Spokane Ballet Ensemble

	Information for Students, Parents, and Staff: Thank you for joining us for our 2008-2009 production of Sleeping Beauty! Our annual charity fundraiser was held on April 26th at SCC's Lair Auditorium. We will be performing Sleeping Beauty again at TEC@Bryant on May 15th, and again at The Dance Center's ballet recital on May Saturday 30th. Upcoming Events May 15th - TEC@Bryant May 30th - Recital Auditions for Cinderella will be held in Fall 2009. Rehearsal Schedule *For more information on SBE, please feel free to call The Dance Center of Spokane at 448-2464.* SBE STAFF: Shari Davis Artistic Director Darla Stephens Choreographer Special Thanks! Our thanks to all who supported SBE and the SCC Foodbank by donating canned goods on Sunday, April 26th.
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Who Are We? The Spokane Ballet Ensemble is a nonprofit performing arts organization providing pre-professional dance students with training in classical ballet repertoire and performance opportunities and enriching the greater Spokane Community through educational and entertaining productions. In the past years, SBE dancers performed internationally touring in London, Paris, Russia, Denmark, Spain, Morocco, Australia and Fiji. Former SBE dancers have gone on to professional ballet careers dancing with companies such as the Pacific NW Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theater and the Disney Corporation. Some SBE dancers are now studying dance at universities nationwide, and others are teaching dance. SBE School Performances For the past 21 years, the SBE has been staging quality ballet performances at area elementary schools. Elementary school gymnasiums are transformed into theaters, complete with special flooring, backdrops, sound systems, lighting and wings. SBE has performed for nearly every elementary school in the greater Spokane area, including the Coeur D'Alene schools. There are currently four performances each school year reaching approximately 500 children per school. Through the 21 years of SBE performances over 30,0000 children have benefited from the productions. Community Performance Fundraiser Community Performance Fundraiser for the Food Bank has been SBE's mission for the past six years. SBE performs an annual performance at a major theater, such as the MET. Community audiences have experience the same high quality performances at those staged at the area elementary schools. This year we proudly contributed to the Spokane Community College's Food Bank through our production of Sleeping Beauty.

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The Dance Center of Spokane
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