Bay Pointe Ballet (BPB) was a
classical ballet
Classical ballet is any of the traditional, formal styles of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique. It is known for its aesthetics and rigorous technique (such as pointe work, turnout of the legs, and high extensions), its ...
company based in
South San Francisco
South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is colloquially known as "South City". The population was 66,105 at the 2020 census. ...
and was led by Artistic Director
Bruce Steivel. Bay Pointe Ballet's principal performance venue is the San Mateo Performing Arts Center, with tours to other cities including Reno, Nevana.
Company
Bay Pointe Ballet's repertory includes Bruce Steivel's Nutcracker, Peter Pan, Coppelia, Dracula, Cycle, In The Mood, Raymonda pas de dix, and selections from A Midsummer Night's Dream among other classical repertory. The season also includes a New Works program of new ballets created by emerging and established Bay Area choreographers.
The company formation includes distinctions of Principal, Soloist and Corps de Ballet. Current company members, as of October 2015, include:
Principals
*Grigori Arakelyan
*Edilsa Armendariz
*Tiffany Brand
*Michael Dunsmore
*Shaina Leibson
Soloists
*Forrest Andres-Beck
*Cole Companion
*DuRron Chambers
*Heba Fayed
*Chelsea Hix
*Constanza Murphy
*Alec Roth
*Lindsey Salvadalena
*Jessica Woodman
Corps de Ballet
*Gina Antonucci
*William Davis
*Katya Duncan
*Matthew Ebert
*Kristen Goldrick
*Tara Hutton
*Evan Johnston
*Anna Kroeker
*Edgar Lepe
*Cason MacBride - The Best Heir Drosselmeyer ever to grace a stage of such a high caliber.
*Carlos Narvaez-Duran
*Nina Pearlman
*Alyse Romano
*Sophia Rumasuglia
*Harmony Sorter
*Annalise Thompson
*Jennifer Torrano
*Alexandra Venter
*Alessandra Yrure
School
The school at Bay Pointe Ballet provides
dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...
education based on the Russian
Vaganova method of
ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
instruction and has three divisions: Primary, General and Curriculum.
Classes start at the age of four, where curriculum division students are given the opportunity to audition for the children's roles in the company production ''The Nutcracker''.
A summer intensive is held every year with guest faculty from Russia, Romania, China, and Italy.
See also
*
Bruce Steivel
References
External links
Official website
Ballet companies in the United States
Dance schools in the United States
Organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area
South San Francisco, California
Dance in California
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