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Thank you so much for auditioning for our December production, Winter Wonderland! You were great and I know we are all excited to get started rehearsing. The rehearsal schedule and casting is now online at this site, robinwelchdance.com. Just go to the drop down menu titled “Winter Wonderland” near the top right of this page. Please note that I have already had to make some cast changes and I tried to make them easier for you to see by making the text red.

See you soon!

Robin Welch

Heartland Youth Ballet, a performance group that is part of Robin Welch Dance Arts in Omaha, has been chosen to be Nebraska’s only member of Regional Dance America.

RDA, a national organization, fosters the education and growth of dance students, choreographers, directors and dance companies.

Students wil have access to master classes, learn dances created by resident and guest choreographers, and meet other dance students students at an annual four-day RDA gathering. This year’s gathering is May 18 – 21 in Pittsburgh.

Local auditions for Heartland Youth Ballet will be held at the Robin Welch Dance Arts studio in April. Information: 402-237-8801 or online at robinwelchdance.com.

By Bob Fischbach

Click for YouTube – Regional Dance America Video.

We were recently notified by Regional Dance America that Heartland Youth Ballet has officially become a member of their organization. We are so excited and proud to be a part of this incredibly prestigious group of dance companies. If you would like to learn more about them, click here.  Regional Dance America

Click here Regional Dance America to see Regional Dance America’s video.

The Heartland Youth Ballet and Theater Company are performing ensembles that provide highly-motivated young ballet dancers and actors with the technical training, artistic development, and practical experience needed to pursue professional performing careers. Open and free auditions were held this past fall to draw upon the talents of local student dancers. The companies are focusing their attention on two wonderful organizations that will help to provide students with performing opportunities, a hands-on connection to the community, and wonderful learning and sharing experiences with like-minded aspiring pre-professional students.

The first organization with which we are partnering is the non-profit WhyArts?. Their mission is to bring the arts to groups and individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities through presenting dance and theater workshops and residencies throughout the Omaha community. Heartland Youth Ballet and Theater Company will perform for such groups as: Camp Fire USA, Creighton University, Educare Center of Omaha, MOSAIC, Omaha Children’s Museum, Quality Living Inc, Ronald McDonald House and many more. Student’s will be encouraged to socialize with the audiences after the performances – what better way to learn about the diverse world in which we live?

We plan our second close tie to be as a member of Regional Dance America, a dance organization celebrating its 50th Anniversary. RDA’s mission is to advance and foster the growth and education of dancers, choreographers, directors and dance companies in every community across the United States and Canada. Any company member 10 and older is eligible to participate in the RDA festival. The 2011 festival will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Students will have the opportunity to take master classes with some of the worlds most well-known instructors in jazz, ballet, pointe and modern and even be given opportunities to perform at the festival. Exposure to other hard-working Regional Dance America company members in classes and performances will help re-new student’s detemination and passion to strive towards their dream.

The Heartland Youth Ballet is directed by Rachel Hartley and Robin Welch and holds rehearsals at Robin Welch Dance Arts. Weekly rehearsals after school and on week-ends, provide the company with the necessary staging, and coaching time to ensure students the training and performing quality needed to bring the Omaha community high-quality and well-polished demonstrations and performances.

Heartland Youth Ballet and Theater Company will have its first fund-raising event on April 2, at Jocelyn Castle. If you would like to help, or have ideas or expertise in fundraising, please call us at 237-8801.

This summer, Heartland Youth Ballet will present Summer Stock in Omaha! This exciting performance summer camp will culminate in two great productions at a wonderful new Omaha Amphitheater. In June HYB will present the ballet,  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, based on Shakespeare’s play of the same name with music by Felix Mendelsson. This beautiful, well-known classical ballet fantasy, is full of fairies, love, and mischief. In August, we will present a lively, fun-filled production of Babes in Arms. Written by Rogers and Hart, this great musical is about a teen who puts on a show with his friends and features songs like, Johnny One-Note, My Funny Valentine, and I Wish I Were In Love Again! Audition information will soon follow.

Robin Welch Dance Arts is excited and pleased to announce a great new partnership with Moylan Iceplex. Together, we’re developing incredible programing!  Watch this site for our Moylan class schedule with new fitness and dance classes.

And just wait until you see the new summer camp we are putting together! This new summer camp will really keep kids excited and in motion! We’ll be exploring movement, athleticism, and imagination through beginning classes in ballet, jazz, tap, ice skating, art and lots more! You won’t want to miss out on this incredible new summer camp!

Robin Welch Dance Arts is please to announce that students, Laura Theisen & Emily Trebbien, will be performing in Opera Omaha’s “Opera for the Cure” production at The Orpheum Theatre October 15-17!

Rachel Vickrey and Liz Reiter, two outstanding professional dancers and principal teachers in our school, and Sarah Brown, one of our Heartland Youth Ballet partners and former Omaha Theater Ballet company dancers, will also be performing. Performances will be held at the Orpheum Theatre on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm. The production is a collaboration with the Nebraska Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and is conducted by Richard Buckley.

http://robinwelchdance.com/dance/fall-2010

Parents & Robin during Zumba Sampler

A special thank you everyone who made it out to the PTO Parent’s Night including our new parents.  It was great to get some feedback from everyone about how we can make the year better, not to mention the wonderful Zumba Sampler class a few parents and Robin took part in.

Please check the PTO Page for more information about this meeting and upcoming information.  Can’t wait to see you in classes.

http://robinwelchdance.com/about/faculty