Click here for information on our 2009 production of Nutracker


2009-2010 Studio Special Dates and Events

September 8

Classes begin

September 26

Nutcracker auditions

September 28-Oct 2

“Bring A Friend” week

October 3

Nutcracker Costume Day & Rehearsals Begin

November 2

$25 for each Recital costume deposit due (non-refundable)

November 26-28

Thanksgiving break

December 5-6

Nutcracker performances

December 11
All Recital costume fees due
December 14-18
“Bring A Friend” week
December 18
Last class sessions before winter break
Dec 19-Jan 3, 2010
Holiday break
January 4, 2010
Studio reopens / classes resume
January, 2010
Summer Dance Lab Auditions
March 22-28
Spring break - no classes
April 3
Young Choreographer Adjudication
April 4
Scholarship Adjudications
April 9-10
Young Choreographer Concert
May 1
Tap Festival
May 15
Studio Pictures
May 17-21
“Bring A Friend” week
May 24
Memorial Day - closed
June 12-13
North Coast recitals
June - July
Summer Intensive Classes
August 2-6
North Coast Summer Dance Camp
September 7
Classes begin - 2010-2011

 

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Nutcracker 2009

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Featured artists from the Goh Ballet

Ken Guan
Mr. Guan studied at the Guangdong Dance Academy,
the Beijing Dance Academy, and the Goh Ballet Academy’s professional training program.  He received distinction on all RAD Vocational examinations, as well as receiving the highly coveted Solo Seal showing his excellence in the art of ballet. 

Mr. Guan is an extraordinary performer. 
His passion and artistry are visible through the extensive list of principal roles he has performed including Don Quixote, La Corsaire, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Flower Festival Pas de Deux, Nutcracker, La Sylphide, The Conservatory Ballet Master, Modern Dance, and Jazz.  Mr. Guan has toured on 3 occasions with the Goh Ballet Youth Ensemble to China and in the year 2005, he joined the Suzanne Farrell Ballet Company as a soloist in Don Quixote.

 

 

 

James Friend 05.jpgYoshiko Kamikusa
Born in Japan, 14 year old Yoshiko began ballet training at the age of seven in Hawaii.  She is currently trained at the Goh Ballet Academy, which is located in Vancouver, Canada.

Yoshiko was the recipient of third place in 2007 in the Pre-Competitive Division at the Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP) Huntington Beach Semi-Finals. In 2009, she was awarded second place in the Junior Division Contemporary Ballet Category at YAGP San Francisco Semi-Finals. She also won the silver medal in the Preparatory Category at the World Ballet Competition (WBC) in Florida, and first place in the Junior Category as well as the Gold Star Award at Prix du japon in Japan in 2009.

Under the tutelage of Vera Solovyeva, Nikolay Levitsky, and the artistic director, Choo Chiat Goh of Goh Ballet Academy, Yoshiko danced lead roles in Don Quixote in China Tour 2008 and The Cavalry Halt at The Massey Theater of Vancouver in 2009.

 

 

 

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