Oct 09, 2020

THSD, Ballet Salina to present ballet on Eric Stein Stage Sunday

Posted Oct 09, 2020 12:08 PM

A one-act ballet is coming to the Eric Stein Stage.

The Tamara Howe School of Dance along with Ballet Salina will present Elite Syncopations this Sunday at 2 p.m. on the Eric Stein Stage at Oakdale Park. This is a free performance for our community and families.

All guests are asked to socially distance according to current city/county requirements. All audience members are asked to wear masks while in attendance.

Elite Syncopations is a one-act ballet created in 1974 by Kenneth MacMillan for the Royal Ballet. It is described as having an up-beat, hip swinging aura of spontaneity, with "easygoing rhythms." The "Classic" ragtime composers represented in the production are Scott Joplin, Scott Hayden, Joseph F. Lamb and James Scott and Robert Hampton.  Dancers have been rehearsing since August for this fall ballet.

Ballet Salina is designed to increase exposure to and appreciation for classical performance arts in the community as well as to provide opportunities to local area youth to gain training that mirrors that of the professional world.

Ballet Salina is the creation of Tamara Howe, owner and director of the Tamara Howe School of Dance. Howe serves as the executive director of Ballet Salina. Mara Klenda serves as the artistic director Ballet Salina.  All choreography for Elite Syncopations was set by Klenda.

Further information about Ballet Salina may be found at: www.balletsalina.com or by emailing info@balletsalina.com.