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EVENTS THIS WEEK!

MAY 23:
ABT Alina Cojocaru and JOSE MANUEL CARRENO finish the Don Q. run Monday evening!

MAY 23:
Isadora Duncan Birthday Celebration

6:00 p.m., VIP Cocktail Reception and Insider Preview
7:30 p.m., Birthday Performance & After-party

Place: City Center Rehearsal Studios, 5th Floor
Tickets: $60 (VIP Cocktail Reception, Insider Preview, Birthday Performance, and After-party)
$30 (Birthday Performance and After-party)

To purchase your tickets and RSVP now, click here:
Isadora Duncan Birthday Celebration
You may also call 212-691-5040 or email
info@isadoraduncan.org.

MAY 24-26:
ABT 3 days of a Mixed Billing with Tudor, Ratmansky and Wheeldon all on the same night! Don't miss your chance to see this talented trio of choreographers all on one program! BRAVO! moe info here!

MAY 26:
Joffrey Ballet Jazz & Contemporary Concert MILLER THEATRE 7pm

The performance will showcase Dust In Wong, choreographed by program director Dorrell Martin, which celebrates motherhood and the beauty of life; a new jazz piece by Mario Zambrano, influenced by great choreographers such as William Forsythe and Ohad Naharin; plus many more great New York contemporary choroeographers.
$15 general admission

MAY 27-31: ABT Close out May with the dramatic powerhouse of Giselle with Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes, as well as New York's favorite Ballet Couple, the dignified Irina Dvorvenko with Maxim Beloserkovsky and then of course, Jose Manuel Carreno with Julie Kent

MAY 27 & 28:
Joffrey School Performance
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

On Friday, May 27, the Joffrey Trainee Program, directed by Davis Robertson, will present a performance of all new choreographic works by Julie Bour, Brian McSween, Mr. Robertson and Mario Zambrano.

On Saturday, May 28, the Joffrey Ballet School's Classical Trainee students perform an evening of mixed repertory, featuring works by Bournonville, Petipa, Vainonen and others. The evening's event will be the culmination of an intensive year of training under the directorship of Gelsey Kirkland and Michael Chernov.
Performances on both Friday and Saturday will include Cirque du Joffrey, choreographed by David Fernandez. This work will feature students from the Children and Young Dancer Programs, under the direction of Jo Matos.

Join the Joffrey Ballet School as they celebrate the technical and artistic achievements of these gifted young dancers.

Tickets Available now at: http://skirballcenter.nyu.edu/calendar/joffreyballetspring
DISCOUNTED TICKETS AVAILABLE AT BOX OFFICE

MAY 28: MAY 28 & 29:

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: LATIN CHOREOGRAPHERS FESTIVAL
seeking Latin Choreographers in all Genres; also seeking entries from Non-Latin Choreographers to be chosen as featured Non-Latin Choreographer! go here for details


ELLISON BALLET SPRING PERFORMANCE
830pm & 730pm
Salvatore Capezio Theatre @ Peridance
http://www.ellisonballet.com/

On the Program: Talisman Variation (Gusev after Petipa/Drigo) 1889

Halequinade Pdd (Petipa/Drigo) 1900
Franz Variation from Coppelia (Saint Leon/Delibes) 1870
James Variation - La Sylphide (Bournonville/Lovenskold) 1836
What's the Pointe Solo (Shannon/J.S. Bach)
Diana and Acteon Pdd (Vaganova/Pugni)
Perpetuum (EE/Bach)
Flames of Paris variation (Vainonen/Asafiev) 1932
Nothing to Hide Solo (Verduzco) 2011
White Swan Pdd (Ivanov/Tchaikovsky) 1895
Grand Pas Classique Variation (Gsovsky/Auber) 1949
Don Quixote Pdd (Petipa/Minkus) 1869
Graduation/Award Ceremony (to conclude Sun perf only)

New contemporary and neoclassical works by cutting-edge choreographers Michael Shannon, Ursula Verduzco and Edward Ellison, including Ellison's award-winning "Perpetuum," recipient of the 1st Place Ensemble Category Award at the YAGP 2011 Semi-Finals competition in Torrington, CT.

MAY 29:
Lar Lubovitch Summer Workshop at Skidmore College
12:00pm @ Skidmore College