Date: Fri 14-May-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNO

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Ballet Performance Will Showcase New Artistic Endeavors

(with photos)

The Marsha Ismailoff Mark School of Ballet will present its annual outdoor

performance of "Ballet in the Meadow" on Saturday and Sunday, June 5-6.

Performances take place in the field of the ballet school, at 57 Mt Pleasant

Road in Newtown. The school is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

The program will begin at 5:30 pm each afternoon. In the event of rain either

afternoon, rain date is the following day.

Shamil Yagudin, a dancer with The Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow, was in residence at

the school during March.

(Last November, Mrs Mark and Mr Yagudin presented the full-length ballet

Coppelia , with guest artists from the Bolshoi Ballet and Stanislavsky Theatre

Ballet companies. It is Mrs Mark's intention to bring the community another

world class production involving internationally acclaimed dancers from the

Bolshoi Ballet together with young aspiring dancers from surrounding

communities.)

Mr Yagudin conducted master classes at the school in March, and also worked

collaboratively with Mrs Mark on a future production of Le Fille Mal Gardee .

With music by Wilhehn Hertl and choreography by Jean Dauberval, La Fille Mal

Gardee was first presented at the Grand Theatre in Boudreau, France, on July

1, 1789. It made its Russian debut at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1864.

"Yesterday, as well as today and tomorrow, our youth strive and persevere for

their independence, as in La Fille Mal Gardee , when Lise defies her mother's

desires for selecting the proper husband," said Mrs Mark "This romantic comedy

is as enjoyable and delightful now as it was over 210 years ago."

"Ballet in the Meadow" will this year include excerpts from La Fille Mal

Gardee , together with original choreographed variations performed by the

Malenkee Ballet Repertoire Company.

Malenkee is an innovative ballet company that was formed under the Marsha

Marks School of Ballet umbrella in 1980. The company consists of dancers from

the ballet school. Malenkee is well known for its performances in area schools

and libraries that help introduce young children to the world of ballet.

Admission to "Ballet in the Meadow" is free of charge. Because it is an

outdoor performance, the audience should bring chairs or blankets for seating.

Please note, video recording is not allowed during the performances.

For additional information including directions to the Marsha Ismailoff Mark

School of Ballet, contact the studio at 426-0698.