Springfield Ballet Company announces 2009-10 company dancers and trainees

July 15, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Springfield, IL – The Springfield Ballet Company is proud to announce the company dancers and trainees who were selected for our 35th production season.

Springfield Ballet Company – Company Members

Kathleen Brandt, Melissa Brittin, Catie Butler, Sierra Chapman, Erin Corzine, Cameron Curran, Devin Dinora, Kaitlin Fear, Angela Fearheiley, Brianna Klein, Natalie Klein, Meghan Loman, Claire Martin, Lauren Martin, Paige Martin, Lindsay McElwee, Sami McElwee, Rosa McKenna, Page Nagel, Caragan Phillips, Mary Regan, Tiffany Riech, Lauren Schultz, Lindsey Siders, Elizabeth Staab, Lauren Staab, Danielle Swinford, Rachel Weitekamp, Rachel Woerner

Springfield Ballet Company – Training Academy Members

Lauren Bascio, Anna Benoit, Lucinda Boucher, Bailee Brinkman, Katie Carbonell, Olivia Carey, Jaclyn Conway, Haley Enlow, Elise Fain, Audra Ferry, Alexa Floyd, Kendall Heuman, Shelby Holladay, Madison Hutmacher, Olivia Klein, Taylor Krech, Erika Loret de Mola, Abby Martin, Lesley McLafferty, Genie Melamed, Kayla Morton, Thara Nallamothu, Stephanie Parrott, Katherine Perko, Michaela Sapochak, Kourtnee Schippel, Alina Sinha, Jessica Smith, Annie Staley, Emily Standley, Maria Wells, Kari Wilhelm, Anna Wonnell, Alice Zavelsky

The Springfield Ballet Company is a civic not-for-profit ballet company that has been entertaining and educating area audiences since 1975. The company offers two major productions at the University of Illinois at Springfield's Sangamon Auditorium each year, and also performs at festivals, schools and nursing homes throughout central Illinois.  SBC is committed to providing equitable opportunities for company dancers to be trained in and to perform the art of dance, as well as offering opportunities for all members of the central Illinois community to be educated and entertained.

SBC’s 2009-2010 season will include the following performances: Rockballet, Sept. 12 and 13, The Nutcracker, Dec. 12 and 13, at Sangamon Auditorium, and Dancerworks, March 2010, at Hoogland Center for the Arts.. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Upcoming events include the SBC’s summer intensive workshop, August 3-7 and Aug. 10-14 at Hoogland Center for the Arts.

For more information, please contact Artistic Director Julie Ratz or Business Manager Sally Hamilton at (217) 544-1967.
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