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Often in class, my avid and hard-working students are so busy concentrating, they forget to breathe. Oxygen is like water to the brain and the muscles. It renews vigour and energy and helps sensitize the body. It builds support and helps one to move more freely and fluently from the core. It also [...]

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I Can’t Go On
Dance film by Donna Greenberg,
Artistic Director of Ballet Espressivo
Our film “I Can’t Go On” (excerpt from our dancedrama, “Uprising”), directed, choreographed and produced by artistic director Donna Greenberg, and featuring Ballet Espressivo dancers Kalie Hunter and Anton Pasquarella and the moving cinematography of Hal Swann was accepted into “The Malta International TV [...]

Ballet Espressivo presents two new works by choreographer/ artistic director Donna Greenberg.
First, Ravished Soul: A young man seeks flight and release. Dancer: Eugene Dokoukine. Music: Nigel Simmons. This work will be performed at Youth American Grand Prix International Ballet Competition in February.
Second: The Wanderer: Excerpts. This tragic tale of love was inspired by Keats: La [...]

Enchantment
A dance film by Donna Greenberg,
Artistic Director of Ballet Espressivo
at Eros, Thanatos & the Avant-Garde ~ The Cabaret Series at the Rivoli!
Please join us for a screening of Donna Greenberg & Ballet Espressivo’s latest film Enchantment
In this dance fantasy, a sprightly fairy enchants us with her dancing across water and into the mysterious centre of [...]

I Can’t Go On
A dance film by Donna Greenberg,
Artistic Director of Ballet Espressivo
at Eros, Thanatos & the Avant-Garde ~ The Cabaret Series at the Rivoli!
Background: In 1939, hundreds of thousands of Polish Jews were rounded up and put into a segregated area that became known as the Warsaw Ghetto. From April 19 to May 16, [...]

Holy Blossom Temple
UPRISING A BALLET DRAMATIZING EVENTS
OF THE WARSAW GHETTO
Excerpts performed by Ballet Espressivo
“Witness the battle between light and dark in this heart-wrenching ballet that tells the story of Mordecai Anielewicz, leader of the Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto, how he led his guerrilla warriors and fought back against Nazi brutality at the [...]

Premiere Dance Theare
Please join us for another fine performance from Ballet Espressivo, choreographed by Donna Greenberg and performed by dancers:
Napu Boychuk, Isabel Morales, Jenna Oxley, Anton Pasquarella, Gina Velasco
Meditation: A woman meditates on her separation from her lover. He returns and their life-dance continues.
The Grand Fugue: Elegance, formalism, power and virtuosity come together; set to [...]

Auditions for Female Dancers for an exclusive engagement with:
HOLY BLOSSOM SYNAGOGUE, Toronto
as well as other possible performances.
Performance Date : Thursday, April 24, 2008
Professional experience is preferred. Strong ballet technique, modern & jazz background & acting experience are also an asset.
Dancers will be paid for all rehearsals and performances.
Audition Date : Thursday February 7, [...]

Contrapunctus
New dance film created by Donna Greenberg and performed by her Dancers from Ballet Espressivo, followed by her lecture entitled THE CREATION OF A DANCE FILM
Sunday November, 25th 7:30 pm
Labspace Studio
276 Carlaw Ave, Suite 202 (S of Dundas)
15$/ 10$ CADA or student ID
Info: 647-294-0784

The Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra’s 23rd Season presented by TD Canada Trust
invites Ballet Espressivo
SHALL WE DANCE
Sponsored by
An Anonymous Donor
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Location
Concerts take place at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall in the Aird
Centre of Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West,
Waterloo (the corner of Hazel and University).
The hall is handicapped accessible with ample free parking.
PROGRAMME
Ballet Espressivo [...]

Auditions for Male and Female Dancers
for an exclusive engagement with
THE KITCHENER-WATERLOO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
as well as other possible performances.
Performance Date: November 3, 2007
Professional experience is preferred. Strong ballet technique, modern & jazz background are also an asset.
Dancers will be paid for all rehearsals and performances.
Audition Date: Thursday September 20, 2007
Audition Time: 7 -10 p.m.
Audition Location: George [...]

Forbidden Fruit & Rotting Apples (a work – in – progress)
Ballet Espressivo presents exerpts from Donna Greenberg’s latest choreography!
Forbidden Fruit and Rotting Apples is a touching and powerful choreography by Artistic Director, Donna Greenberg, about three stages of a relationship – a break up, the depression that follows for one of the people involved and [...]

Forbidden Fruit & Rotting Apples
The Eros Cabaret series presents work in the disciplines of dance, film, music, theatre, spoken word and interdisciplinary media created and performed by both emerging and established artists. All works are connected by the epic themes of sex, love, death, passion and the avant-garde.
Ballet Espressivo presents exerpts from Donna Greenberg’s latest [...]

Forbidden Fruit & Rotting Apples (a work – in – progress)
Ballet Espressivo presents exerpts from Donna Greenberg’s latest choreography!
Metro Central Y.M.C.A
Saturday January 27, 2007 at 8:08 p.m.
20 Grosvenor St.
www.series808.com

Musical Superheroes!
Watch the Noble Knight battle evil with his loyal helper! Create beauty in a bleak new land! Hear Mozart overcome huge obstacles in a single note! Save the Spirit of Joy from a century of war
TELEMANN Don Quixote Suite with Ballet Espressivo
HEALEY WILLAN Poem
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Mvts 2 & [...]

Premiere Dance Theare
“Witness the battle between light and dark in this heart-wrenching ballet that tells the story of Mordecai Anielewicz, leader of the Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto, how he led his guerrilla warriors and fought back against Nazi brutality at the cost of many lives and in the face of impossible odds. [...]

Christmas Fancies
Floortje Gerristein, Violinist / Ballet Espressivo
Corelli’s best-loved work, Mozart’s silvery violin, a playful scherzo, the Gallant Knight’s adventures brought to life in a vivid ballet, and favourite carols.
CORELLI Christmas Concerto
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2
ANDRE PREVOST Scherzo
TELEMANN Don Quixote Suite
GADE Children’s Christmas Eve
Tickets : $30 adult, $25 seniors, $12 student
By now or call 416-499-0403
Grace [...]

Premiere Dance Theare
The SooRyu Dance Festival showcases exceptional Canadian dance that celebrates the country’s diverse roots. This year, around the theme of Historic Story, performances exemplify the creative fusion of traditional forms and cultural inspiration with contemporary dance.
Featuring over fifeteen professional dance groups and up to ninety dancers from both Canadian and international backgrounds, the [...]

Te-Amim Music Theatre with the MNjcc presents:
The Shop on Main Street
The 1965 film adaptation of this novel by Ladislav Grosman was awarded an Oscar® for Best Foreign Film. With Special Guests:
* George Grosman (son of Ladislav Grosman)
* Ballet Espressivo – presenting excerpts from Uprisisng
* The Miles Nadal JCC Choir with conductor Harriet Wichin
Free Admission
Te-Amim Music [...]

UPRISING A BALLET DRAMATIZING EVENTS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO
Narrated by Donna Greenberg
Excerpts performed by Ballet Espressivo
“Witness the battle between light and dark in this heart-wrenching ballet that tells the story of Mordecai Anielewicz, leader of the Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto, how he led his guerrilla warriors and fought back against Nazi brutality at [...]

Free performances of Excerpts from UPRISING at Toronto International Dance Festival at the Open Stage
The Distillery Historic District
55 Mill Street
Performances: August 11 – 19, 2006
Festival Info. 416-214-5854
www.tidf.org

Harbourfront’s Studio Theatre
Sunday September 3, 2006 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: 416-973-4000, or Harbourfront Centre Box Office, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto ON M5J 2G8

Free performances of Excerpts from UPRISING at The Junction Arts Festival
Saturday, September 9, 2006: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday September 10, 2006: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

www.junctionartsfest.com
416-767-9068 for info.

As guest artists of the chamber orchestra Sinfonia Toronto, Ballet Espressivo presented Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, a new choreography by Donna Greenberg, performed by the corps of Ballet Espressivo. In celebration of Mozart’s birthday, Ms. Greenberg created a site-specific piece in the beautiful Walmer Road Baptist Church, which captures the fun and frolicsomeness as well as [...]

Tangos d’Amour – four short ballets set to various pieces of tango music – was performed at the Premiere Dance Theatre at Harbourfront Centre. The Tangos d’Amour are a collection of dances that capture the spirit of the tango – the erotic, the exotic, and the entertaining – in the language of classical and contemporary [...]

This full-length pantomime ballet, adapted by Donna Greenberg from the ancient Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, was performed at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto in November 2004.

This mixed program of new works choreographed by Donna Greenberg was performed by members of Ballet Espressivo at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto in February 2004.

Commissioned by The Chamber Music Society of Mississauga, The Dance Lesson, with original music by composer Maria Molinari, was performed in May 2003 at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre.

The premiere performance of Amazons, Sylphs and Other Sundry Wenches, a mixed program of dances all choreographed by Donna Greenberg, took place in March 2003 at The Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto.

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