Portland School of Ballet- Building Ballet Series: “The Sleeping Beauty”

Following the story of the classic fairy tale, The Sleeping Beauty tells the chronicle of Princess Aurora and the unfortunate curse placed upon her by the evil Carabosse – in which pricking her finger on a spindle causes Aurora to fall into a hundred year’s sleep. With the help of good fairies and Prince Florimund, Aurora is awakened and her wedding to the young Prince is celebrated by all. This innovative program mixes dance performance, lecture, and demonstration to educate children and adults alike about everything that goes into a performing arts production. Presented by Artistic Director Nell Shipman and the dancers of the Portland School of Ballet, Building Ballets will walk the audience through the process of creating and performing a ballet. This show will feature an abridged version of The Sleeping Beauty and include a behind the scenes look at choreography, set design, lighting, and more!

RUN TIME: 60 minutes (no intermission)

Portland School of Ballet- Building Ballet Series: “Coppelia”

This March, we will be bringing our audiences Portland School of Ballet’s version of the first act of the comedic story ballet Coppélia. This ballet tells the tale of the young couple Swanhilda and Franz and their trouble with the town’s eccentric toy maker, Dr. Coppélius, and is set to beautiful music by Leo Delibes. It gives us great joy to be able to not only share this ballet with our students, but also introduce them to the feeling of being a part of such an important and beautiful part of ballet and its history.

This innovative program mixes dance performance, lecture, and demonstration to educate children and adults alike about everything that goes into a performing arts production. Presented by Artistic Director Nell Shipman and the dancers of the Portland School of Ballet, Building Ballets will walk the audience through the process of creating and performing a ballet. This will include choreography, set design, lighting, and more!

Portland School of Ballet- Building Ballet Series: “The Sleeping Beauty”

This innovative program mixes performance, lecture, and demonstration in order to educate people about the performing arts and everything that goes into a production. Presented by artistic director Nell Shipman and the dancers of the Portland School of Ballet, the performance will walk the audience through the process of creating and performing a ballet. This will include choreography, set design, lighting, and more. Our goal is to give patrons a greater appreciation of all the work that goes into creating a performance in the hope that we can build a stronger connection between our audiences and art form!

Portland School of Ballet- Building Ballet Series: “Coppelia”

Portland School of Ballet is excited to announce it’s newest tier of performances for our students entitled The Building Ballets Series. These productions will happen every Spring as an opportunity to not only showcase the talents of our dancers, but also to educate our audiences as to what goes into a ballet and what it takes to put one on.

PSB has selected Coppelia Act I as the inaugural production to this exciting new series. We are all very excited to add this audience favorite and ballet classic to our school’s repertoire. We look forward to seeing you in the audience!