http://www.avdancestudio81.com Director Candice Beatty Creates “An International Celebration” Taking you around the world through Holiday dances. AV Dance Studio ‘81 526 W Lancaster Blvd. Lancaster, CA 93534 (661) 942-4953 Website: avdancestudio81.com 2011-2012 Daily Class Schedule Updated 02/14/12 SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE CALL TO VERIFY STAFF: CB = Candice Beatty: Director AA= Amy Avery SB= Sonja Beck BGC= Barbara G. Coates BC=Brooke Coddington DC= Darla Coddington BD= Bettye Davis VJ= Vincent Julius LM= Lidia Michael LM= Lisa Monaco JM= Jen Monaco AP= Alvaro Pena HP= Holly Pardue JO= Judy Ortiz ST= Sarah Tyndall ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY 3:15 JAZZ A 6-10 CB FULL 3:00 OPEN 3:00 OPEN 4:15 COMBO C 5-8 CB FULL 4:00 COMBO B 3-4 BD 4:00 OPEN 5:15 BALLET A 8-12 ST FULL 5:00 MUSICAL THEATER 8-UP CB/BGC 5:00 COMBO A 5-8 AA 6:15 ADV LYRICAL 14-UP SB 6:00 TAP B 11-UP BD 6:00 Danny K 7:30 ADV JAZZ Teen/Adult CB/JM 7:30 AGELESS LYRICAL SB 7:00 YOGA Shannon Starts March 8:30 ADV ADULT JAZZ CB 8:30 OPEN TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY 3:00 OPEN 4:00 COMBO A 3-4 CB FULL 10:00 YOGA Shannon Starts Mar. 4:30 JAZZ B 8-12 LM 5:00 HIP HOP 4-7 AP FULL 4:00 COMBO A 5-8 AA 5:30 BALLET B Teen/Adult ST 6:00 HIP HOP 8-13 AP FULL 5:30 BALLET A 8-12 HP 6:30 POINTE 12-UP ST 7:30 ADULT BALLET ST 6:30 ADULT TAP HP Starts Mar. 7:30 HIP HOP Teen/Adult AP FULL 7:15 VINYASA YOGA 1 Sandra 8:30 ADULT HIP HOP AP WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY 10:00 COMBO A 3-4 AA 3:30 BOYS COMBO 5-10 CB 3:00 OPEN 4:00 COMBO A/B 3-4 AA FULL 4:30 COMBO A 5-8 JO 4:00 JAZZ A 6-10 Starts March 5:00 ADULT TAP B BGC FULL 5:30 KIDS COMPANY JO 5:00 COMBO A 3-4 Starts March 6:15 AGELESS JAZZ LM 6:30 BALLET B 10-14 CB 6:00 Danny K 7:30 AGELESS TAP LM 7:30 JAZZ TECHNIQUE 12-UP JM 7:30 ADULT JAZZ DC THURSDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY 10:00 ADULT TAP BD 4:00 COMBO A 3-4 BD FULL 4:00 POLYNESIAN 7-12 AA/LM 4:00 COMBO A/B 5-8 CB 5:00 TAP B 8-12 CB 5:00 OPEN 5:00 JAZZ B 10-15 HP 6:00 BEG BALLET Teen/Adult CB 6:00 HIP HOP 4-7 VJ 6:00 ADV TAP 10-UP HP 7:00 LYRICAL A 12-UP HP 7:00 HIP HOP 8-13 VJ 7:30 CONTEMPORARY 15-UP CB 8:00 CLASSICAL EGYPTIAN w/Wanda 8:00 HIP HOP Teen/Adult VJ FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY 10:00 TOT-BOPPERS 2 CB 4:00 COMBO A 3-4 AA 9:30 YOGA Shannon Starts March 4:00 COMBO A/B 5-8 CB FULL 5:00 TAP A 8-12 BC 4:00 YOGA KIDS Wendy March 5:00 COMBO A 3-4 CB 6:00 JAZZ TECHNIQUE 6-10 CB 5:00 YOGA KIDS Wendy March 6:00 JAZZ A/B 10-16 BC FULL 7:00 OPEN 6:00 COMPANY TOTS AA 7:00 JR COMPANY TEAM CB/JM 7:00 TAP A Teen BC SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY 10:00 COMBO A/B 3-4 BD 9:30 TOT BOPPERS 2 CB 9:00 YOGA Wendy 11:00 COMBO A/B 5-8 BD 10:00 HIP-HOP 4-7 AP 10:00 COMBO A 5-8 BC Starts March 11:00 HIP-HOP 8-13 AP 11:00 COMBO A 3-4 BC

http://www.avdancestudio81.com Director Candice Beatty Creates “An International Celebration” Taking you around the world through Holiday dances.

http://www.avdancestudio81.com Director Candice Beatty Creates “An International Celebration” Taking you around the world through Holiday dances.

http://www.avdancestudio81.com Director Candice Beatty Creates “An International Celebration” Taking you around the world through Holiday dances.

http://avdancestudio81.com/ Kitty and Santa along with Candice and Chris Beattywish you the happiest hollidays to you an to yours.

The Rockettes are a precision dance company performing out of the Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York City. During the Christmas season, the Rockettes have performed five shows a day, seven days a week, for 77 years. Perhaps their best-known routine is an eye-high leg kick in perfect unison in a chorus line, which they include at the end of every performance.

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is performed annually at Radio City Music Hall and in numerous other American and Canadian cities by a touring company of Rockettes. It is one of the most-watched live shows in the United States, with over 2 million viewers per year. The Rockettes perform annually at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (since 1957) and the America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit. The NBC Rockefeller Center Tree-Lighting Ceremony also traditionally includes a performance by the dance troupe.

History

The group was founded in St. Louis, Missouri by Russell Markert in 1925, and originally performed as the “Missouri Rockets.” Markert had been inspired by the John Tiller Girls in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922, and was convinced that “If I ever got a chance to get a group of American girls who would be taller and have longer legs and could do really complicated tap routines and eye-high kicks… they’d knock your socks off!” The group was brought to New York City by Samuel Roxy Rothafel to perform at his Roxy Theatre and renamed the “Roxyettes.” When Rothafell left the Roxy Theatre to open Radio City Music Hall, the dance troupe followed and later became known as the Rockettes. The group performed as part of opening night at Radio City Music Hall in 1932. In 1936, the troupe won the grand prize at the “Paris Exposition de Dance.”

The Rockettes have long been represented by the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA). In 1967 they won a month-long strike for better working conditions,^[1] which was led by AGVA salaried officer Penny Singleton.^[2]

The first Asian Rockette, a Japan-born woman named Setsuko Maruhashi, was hired in 1985.^[3] The Rockettes did not allow African-Americans into the dance line until 1987.^[4] The justification for the policy against hiring African-Americans was that they would distract from the consistent look of the dance group.^[5] The first African-American Rockette was Jennifer Jones; she made her debut in 1988.^[6]

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXII in 1988, the Rockettes were seen by a television audience of 150 million viewers. George W. Bush‘s 2001 Presidential Inauguration Ceremony featured the performers prancing down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Every Rockette must be between 5’6″ and 5’10¹⁄₂” tall.

A mean-spirited, miserly old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting-house on a frigid Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two portly gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry “Bah! Humbug!” in response to his nephew’s “Merry Christmas!”

Later that evening, after returning to his dark, cold apartment, Scrooge receives a chilling visitation from the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley. Marley, looking haggard and pallid, relates his unfortunate story. As punishment for his greedy and self-serving life his spirit has been condemned to wander the Earth weighted down with heavy chains. Marley hopes to save Scrooge from sharing the same fate. Marley informs Scrooge that three spirits will visit him during each of the next three nights. After the wraith disappears, Scrooge collapses into a deep sleep.

He wakes moments before the arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Past, a strange childlike phantom with a brightly glowing head. The spirit escorts Scrooge on a journey into the past to previous Christmases from the curmudgeon’s earlier years. Invisible to those he watches, Scrooge revisits his childhood school days, his apprenticeship with a jolly merchant named Fezziwig, and his engagement to Belle, a woman who leaves Scrooge because his lust for money eclipses his ability to love another. Scrooge, deeply moved, sheds tears of regret before the phantom returns him to his bed.

The Ghost of Christmas Present, a majestic giant clad in a green fur robe, takes Scrooge through London to unveil Christmas as it will happen that year. Scrooge watches the large, bustling Cratchit family prepare a miniature feast in its meager home. He discovers Bob Cratchit’s crippled son, Tiny Tim, a courageous boy whose kindness and humility warms Scrooge’s heart. The specter then zips Scrooge to his nephew’s to witness the Christmas party. Scrooge finds the jovial gathering delightful and pleads with the spirit to stay until the very end of the festivities. As the day passes, the spirit ages, becoming noticeably older. Toward the end of the day, he shows Scrooge two starved children, Ignorance and Want, living under his coat. He vanishes instantly as Scrooge notices a dark, hooded figure coming toward him.

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge through a sequence of mysterious scenes relating to an unnamed man’s recent death. Scrooge sees businessmen discussing the dead man’s riches, some vagabonds trading his personal effects for cash, and a poor couple expressing relief at the death of their unforgiving creditor. Scrooge, anxious to learn the lesson of his latest visitor, begs to know the name of the dead man. After pleading with the ghost, Scrooge finds himself in a churchyard, the spirit pointing to a grave. Scrooge looks at the headstone and is shocked to read his own name. He desperately implores the spirit to alter his fate, promising to renounce his insensitive, avaricious ways and to honor Christmas with all his heart. Whoosh! He suddenly finds himself safely tucked in his bed.

Overwhelmed with joy by the chance to redeem himself and grateful that he has been returned to Christmas Day, Scrooge rushes out onto the street hoping to share his newfound Christmas spirit. He sends a giant Christmas turkey to the Cratchit house and attends Fred’s party, to the stifled surprise of the other guests. As the years go by, he holds true to his promise and honors Christmas with all his heart: he treats Tiny Tim as if he were his own child, provides lavish gifts for the poor, and treats his fellow human beings with kindness, generosity, and warmth.

When Marius Petipa had the idea to choreograph the story into a ballet, it was actually based on a revision by Alexander Dumas, a well known French author.  His version reflects more of what we have come to love as the Nutcracker Ballet.

The Party Scene

It is Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum house — A large and grand house with the most beautiful tree imaginable.  The Stahlbaums are hosting their annual Christmas party, welcoming the arrival of their family and friends.  The children, Clara and Fritz, are dancing and playing as they welcome their friends too.

The party grows festive with music and dance as godfather Drosselmeyer arrives.  He is a skilled clock and toy maker and always full of surprises. Drosselmeyer draws everyone’s attention as he presents two life-size dolls.  They are the delight of the party, each taking a turn to dance.

The children begin to open gifts when Drosselmeyer presents his to Clara and Fritz.  Although his gift to Fritz is quite nice, he gives Clara a beautiful Nutcracker that  becomes the hit of the party.  Fritz becomes jealous and, having a bit more spunk than a boy should have, grabs the nutcracker from Clara and promptly breaks it.  Clara is heartbroken looking on as Drosselmeyer quickly repairs the Nutcracker with a handkerchief he magically draws from the air.

As the evening grows late, the guests depart and the Stahlbaum family retires for the evening.  Clara, worried about her beloved Nutcracker, sneaks back to the tree to check on him, falling asleep with him in her arms.

The Fight Scene

As the clock strikes midnight strange things begin to happen.  Clara begins shrinking as her beautiful Christmas tree grows high above her.  The toys around the tree come to life while the room fills with an army of mice, lead by the fierce Mouse King.  As the Nutcracker awakens, he leads his army of toy soldiers into battle with the mice.  The Mouse King corners the Nutcracker and battles him one-on-one.  The Nutcracker seems to be no match for the Mouse King.

The Nutcracker and his army can go on no longer and are captured by the mice and their King.  Clara makes a final daring charge throwing her slipper at the Mouse King, hitting him square on the head.  The Mouse King drops to the floor and the mice run away, carrying off their leader’s lifeless body.

The Land of Snow

The Nutcracker turns into a Prince and takes Clara on a journey to the Land of Snow, an enchanted forest wonderland  where they are welcomed by dancing snowflakes.

The Land of Sweets

The Prince escorts Clara to the Land of Sweets where they are greeted by theSugar Plum Fairy.  The Prince tells her about their daring battle with the army of mice and she rewards them with a celebration of dances.

• The Spanish Dance
• The Arabian Dance
• The Russian Dance
• The Chinese Dance
• The Mirliton Dance
• The Waltz of Flowers

As a finale, the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Cavalier dance a beautiful Pas DeDeux.

The Dream Ends

Clara awakens from her dream and finds herself by her Christmas tree with her beloved Nutcracker.