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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

"I Want Candy!" Presented By Ballet Folsom This Weekend

Something sweet is coming to the Sacramento region this weekend! A new story ballet entitled I Want Candy!, conceived by Joy Victor, formerly of the American Ballet Theatre, and Deirdre Hawkins, Artistic Director of Ballet Folsom. The concert takes place April 12 & 13, at the Jill Solberg Performing Arts Theater in Folsom, featuring the Ballet Folsom company dancers.

Joy Victor and Deirdre Hawkins share the choreography in bringing to life this endearing story ballet.  While the storyline is decidedly focused on a younger audience, there’s something for the adults as well. The story centers on the simple concept of fond memories associated with candy—the universal treat that everyone loves in one form or another.  I Want Candy! is a celebration of the happiness that candy brings to our lives.  “Candy sparks memories in all of us that are sentimental and heart-warming” said Joy Victor.

The story features a cast of characters including the Candy Man who invents a machine that will create any candy he desires. His helpers are the Candy Meisters and together they plan to present a show featuring many types of candy in dancer form. Each candy has a personality befitting their type of sweet treat.  Over twenty candies will be danced.

There are the flirty Conversation Hearts, elegant French Lavender Mints, exotic Turkish Rose Delights, sticky Gummy Bears, snooty chocolate Nonpareils (French for unparalleled), perky Starlight Mints and hard-edged Rock Candy.  The Candy Man’s plans go awry when the machine begins to malfunction and starts to produce Popcorn instead of candy. The Popcorn know they aren’t candy but want to be part of the production so they steal candies one-by-one to make themselves known to the audience.  Once the candy realizes the theft, they plan a little sweet revenge!

Ticket Prices: Adults: $20, Seniors: $18, Students: $15, Children: $10. Groups of 10 or more receive 10% off the ticket price.

The ballet will be performed Saturday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 13, 2:00 p.m. at the Jill Solberg Performing Arts Theater on the Folsom High School campus. Tickets may be purchased by logging on to stages-folsom.org or call the Stages office at (916) 355-8080.

 Blog Post information and picture courtesy of Ballet Folsom.


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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Stages-Folsom Dance Arts Opens Its 15th Season

Folsom Dance Arts begins its new season with the announcement of two new Artistic Directors and  world premiere ballet!

Stages is Folsom’s premiere youth dance company and includes: Ballet Folsom, Sound Out Tap Company and iMPACT Contemporary Dance.

Stages is a non-profit organization — its sister company is Hawkins School of Performing Arts, which has been in the Folsom area for over 25 years.

The new season at Stages offers a number of exciting opportunities for dancers and patrons alike!

Stages is pleased to announce that Shannon Mahoney will head up iMPACT Contemporary Dance. Shannon comes to Stages with an extensive resume in dance and acting. She is also the Co-Managing Director of Sacramento’s Big Idea Theatre. Shannon started her dance career at 12 when she was accepted into the Colorado Ballet pre-professional dance program.  Two years later, she moved up to their professional program and did her first tour of The Nutcracker Suite. She has been dancing and acting professionally since that time throughout the United States. She recently received her Master of Fine Arts from California State University Fullerton. As a graduate student at Fullerton she began seriously exploring and experimenting with fusing modern dance, ballet and the emotional movement exercises from her MFA acting classes.

Stages is also please to announce the placement of Beverly Stewart as the new Artistic Director for Sound Out Tap Company. Beverly started dancing as a child in her mother’s studio. She is skilled in many dance disciplines and is an exceptional tap instructor. She’s been teaching tap at Hawkins School of Performing Arts for ten years and now takes the helm at Stages. Under Beverly’s instruction the dance program will include tap as well as more musical theatre opportunities.

The season opens with a holiday extravaganza presented by Sound Out Tap Company entitled Tis’ the Season for Dance, taking place December 7th and 8th, with evening and matinee performances. Sound Out Artistic Director, Beverly Stewart, offers this perennial favorite with a new focus and several guest artists. All three dance companies will perform in the concert, and there will also be actors and singing from local choirs. More details on this holiday production will be released in the coming months.

Following the season opener, iMPACT Contemporary Dance will stage an original production by Artistic Director Shannon Mahoney entitled A Celebration of Dance, taking place February 23rd, 2014 at 2 p.m.  The concert will highlight some of the great choreographers of our time and the dance styles they made famous. The concert will feature, contemporary dance, tap and ballet.

To close the season, Ballet Folsom presents a world premiere ballet that will delight audience members of all ages—I Want Candy, April 12th and 13th. While the title is decidedly youthful, the ballet story, costumes and sets will entertain all who attend. This original ballet is the work of Ballet Folsom Artistic Director Deirdre Hawkins and Joy Victor. The collaboration and original production is the first of its kind for Stages dancers. It presents a wonderful opportunity for the dancers and audience members to witness the creation of a new ballet.

For more information or for tickets for the Stages concerts, please visit stages-folsom.org or by calling the office at (916) 355-8080.

Blog Post information and picture courtesy of Hawkins School of Performing Arts & Stages.


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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Ballet Folsom Invites You to a Mad Hatter Tea Party

Join Ballet Folsom for a Mad Hatter Tea Party Sunday, February 24 from 2-4 p.m.

This special event will be located at Stages-Folsom Dance Arts/Hawkins School of Performing Arts, 118 Woodmere Road in Folsom.

Fun for all ages! Enjoy a wonderful afternoon of tea, lemonade, finger sandwiches, cookies and other delectable treats as well as arts and crafts. Also, there will be dancing and appearances by Alice in Wonderland's cast members. You can even have your picture take with your favorite character!

Tickets are $15 for adults, and children 12 and under are $10.

To purchase tickets visit stages-performingarts.org, or call 916-355-8080.

 Post information courtesy of Hawkins School of Dance


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