Halloween Spooktacular
2 p.m. Saturday, October 31, 2009
ghoulish performances, children's costume contest and more presented by the Portland Ballet
Where: Portland High School, Cumberland Ave. Portland
Phone: www.brownpapertickets.com
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Category: Special Events
Event Posted 2009-08-27
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Oct 27, 2009 3:58 PM
Portland Ballet will continue their tradition of haunting holiday-themed performances this fall with Halloween Spooktacular, a “scary” show scheduled for Halloween Day. At 2 pm on Saturday the 31st, Portland Ballet Company will present six pieces choreographed by Nell Shipman, the company’s Resident Choreographer and a Principal Dancer and Instructor for Portland Ballet. All ages are encouraged to attend the concert, and to come in costume. A Costume Parade will be held during intermission.
Musical selections for the creepy concert include works by Shostakovich, Berlioz, Puccini, and more. Spooky-themed pieces include “Night of the Living Dolls”, “Love at First Bite”, about vampires, “Danse Macabre”, and others. Dancers from Portland Ballet Company and Portland Ballet’s C.O.R.P.S. program will show off their scarier sides in “cadaverous” costumes.
Portland Ballet Company’s dancers include Elizabeth “Appalling” Avantaggio, “Vicious” Vanessa Beyland, Megan “Boo!” Buckley, Derek “Creaking” Clifford, Morgan “Savage” Sanborn, “Nasty” Nelly Shipman, “Cadaverous” Katrina Smedal, Tyler “Spellbound” Sperry, “Rotting” Rachel Willis, Andrea “the Anarchist” Lucas, “Monstrous” Morgan Sanborn, and apprentices Anastasia “Sinister” Street, Emily “Beastly” Belanger, and Hannah “Wicked” Wallace.
Dancers from the C.O.R.P.S. program are Adam “Morbid” Mosey, “Quirky” Quincy Dean, “Awful” Arianna Lawson, Jacqueline “Bizarre” Bolduc, Brie “Scandalous” Sampson, “Mysterious” Mattie Woodside, Jane “Horrendous” Howard, Emily “Awful” Avery, “Abnormal” Abby Menard, and Julia “Kooky” Conley.
Spooktacular will be held on Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. at Portland High School’s John Ford Theater. Tickets are available at www.BrownPaperTickets.com. For more information, please contact Portland Ballet at 207-772-9671 or visit www.portlandballet.org.
Oct 27, 2009 3:58 PM
Portland Ballet will continue their tradition of haunting holiday-themed performances this fall with Halloween Spooktacular, a “scary” show scheduled for Halloween Day. At 2 pm on Saturday the 31st, Portland Ballet Company will present six pieces choreographed by Nell Shipman, the company’s Resident Choreographer and a Principal Dancer and Instructor for Portland Ballet. All ages are encouraged to attend the concert, and to come in costume. A Costume Parade will be held during intermission.
Musical selections for the creepy concert include works by Shostakovich, Berlioz, Puccini, and more. Spooky-themed pieces include “Night of the Living Dolls”, “Love at First Bite”, about vampires, “Danse Macabre”, and others. Dancers from Portland Ballet Company and Portland Ballet’s C.O.R.P.S. program will show off their scarier sides in “cadaverous” costumes.
Portland Ballet Company’s dancers include Elizabeth “Appalling” Avantaggio, “Vicious” Vanessa Beyland, Megan “Boo!” Buckley, Derek “Creaking” Clifford, Morgan “Savage” Sanborn, “Nasty” Nelly Shipman, “Cadaverous” Katrina Smedal, Tyler “Spellbound” Sperry, “Rotting” Rachel Willis, Andrea “the Anarchist” Lucas, “Monstrous” Morgan Sanborn, and apprentices Anastasia “Sinister” Street, Emily “Beastly” Belanger, and Hannah “Wicked” Wallace.
Dancers from the C.O.R.P.S. program are Adam “Morbid” Mosey, “Quirky” Quincy Dean, “Awful” Arianna Lawson, Jacqueline “Bizarre” Bolduc, Brie “Scandalous” Sampson, “Mysterious” Mattie Woodside, Jane “Horrendous” Howard, Emily “Awful” Avery, “Abnormal” Abby Menard, and Julia “Kooky” Conley.
Spooktacular will be held on Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. at Portland High School’s John Ford Theater. Tickets are available at www.BrownPaperTickets.com. For more information, please contact Portland Ballet at 207-772-9671 or visit www.portlandballet.org.
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