreographer at the Carolina Strut Performing Arts Centre in Morehead City.
She recently moved to New Bern with her husband and is excited to join New Bern
Ballet.
Contact Information
Please contact NBB with any questions or concerns you have. For your
convenience (and ours) we've also provided a Feedback page, If you are
contacting us about a particular class, please use our
Student Inquiry page
so that we may better serve you.
- Telephone
- 252-633-5800
- FAX
- None as yet
- Postal address
- 102 Market St.; New Bern, NC 28560
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
misslaura@newbernballet.com
Webmaster:
webmaster@newbernballet.com
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