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SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ANNOUNCES 2007 REPERTORY SEASON

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Highlights Include the SF Ballet Premiere of Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free & the World Premiere of Yuri Possokhov's FirebirdSeason Includes One U.S. Premiere, Three World Premieres & Three SF Ballet Premieres, Plus the Revivals of The Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote

Program 4 opens on Tuesday, March 13 and includes the encore presentation of Paul Taylor’s Spring Rounds, the revival of Helgi Tomasson’s Chi-Lin, and the U.S. premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Eden/Eden. Taylor’s Spring Rounds was commissioned for the Company’s 2005 engagement at the Paris dance festival, Les étés de la danse de Paris, and is set to the music of Richard Strauss. Tomasson’s Chi-Lin, a work based on Chinese mythology, was premiered by San Francisco Ballet in 2002. Set to the music of composer Bright Sheng, the work was called “a gift” by the San Francisco Chronicle upon its premiere. McGregor’s Eden/Eden was first performed by Stuttgart Ballet in 2005. The work is set to music by Steve Reich, with costume design by Ursula Bombshell, lighting design by Charles Balfour, and film design by Ravi Deepres.

Program 5 opens on Thursday, March 15 and includes the revival of Mark Morris’ Pacific, the encore presentations of Jerome Robbins’ Other Dances and Helgi Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, as well as the San Francisco Ballet premiere of Robbins’ Fancy Free. Morris’ Pacific, set to the music of Lou Harrison, was first performed by the Company in 1995 at the UNited We Dance Festival. The work, for five women and four men, was last performed by the Company in 2001. Robbins’ Other Dances had its San Francisco Ballet premiere during the 2006 Repertory Season. Set to the music of Frédéric Chopin and originally created for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova, the work debuted at a gala for the Library of Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, in 1976. Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, set to the music of Karl Jenkins, premiered during the 2006 Repertory Season and was deemed a “triumph” by the San Francisco Chronicle. Fancy Free, set to the music of Leonard Bernstein, was premiered by Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre) in 1944. The work takes place at a bar, on a summer evening in New York City, and tells the story of three sailors on leave competing for two girls’ attention. It was so popular with audiences that it was made into a stage musical, On the Town, and subsequently, into a movie starring Gene Kelly.

Program 6 opens on Wednesday, April 4 with the revival of Julia Adam’s Night, a world premiere by Helgi Tomasson, and the return of Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo. Adam’s Night premiered in 2000 as part of the Company’s “Discovery Program,” and debuted to critical and popular acclaim. Set to an original score by Matthew Pierce, Night was last performed by the Company on tour at New York’s City Center in 2002. Originally premiered by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1942, de Mille’s Rodeo is considered an American classic. Set to the music of Aaron Copland, the work was first performed by San Francisco Ballet in 1989 and was most recently revived during the Company’s 2006 Repertory Season.

Program 7 opens Wednesday, April 11 and includes the encore presentation of Lar Lubovitch’s Elemental Brubeck, a world premiere by choreographer Matjash Mrozewski, and the return of George Balanchine’s Symphony in C. San Francisco Ballet premiered Lubovitch’s Elemental Brubeck in 2005 at Les étés de la danse de Paris. The commissioned work, called “joyful and dynamic” by Le Figaro, is set to the music of Dave Brubeck. Matjash Mrozewski, a Toronto-based choreographer, will create his first work expressly for San Francisco Ballet. Mrozewski formerly danced with a number of companies, including The National Ballet of Canada and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, and has created works for Stuttgart Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, and The Royal Ballet, among others. Balanchine’s Symphony in C was originally created for the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1947 and had its San Francisco Ballet premiere in 1961. Set to the music of Georges Bizet, the work was last performed by the Company in 2001 while on tour at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

Program 8 opens on Saturday, April 28 with the revival of Tomasson/Possokhov’s staging of Don Quixote. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ book from 1605, the ballet was first performed by the Russian Imperial Ballet at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre in 1869 and included original choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Léon Minkus. San Francisco Ballet premiered the production, a ballet in three acts, in 2003. Staged by Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov, the work includes scenic and costume designs by Jens-Jacob Worsaae and lighting design by Lisa Pinkham. The San Francisco Chronicle hailed it as “[a staging]…that any company in the world would be proud to call its own.”

During the 2007 Repertory Season, the Company will perform a total of 56 standard subscription performances. Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday evening performances are at 8 p.m.; Wednesday evening performances are at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra will accompany all programs.

“Meet the Artist” Interviews and “Pointes of View” Lecture Series
San Francisco Ballet will continue to present the entertaining and informative “Meet the Artist” series, held in conjunction with the opening night of each program, as well as all Friday evening and Sunday matinee performances. The thirty-minute interviews with artists, management, and guests of San Francisco Ballet begin one hour prior to performance, and all ticket holders are invited to attend free of charge. In addition, San Francisco Ballet will present eight free “Pointes of View” lectures during the season, on select Wednesday evenings. Each lecture will focus on the program to be performed that evening and is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Ticket Services Office at 415.865.2000.



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INTERNATIONAL DANCE WORLD EVENT - NEW PRAGUE DANCE FESTIVAL 2007

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" ALMOST UNBELIVEBLE!!! " is how the promoter will tell it.  None the less, ever since the Czech state broke away from the tight strngs of the former Soviet Union, everything cultural in this Eastern European civilization has been booming.

 
The July 1st through the 7th festival will includeude classical dance, hip hop, folk dance, theater dance, dance drama, modern dance ...

The pople there, by all reports and ionternet groups whose focus is both county and social events are more than willing to assist visitors.  Prague is regenerating itself in its traditional setting and sociocultural mecca of hospitality.  And for good reasons...with this event the best dancers in the world are more than willing to show up, and have done so. The weather, the city which looks like itself should be in a gift shop, and where coffee competes open'ly with other forms of drinking habits, and winning too! are all most most appealing to the International world of dancers.

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Prague, The Czech Republic is reguarded as one of the leading splendend cities in Europe and the city has made huge investments to allow the best to perform on the stages, show art, rally public entusiasm for dance and facilitate an International corps of friendships from America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

From the news releases and promoters of the Competition they state:" We will prepare a rich programme for you, full of performances, trips, rehearses and workshops, where you can show any type of dance and observe the other dancers and share the knowladges with all lovers of the wonderful art - DANCE.

There are no limits of age, cathegories, language, culture, skin or religion. Just pay 489 euro for ****HOTEL with the half pension, for the trips, trasport in Prague, theaters, translaters, medical care during rehearses and performances, for a cruise on the river with a festive dinner and the final gala show with awardings and the closing celebration of all winners. You can win many original cristal cups and for the best group 1000 euro from our sponsor - the GRISHKO ltd.

In few weeks the whole promo material will be ready, so you can order it writing us to our e-mail: info@praguedancefestival.cz. Also the updated web sites will be available in the end of September. Meanwhile you can see the winners of 2006 on: www.praguedancefestival.cz and see the last programme of 2006.

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The National Ballet of Cuba constitutes one of the most prestigious dance companies of the world and prominently ranks in contemporary Hispano American Culture The technical-artistic rigor of its dancers and and its choreographer´s wide and diverse aesthetical conception, confer to this institution an outstanding place among the greatest of its kind on international stage.

The company was settled in 1948 being Alicia Alonso its leading dancer and its very first figure. In 1950 is created the Escuela Nacional de Ballet Alicia Alonso (Alicia Alonso National Shool of Ballet) adjunct to the professional company. From their earliest stages its artistic line arised from respect to romantic and classic tradition, stimulating, at the same time, creative work of choreographers who followed a national and contemporary search line.

Already in this early stage, the setting up of full versions of lassics like Giselle, The Swans´Lake or Coppelia, was acompanied by works from the renovating movement of Diághilev´s Russian Ballets such as Petrushka or the Faun´s Nap: and ballets by Cuban choreographers such as Fiesta negra (Black Fiesta), Sóngoro cosongo, Concerto and Sombras (Shadows), among others.

Triumph of 1959 Revolution became a milestone for a new stage on Cuban ballet. That year,the National Ballet of Cuba is arranged as part of a new cultural program. Since then it has being developing continually by increasing its repertoire and promoting development of new dancers, choreographers, professors and creators among other art expressions related to dance such as : visual arts and music. Togehter with perfectioning Cuban traditional repertory, a vigorous choreographic movement with works within the most significant achievements of contemporary choreography has been encouraged.

Besides its intense activity in Cuba, where it has successfully projected its art a popular level the National Ballet of Cuba yearly develops a program of international tournees which takes it to different countries of Europe, Asia and America. Important awards, such as the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris and the "Félix Varela" National Order from the Republic of Cuba join to the acclamation by the most outstanding representatives of the specializad criticism and to the awards won by their artists, both individually, as well as international contests and festivals.

The National Ballet of Cuba is the highest expression of the Cuban School of Ballet, which based upon the cultural legacy provided by several enturies of tradition on theatre dance, has reached its own phisiognomy in which this heritage melts with Cuban culture essential features.
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METROPOLITAN CLASSICAL BALLET ANNOUNCES
THE 2007-2008 SEASON

The eleventh season of Excellence on Stage!

Highlights include gala performance, world and company premieres,
and the return of the celebrated Romeo and Juliet and Carmen Suite.

Following a touring performance to the Cullen Theater in Houston on October 26th, Metropolitan Classical Ballet will launch the 2007 – 2008 Season. Artistic Directors, Paul Mejia and Alexander Vetrov have announced the repertory and performance schedule which begins on October 29th, 2007, and runs through June 21, 2008. It will include one world premiere, two company premieres, the return of several acclaimed favorites to include Carmen Suite and Romeo and Juliet, and a gala evening with divertissements from rich traditional classical Russian ballets. The season will include works by Mr. Mejia and Mr. Vetrov, George Balanchine and other acclaimed choreographers. The Metropolitan Classical Ballet Orchestra under the direction of Music Director Ron Spigelman will accompany most performances during the season.

All performances will be presented at the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth with the exception of the full-length The Nutcracker which will be presented at Texas Hall in Arlington. Two familiar special guest artists will return to perform with the Company during the season. Marianna Ryzhkina, Bolshoi principal ballerina will dance in the fall repertory program, and violinist Eric Grossman will perform in the spring repertory program. Gleb Ivanov, the sensational new pianist from Russia who is rapidly gaining great critical acclaim in the United States, will also perform in the fall program.

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The 2007-2008 Season Overview:

FALL REPERTORY
Bass Performance Hall Monday, October 29 - 8:00 PM, 2008

Album for the Young Music by Lowell Liebermann Choreography by Paul Mejia

Scriabin Sonata Music by Alexander Scriabin Choreography by Paul Mejia

Carmen Suite Music by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Choreography by Alberto Alonso Staged by Alexander Vetrov

Album for the Young, which opens the evening, was choreographed by Mr. Mejia and premiered to great acclaim in 2005. The music is by Mr. Lowell Liebermann, one of todays most frequently performed and commissioned composers. Twenty-three year-old Russian born pianist Gleb Ivanov, will play the piano accompaniment for the ballet.

Set to Scriabin’s romantic Sonata No. 3 in F# minor, Op. 23, the Scriabin Sonata is a passionate ballet choreographed for one woman, danced by Olga Pavlova, and a corps of men. It was first performed for the Company in 1999.

Carmen Suite will close the performance. Both the arrangement and the choreography for Carmen Suite were created especially for the great Soviet ballerina, Maya Plisetskaya, former soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet Theatre. Guest dancer, Marianna Ryzhkina, principal dancer with the Bolshoi since 1989, will perform the title role. Ms. Ryzhkina bears the prestigious title Honored Artist of Russia.

THE NUTCRACKER (full-length, two acts)
Texas Hall, the University of Texas at Arlington Friday, December 21st – 7:30 PM, 2007 Saturday, December 22nd - 2:00 and 7:30 PM, 2007 Sunday, December 23rd - 2:00 PM, 2007 Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Alexander Vetrov

Set to the timeless score by Tchaikovsky, Alexander Vetrov's choreography of The Nutcracker is both unique and captivating. Influenced by the Bolshoi, with choreography in part by Yuri Grigorovich, it has been pleasing audiences and garnering great critical acclaim since it was first premiered in December 2003. The production will feature the entire Company and students from Metropolitan Ballet Academy who will dance the numerous children roles.

SPRING REPERTORY
Bass Performance Hall Monday, March 10th, 8:00 PM, 2008

World Premiere Choreography by Alexander Vetrov

Donizetti Variations Music from Don Sebastian by Gaetano Donizetti Choreography by George Balanchine Balanchine Ballets © The George Balanchine Trust Staged by Paul Mejia

Violin Concerto Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Paul Mejia

The music from Donizetti Variations is from excerpts from the opera Don Sebastian written in 1843. Balanchine choreographed the ballet for a principal couple and a corps of six women and three men. It premiered November 16, 1960, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York.

The evening will close with Mr. Mejia’s Violin Concerto. The ballet premiered in Fort. Worth in 1991, and Mr. Mejia is restaging it for ballerina Olga Pavlova. Written in 1878, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 is one of the best known of all violin concertos. It was his only concerto for violin and is considered to be among the most technically difficult works for violin. Eric Grossman will play the accompaniment for the ballet.

SUMMER GALA
Bass Performance Hall
Saturday, June 21st, 8:00 PM, 2008

Romeo and Juliet Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Paul Mejia

Great Classical Divertissements Staged by Alexander Vetrov with International guest artists

The Summer Gala will open with Romeo and Juliet. A fantasy overture composed by Tchaikovsky in 1869, it was one of three compositions inspired by Shakespeare. Paul Mejia became intrigued by all three of the overtures because of the musical impression of each story as a whole, in terms of their emotional and psychological impact, and challenged himself as a choreographer to bring them to life. Romeo and Juliet premiered in Guatemala in 1977. It was later performed by legendary ballerina Suzanne Farrell in New York City and has since been performed throughout Europe and the United States to great public and critical acclaim.

The evening will conclude with a selection of divertissements from the Classics, which will offer great bravura dancing that will showcase the strong artistic personalities of the Company dancers and guests.

Programming, program order and casting for all productions is subject to change without notice.

In keeping with tradition, individual season subscriptions for all three performances of the Bass Hall.   Subscribers have the option of adding The Nutcracker at 10% below single ticket prices. Season subscriptions and The Nutcracker tickets are available only through the administrative office of Metropolitan Classical Ballet, 500 W. Abram, Arlington, Texas 76010 or by calling (817) 275-0598 or (817) 465-4644 or online.

Single ticket sales for the Bass Hall productions are available by calling Bass Performance Hall Ticket Office at (817) 212-4280 or by calling Metropolitan Classical Ballet at (817) 275-0598, or print an online order form at www.mcballet.org. Group discounts are available.

Metropolitan Classical Ballet, recognized as one of the leading dance companies in Texas, was founded in 1997. Artistic directors Paul Mejia and Alexander Vetrov are two of the most recognized names in ballet. Mr. Mejia, former dancer with the New York City Ballet who danced principal roles in many Balanchine ballets, carries on Balanchine’s style and artistic vision though his acclaimed choreography. Alexander Vetrov, former leading male principal dancer with the prestigious Bolshoi has the distinction of being the recipient of the Honored People’s Artist of Russia, the highest honor given by the Russian President. Mr. Vetrov still maintains close connections with the Bolshoi today. Performances reach over 30,000 individuals each season. The Company performs at the prestigious Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, and presents its annual production of The Nutcracker at Texas Hall, at the University of Texas at Arlington. Located in Arlington, the administrative office and spacious state of the arts studios are unsurpassed in the North Texas area.

Metropolitan Classical Ballet 2007 / 2008 is made possible in part by its generous sponsors: American Airlines, The University of Texas at Arlington, and the law firm of Hill Gilstrap.

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Media Note: Further information and photos may be obtained by contacting Judy Puder at (817) 465-4644. Information can also be found on Metropolitan Classical Ballet's website  www.mcballet.org.

 
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Josephine Baker

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Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975), born Freda Josephine McDonald, was a French dancer, actress and singer. She was given the nicknames "Black Venus," "Black Pearl" and "Creole Goddess."[1]. She renounced her American citizenship in 1937 and became a citizen of France.
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Belly dance

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Oriental dance redirects here. For other forms of dance from the middle east, see Middle Eastern dance.

Belly dance is a Western name for an Arabic style of dance developed in the Middle East. In Europe, it is sometimes called oriental dance. Similarly, In Turkish it is referred to as oryantal dansı ("Dance of the East"). Some American devotees refer to it simply as "Middle Eastern Dance".

In the Arabic language it is known as raqs sharqi رقص شرقي ("eastern dance") or sometimes raqs baladi رقص بلدي ("national" or "folk" dance). The term "raqs sharqi" may have originated in Egypt.

The term belly-dance is a creation of Orientalism, and is first attested in English in 1899, translating French danse du ventre.

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American Dance Maverick Stephen Petronio's Company

The Walker Art Center Presents American Dance Maverick Stephen Petronio's Company with Special Guests The Minnesota Boychoir Performing a Score by Rufus Wainwright
Evening Includes New Works BLOOM, Bud Suite, The Rite Part

“Sensuality, risk, and uneasiness unite at levels of speed and density that render the performers heroes in a ricocheting world.” —Village Voice

Fashion, pop, visual art, and movement collide in Stephen Petronio’s dances. Widely considered one of America’s finest, most forward-thinking choreographers, he infuses “relentless breakneck speed with clarity more akin to ballet . . . to create results that are pure extravagance” (Associated Press). For 20 years, Petronio has worked with some of the most talented and provocative visual artists, musicians, and designers of the time. In BLOOM he commissioned a score from poetic pop singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, to be sung by the 40-member Minnesota Boychoir, exploring the creative freedom of youth and the bittersweet poignancy of transformation. Bud Suite, set to four original Wainwright songs, and The Rite Part, an excerpt from Petronio’s striking 1992 piece, complete an evening-length program on Thursday–Saturday, March 1–3, at 8 pm in the William and Nadine McGuire Theater.

Widely acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Stephen Petronio Company has performed its powerfully modern landscapes for the senses in 25 countries throughout the world as well as presenting over 30 New York City engagements. Petronio has built a body of work with some of the most talented and provocative artists in the world, including composers Laurie Anderson, Michael Nyman, James Lavelle, Wire, Diamanda Galás, Sheila Chandra, David Linton, Andy Teirstein, Peter Gordon, and Lenny Pickett; visual artists Anish Kapoor, Cindy Sherman, Donald Baechler, Stephen Hannock, Arnaldo Ferrara, Tal Yarden; fashion designers Leigh Bowery, Manolo, Yonson Pak, Paul Compitus, Tara Subkoff /Imitation of Christ, and Tanya Sarne/Ghost; and Resident Lighting Designer Ken Tabachnick.

Founded in 1984, Stephen Petronio Company has been commissioned by Dance Umbrella Festival/London, Hebbel Theater/Berlin, Internationales TanzFestival NRW/Germany, Theater Scene National de Sceaux/France, Festival d’Automne a Paris, CNDC Angers/France, Het Muziektheater/Amsterdam, The Holland Festival, Festival International Montpellier-Danse, Danceworks UK Ltd, International Cannes Danse Festival, and in the United States by San Francisco Performances, The Joyce Theater, UCSB Arts & Lectures, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Wexner Center for the Arts, Walker Art Center, White Bird/Portland, Oregon, and Carver Community Cultural Center.

The Company premiered Bud Suite and BLOOM, with the Young People's Chorus of New York City, last year at The Joyce Theater in a program that included an excerpt from Full Half Wrong (1992) titled The Rite Part set to Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring."

The Company’s largest U.S. tour to date includes return engagements with long-term partners San Francisco Performances, UCLA Live!, New Art New Mexico, and UC Santa Barbara as well as returns to Alverno College (Milwaukee), UMASS (Amherst), World Music/Crash Arts (Boston), the Walker, and UC Santa Cruz. Premiere engagements will be presented at University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, John Michael Kohler Center in Sheboygan, The Egg in Albany, and to Seattle with a new presenter, Seattle Theatre Group. Throughout the year, Petronio and several past and present Company member will be creating new works for Ballet National de Marseille, London Contemporary Dance School, Ballet Lorraine, Washington Ballet, and Norrdans, among others.

Stephen Petronio
Stephen Petronio (Artistic Director/Choreographer), was born in Newark, New Jersey, and received a B.A. from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he began dancing in 1974. Initially influenced by the works of Steve Paxton and Rudolf Nureyev, Petronio went on to become the first male dancer of the Trisha Brown Company, where he danced from 1979 to 1986. He founded Stephen Petronio Company in 1984. He has received international acclaim for his ground-breaking choreography and the company has toured extensively across the United States and in Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, Australia, Korea, and Russia.

Petronio has been awarded choreography fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts from 1985–1988, and company grants from the NEA and the New York State Council on the Arts since 1988. He is also the recipient of numerous awards including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts award, the first American Choreographer Award in 1987, and a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) in 1986. He has been commissioned to create new works for companies including William Forsythe’s Frankfurt Ballet (1987), Sydney Dance Company (2003), Tulsa Opera (1990), Deutsche Oper Berlin (1992), Lyon Opera Ballet (1994), the Maggio Danza Florence (1996), Rotterdam Dansgroep (1988), Ricochet Dance Company of London (1998, 2001, 2005), Axis Dance Company (2002), A-Quo Danza Contemporanea in Mexico (2002), CanDoCo in London (2003), and Norrdans in Sweden (2005).

His Company works have been set on Scottish Ballet (2003), Charleroi Danses (1993), Norrdans (2004), London Contemporary Dance Company (2001), Chamber Dance Company (2001), X Factor Dance Company (2005), and Tasdance (1994, 1983), among others.

In the coming year, Petronio will create two new works for Norrdans and a new work for the Washington Ballet as well as setting Company repertory for Ballet National de Marseille, Ballet Lorraine, and two works for London Contemporary Dance Company.

The Minnesota Boychoir
Now in its 45th year, the Minnesota Boychoir has touched the lives of more than 1,000 boys and is dedicated to musical excellence, discipline, teamwork, and leadership preparation. The Boychoir has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera, VocalEssense, the Baltimore Symphony, Prague Philharmonic, and at numerous professional, musical, and sports events. Mark S. Johnson, Music Director, will be conducting the Boychoir for the performances. For more info, go to www.boychoir.org . Rachel Joyce, 612.375.7635
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