Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College 
524 West 59th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues.

PROGRAM INFORMATION
The BAE Student Company Spring Performance features the Pre-Professional division of Ballet Academy East. The exciting program includes Tarantella, choreographed by George Balanchine and staged by Darla Hoover, Sleeping Beauty Prologue, staged by Roger Van Fleteren, Excerpts from Napoli, staged by Peter Brandenhoff, as well as ballets choreographed by Jenna Lavin and Rex Wheeler. 

Family Matinee Performance
Saturday, May 18th at 2pm
Sleeping Beauty’s Fairies will be on hand for photos with your children during intermission. Children can also decorate and keep their own wand!

SPRING JOURNAL
The Spring Journal is an annual BAE tradition. Please join us in taking this opportunity to acknowledge the dancers of the BAE Student Company by purchasing a full or half-page in this very special book. The journal will be distributed to all dancers in the performance and their parents, as well as donors, faculty, friends and advertisers.

DANCERS CORNER
Dancers Corner is a monthly fundraiser that takes place at BAE during the school year. The parents and children of the Pre-Professional Division sell baked goods and other items in order to raise awareness, community spirit and funds for the BAE Student Company. Please contact us if you would like to volunteer to help with Dancers Corner.

ABOUT THE BAE STUDENT COMPANY
The BAE Student Company was formed in 2003 to provide performing opportunities to the aspiring dancers of BAE’s Pre-Professional Ballet Division. The Company performs twice annually, in February and May.

The BAE Student Company is able to accept tax-deductible donations through Unique Projects, Inc., a subsidiary of Pentacle/DanceWorks. All proceeds raised go towards supporting the BAE Student Company performances.

Unique Projects, Inc., our fiscal sponsor, is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)3 organization created by Pentacle/DanceWorks, providing tax-exempt umbrella status on a project-to-project basis to chosen artists and companies of a high caliber. For more information go to http://www.pentacle.org/.

BAE PAST PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Darla Hoover has staged many Balanchine ballets for the BAE Student Company including Scherzo á la Russe, Raymonda Variations, Divertimento No.15, Tarantella, Walpurgisnacht Ballet, Serenade and La Source.

The faculty of BAE's Pre-Professional Division who have lent their choreographic and staging talents to the school over the years includes Charles Askegard, Stacy Caddell, Olga Dvorovenko, Peter Frame, Jenna Lavin, Francis Patrelle and Cheryl Yeager.

Many world-renowned artists have choreographed and/ or staged works for the BAE Student Company including Cynthia Gregory, Daniel Baudendistel, Laszlo Berdo, Kathy Brenner-Lasikow, Jeffrey Cirio, Wes Chapman, Christopher d'Amboise, Lisa de Ribere, John Gardner, Tom Gold, Nina Heinz, Alan Hineline, Nikolaj Hübbe, Anita Intrieri, Sean Lavery, Lourdes Lopez, Francisco Martinez, Marcia Dale Weary, Johan Renvall, Hazel Sabas-Gower, Barbara Sandonato, Margo Sappington, Margaret Tracey, Daniel Ulbricht and Roger Van Fleteren.