West Virginia Division of Culture and History to present West Virginia Dance Festival 2010 April 23-25
April 19, 2010
Brooklyn Mack and Maki Onuki will perform as guest artists at the 7:30 p.m. program on Saturday, April 24, in the Culture Center’s Norman L. Fagan West Virginia State Theater when the West Virginia Division of Culture and History presents the 2010 West Virginia Dance Festival. This marks the 28th year of the event.
Mack began his dance training at the age of 12 with the Pavlovich Dance School under Radenko Pavlovich and Milena Leben. After two years there, he was awarded a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Kirov Academy of Ballet per Madame Vinogradova. Upon graduation, Mack signed a contract as an apprentice with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. He also has danced with the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, the Orlando Ballet, and currently is with the Washington Ballet. He has been featured as Oberon in Midsummer Night’s Dream; the lead in Allegro Brillante; the Cavalier in The Nutcracker; Blue Bird in Sleeping Beauty; and the lead in Serenade, among others.
Onuki, of Yokohama Japan, returns to the Washington Ballet for her sixth season as a company member after one season as a member of the Studio Company. She dance with the Goh Ballet in Canada for one season under Choo Chiat Goh and Lin Yee Goh. She performed in ballets including Serenade, Don Quixote, Le Corsair, Diana and Acteon, Carnival of Venice and other classical and contemporary pieces. Onuki trained at John Cranko Ballet Academy under Mika Sasaki and Mikio Ikehata. She also attended the Boston Ballet’s summer program on scholarship.
The festival runs April 23-25. Two nights of performances beginning on Friday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., will showcase the talent of West Virginia dancers who come to perform and take classes from a nationally-acclaimed festival faculty. The Friday night concert will feature performances by 16 West Virginia dance groups and Saturday night will feature another 12 groups. In addition, Mack will perform a solo and the Pas de Deux of Diana and Acteon from the ballet La Esmeralda with Onuki, during the Saturday performance.
The evening performances are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis; seating is limited. A schedule of both concerts in attached.
The West Virginia Dance Festival presents dance professionals leading workshops and classes, performance situations and a focus on dance as an art form. Thirty-four dance groups consisting of more than 300 dancers will participate in this year’s festival. Classes begin on Friday, April 23, and continue throughout the three-day festival.
For more information about the 2010 West Virginia Dance Festival, contact Jacqueline Proctor, deputy commissioner for the Division, at (304) 558-0220.
The West Virginia Division of Culture and History, an agency of the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts, brings together the state’s past, present and future through programs and services in the areas of archives and history, the arts, historic preservation and museums. Its administrative offices are located at the Culture Center in the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, which also houses the state archives and state museum. The Culture Center is West Virginia’s official showcase for the arts. The agency also operates a network of museums and historic sites across the state. For more information about the Division’s programs, visit www.wvculture.org. The Division of Culture and History is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Friday, April 23, 2010 Performing Groups (in order of appearance)
- Jeslyn Dance Gallery, Huntington
Jessica Lynn Fox, Director
- West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon
Gretchen Moore and Nina Scattaregia, Directors
- American Academy Ballet, Charleston
Kim R. Pauley, Director
- Capital High School, Charleston
A. Michelle Legg, Director
- Next Step School of Dance, Lewisburg
Helen Haynes-Galford and Laura Kelly Richter, Directors
- Jeslyn Performing Arts Center, Huntington
Jessica Lynn Fox, Director
- Augusta Youth Ballet Company, Buckhannon
Nina M. Scattaregia, Director
- Morgantown Ballet Company, Morgantown
Renee Nicholson, Director
- Academy of Arts at January’s
January Johnson Wolfe, Director
- Charleston Ballet, Charleston
Kim R. Pauley, Director
- Friends of West Virginia Culture and History Scholarship Winner
- Curtis Johnson, Capital High School, Charleston
- Bridgeport High School Dance Ensemble, Bridgeport
Stephanie Morris, Director
- Oglebay Institute School of Dance, Wheeling
Cheryl Pompeo, Director
- Trillium Performing Youth, Lewisburg
Carli Mareneck, Director
- River City Youth Ballet Ensemble, Charleston
Michelle Raider, Director
- Kat and Company Dance Studio, Morgantown
Katreena Snyder, Director
Saturday, April 24, 2010 Performing Groups (in order of appearance)
- Performing Arts Connection and Education, Parkersburg
Dee Ann Florence, Director
- Huntington Dance Theatre School, Huntington
Laura Finlay, Director
- Huntington Dance Theatre, Huntington
Jamie Turner, Director
- Shepherdstown School of Dance, Shepherdstown
Emily Wanger Romine, Director
- Guest Artist
Brooklyn Mack
- The Art Center School of Dance, Huntington
Ella Hay, Director
- Momentum Center for the Arts, Clarksburg
Tiffany Alastanos, Director
- Inwood Performing Arts Company, Inwood
Denna Smith, Director
- Alchemy Dance Project and Red Stone Dance Initiative, Bridgeport
Kara Lawson, Acting Director
- West Virginia Dance Company, Beckley
Toneta Akers-Toler and Donald Laney, Director
- Princeton Dance Studio, Princeton
Janis Gunnoe, Director
- Guest Artists
Brooklyn Mack and Maki Onuki
- Marshall University, Huntington
Julie Jackson, Director
- Morgantown Dance Studio, Morgantown
Renee Nicholson, Director
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