Congratulations to IBC Students!

We wish to extend a hearty congratulations to all IBC students who competed in the Youth America Grand Prix Chicago Regional Competition this past weekend. IBC students Demitra Bereveskos and Caitlin Cutsinger who were awarded the following honors: 

Demitra Bereveskos- 1st Place overall, PreCompetitive Age Division
Caitlin Cutsinger- 2nd Place, Junior Classical and Top 12, Junior Contemporary

Congratulations on your hard work and dedication, girls!  As the Youth America Grand Prix is the largest student ballet competition in the world, having IBC students receive top honors at its first competition experience as a new school is truly a testament to the enormous talent of the Conservatory’s faculty and students.

 

IBC students, faculty and staff, had a lot of fun collecting new, unwrapped gifts for Channel RTV6's 2010 Toy Drive, and presenting them to Kevin Gregory and the RTV 6 Crew on December 4th. Kevin and his team came to the studios on a snowy day while IBC dancers were in the middle of rehearsals for their upcoming production of The Nutcracker. Rehearsals went with a little extra sparkle that day, knowing that the cameras were rolling.

Thanks to all for the wonderful team spirit and desire to help kids throughout Central Indiana through the collection of these gifts.

Tune in to the segment on Thursday, December 9th, at 5:00 p.m.

Happy Holidays!

Ghosts of Christmas Past Bearing Free Tickets to the Nutcracker

‘Tis the season to dig deep down and rediscover all those moments buried inside us - the ghosts of Christmas past - that individually and collectively express humanity at its very best. Yes, we are all too familiar with the rampant commercialism that drives most of the frenzy this time of year. But, despite our often jaded perspective of the holidays, it is hard to completely ignore a kind of magic that accompanies them that manages to persist and permeate the seasonal insanity, and speaks of a deep and abiding belief in the existence, somewhere, of the good, the true and the beautiful.

Here at the Indiana Ballet Conservatory (IBC) we are extremely proud of our particular recreation of the traditional Vainonen version of The Nutcracker, with its emphasis on the transforming power that simple kindness, compassion and courage can bring. It’s a message that we feel is worth sharing with everyone, including six hundred children and families who may be having a particularly hard time feeling that magic this year. We hope that we can share this message with some of you, as we attempt to express some of that ‘magic’ through the language we love most, as our own gift to the community.

Therefore, IBC is throwing out a challenge to you all to describe your own holiday experiences that allowed you, even if only for a moment, to get a glimpse of the world as a warmer, more beautiful place. We aren’t necessarily looking for the most heroic or impressive tales, but for the most genuine – the deep buried memories most of us possess from holidays past that have warmed our souls. Whether that happened while baking cookies with grandma, or securing peace for a third world nation, we would like to hear about it.  We will feature the best entries on our website and award the winner(s) two free tickets to our performance of The Nutcracker, December 17th -19th (exact performance date subject to ticket availability but we will try hard to honor specific requests).

For more information on the performance visit www.IndianaBalletConservatory.org or call 866-398-4NUT. The winners will be revealed at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 15^th. Please send submissions to contact@IndianaBalletConservatory.org, and we will notify the winners by email.

Good luck, and may this season be memorable for you.

IBC students combine creative costuming with choreographic talent at IBC's annual Choreography Contest and Halloween party. Congratulations to all the participants and winners!

Untitled from Indiana Ballet Conservatory on Vimeo.

Congratulations to Courtney Messer and Juliet Martone! These two upper level IBC students were featured in an article in Current in Carmel today! Follow the links to the online publication and look for the article on page 9.

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Dance Central

Indiana Ballet Conservatory puts Central Indiana on the map in dance

By Kevin Kane, October 12, 2010 for Current in Carmel

"No longer do aspiring dancers have to move to the country's biggest cities to receive training from world-class instructors. In fact, students are leaving those areas to learn under elite teachers here in Carmel."

Read more on page 9 of Current in Carmel