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Announcing the:
Long Island Ballet Competition
May 3 – 4, 2008
John and Lillian Maguire Theater
Campus Center, SUNY College at Old Westbury
Entry Deadline: April 10, 2008
Dating back to the mid-1950’s, Long Island has had a rich history of
contributing to the artistic fabric of the Metropolitan area’s treasure trove
of dance. From the advent of the Eglevsky Ballet, under the direction of André
and Leda Eglevsky, to today’s current crop of professional ballet training
academies, Long Island can lay claim to nurturing numerous professional
dancers. In recognition of the burgeoning dance community, Saraband Ltd., a
not-for-profit organization founded by Linda Zoffer, broke new ground in 1986
by conducting Long Island’s first major homegrown ballet competition. Originally
envisioned as a showcase for Long Island, the Saraband Ltd. Competition grew to
national stature before its dissolution in 1991.
Decades of explosive growth on Long Island coupled with a desire to fill the
void created by the loss of Saraband, gave rise to two Long Island-centric ballet
competitions in 2006. The precursors to the current Long Island Ballet Competition
(LIBC) were organized by Lumière Ballet and the Ballet Education and Scholarship
Fund, Inc. (BESFI). Lumière’s version of the LIBC was held at the Maguire Theater
at SUNY Old Westbury, and the BESFI Challenge was presented at Stony Brook
University’s Staller Center for the Arts. The confluence of these driving forces
has yielded a unique collaboration between several major Long Island dance
organizations. The result is a not-for-profit organization, the Long Island Ballet
Competition, whose mission is to promote and encourage a high standard of
excellence in classical ballet, educate and challenge the aspiring dancer, and
expand the audience for ballet on Long Island.
Please join us on May 3rd and 4th, 2008 at the John and Lillian Maguire Theater,
Campus Center, SUNY College at Old Westbury, for the 2008 Long Island Ballet
Competition, as we celebrate tomorrow’s professional ballet dancers.
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The mission of the Long Island Ballet Competition is to promote and
encourage a high standard of excellence in classical ballet, educate and
challenge the aspiring dancer and expand the audience for ballet on Long Island.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
Svetlana Caton-Noble
Vic D’Amore
Marnie Katzman
Venti Petrov
FOUNDING MEMBERS
American Studio of Performing Arts
Huntington Ballet Academy
Lumière Ballet
Seiskaya Ballet
ARTISTIC COMMITTEE
Svetlana Caton-Noble (Chair/liaison) – Artistic Director, Lumière Ballet
Vic D’Amore – Artistic Director, American Studio of Performing Arts
Jo-Ann Hertzman – Faculty, Pre-Professional Division
Huntington YMCA Ballet Academy
Karen Lynch – Principal of the Huntington Ballet Academy
Venti Petrov – Artistic Director, Lumière Ballet
Ali Pourfarrokh – Artistic Director, Eglevsky Ballet Company
Valia Seiskaya – Artistic Director, Seiskaya Ballet
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Joan Albright
Susan Alessi
Maureen DeLise
Jo-Ann Hertzman
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Marnie Katzman
Fran Paino
Dimitri Papadakos
Rita Schulster
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CONSULTANT
Brett Raphael – Artistic Director, Connecticut Ballet
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Regina Marsh – Graphic Design, Marsh Media, Ltd.
Ellen Clay – Web Development, Indigo Data Systems, Inc.
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