Brighton Ballet Theater is an American School of Russian Ballet and a nonprofit dance organization. Established in 1987, it is situated in Manhattan Beach area of Brooklyn and located on the campus of

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Overview

Three hundred students are enrolled and an additional five hundred students participate through programs in New York City public schools. Brighton Ballet Theater instructors are professionally trained dancers who studied in Russian,

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, and the USA. Each year Brighton Ballet Theater holds two large-scale productions and countless presentations at various special events in the Tri-state area. The school hosts the Annual Children's Festival "The World of Dance" and performances of ''

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at the Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center Brighton Ballet Theater also has a Summer Dance Programs, A la carte, and Summer Intensive Program, held in June through August of every year.

Selected productions

* Ballet '' Carlson who lives on the Roof'', 1992 * Ballet ''

Les Sylphides ''Les Sylphides'' () is a short, non-narrative '' ballet blanc'' to piano music by Frédéric Chopin, selected and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. The ballet, described as a "romantic reverie","Ballet Theater", until 1955. A compact disk ...

'', 1993, and 1999 * Ballet '' In the Snow Queen Kingdom'', 1993 * Ballet ''Classical Symphony'', 1997 * Grand Pas from the ballet ''

Paquita ''Paquita'' is a ballet in two acts and three scenes originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to music by Édouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus. Paul Foucher received royalties as librettist. History ''Paquita'' is the creation of French comp ...

'', 1997 * Excerpts from the ballet: '' The Sleeping Beauty 1998 * Excerpts from the ballet ''

Coppélia ''Coppélia'' (sometimes subtitled: ''La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail'' (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-� ...

'', 2000 * Ballet ''The Four Seasons'', 2002 * Ballet '' The Radish'', 2002
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* Ballet '' The Nanny's Story'' on the music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 2003
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* Ballet ''The Ugly Duckling'', 2004
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* Ballet ''The Sunrise'', 2005
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* Ballet ''The Orchestra'', 2006 * Ballet ''Aria'', 2007 * "The Kingdom of the Shades" from Petipa's ballet ''

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'', 2008 * Grand Pas Classique from ballet ''

'', 2008 * Ballet "The Sunrise", 2009 * Ballet "The Four Seasons", 2009 * Ballet "The Enormous Turnip", 2009 * Ballet "The Ugly Duckling", 2010 * Ballet "The Four Seasons" (by Vivaldi), 2011 * Ballet "The White Swans", 2011 * "Déjà Vu" (Bach), 2011 * BBT's Tribute Honoring Igor Moiseyev, 2011 * Excerpts from ballet "Paquita" by Ludwig Minkus, 2012 * Divertissement from the 3rd act of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", 2012 * "The Kingdom of the Shades" from Petipa's ballet ''

'', 2012 * Ballet "Chopiniana", 2013 * “Dream” Scene from ballet “Don Quixote”, 2013 * Excerpts from Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty", 2014 * Ballet "The Giant Turnip", 2014 * Ballet "The Four Seasons: by A. Vivaldi, 2014 * Excerpts from ballet "Paquita", 2015 * “Coming to America” Special, 2015 * Excerpts from ballet “Swan Lake”, 2015 * Ballet "The Sunrise", 2015 * Ballet "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns (Excerpts), 2015 * Ballet ''Orchestra'', 2016 * Scenes from ballet "Cinderella" on the music by Sergey Prokofiev, 2016 * Divertissement from the 3rd act of Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake", 2017 * Ballet "Cinderella" on the music by Giuseppe Verdi, 2018 * Ballet "The Sunrise", 2019 * Ballet "The Twelve Months" on the music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 2019 * Ballet "Peter and the Wolf" on the music by Sergei Prokofiev, 2022

References

''New York Daily News'': Keeping locals on their toes. Date: MAY 10, 2007

Classical ballet, far from home - BBC News Magazine Date: April 16, 2012

* ttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/brighton_ballet_theater_version_joowSdGWTPqSlEYlR7nwIL Brighton Ballet Theater's version of Tchaikovsky classic is no hard 'Nut'Date: December 12, 2010
BrooklynHistory.org/blog - FOLK FEET: Irina Roizin. Written by Sady on September 23rd, 2009

NYTimes.com Blog: Taking Liberties With Tchaikovsky. Date: December 5, 2007

* ttp://www.brightonballet.com/sch_press_2.htm ''New York Daily News'': Seamless teamwork at Brighton ballet. Date: December 7, 2003
''The New York Times'': Bolshoi to Brooklyn, in a Bound. Date: June 15th, 2003

External links

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BrightonBallet on YouTube.com
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