First Bite of the New Season

     So today marks the official beginning of the 2011-2012 Sacramento Ballet season and I already have a feeling that this is going to be a pretty incredible year.  Coming back to the studios after a long summer is comparable to the first day back at school – there is a sense of excitement for the new opportunities and challenges that lie ahead and an irrefutable fear of those same aches, pains and emotional currents that plague every dancer’s life.  However it is with confidence that we don our dance attire and head into “Studio One” for our morning ballet class with Ms. Carrine Binda. 

     The first few classes of a new season are my very favorite, because there is an overwhelming sense of camaraderie among the dancers that is unique to any other time of the year – we greet each other with the biggest smiles in the mornings, exchange hugs and summer stories between combinations and support one another through the universal understanding that we are all sore!   Although we each attempt to “stay in shape” as much as possible throughout our summer’s off, very little can prepare you for the advanced body control and extreme technicality that our artistic directors demand from us … which is what makes our company dancers so wonderful to watch on the stage and in the studio.

     With the season getting into full swing we are so excited about all of the MANY events we have going on!  This season The Sacramento Ballet is truly going to be a driving force in the community and we hope that you take every opportunity to celebrate the Ballet (even if that means dressing up in your deadly best to perform with the company in a special flash mob…it’ll be a scream – pun intended). Already the dancers have been out this Labor Day weekend at “Chalk It Up!” where a local artist Ashton Bohm, created an awesome and whimsical piece of sidewalk art for the ballet and fellow dancer Roberto Cisneros joined in the fun to promote the Sacramento Ballet fundraiser: “Count Dracula’s Masquerade Party” .  Make sure to regularly check The Sacramento Ballet website for all our upcoming events ( http://www.sacballet.org/ ).  So long for now Sacramento Ballet fans!



Ashton Bohm's sidewalk art celebrating the collaboration of horror and
ballet in anticipation of Sacramento Ballet's production of "Dracula"



Company Dancer's Roberto Cisneros joining in the fun at "Chalk It Up"
by helping to promote our "Count Dracula's Masquerade" Party!