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 aids the dancer in creating a more beautiful line and more musical performance. But most of it feels good and when one feels good, one dances better – one becomes more flexible, stronger and joyful. So in short, DON’T FORGET TO BREATHE!

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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 Short Film Festival“.

The film was screened on Television Malta (TVM) on 30th April at 10.10pm during the 5th episode of the Festival. You can watch the whole programme streamed at this link – then click on option ‘The Malta International TV Short Film Festival’ in the On-Demand Media Library and choose ‘Programme 5′.

Those who would like to vote (which is important for the outcome of the popular voting) can do so by email to the following address: info@maltashortfilmfest.com. In their email, people must specify the name of the film which they would like to vote for – and can only vote for one of the films shown in that programme. The voting is important for the overall classification of the festival (the popular vote counts for 40% of the points – the judges’ votes will count for the other 60% of the points) as well as counting for the trophy which will be handed out specifically for the popular vote. Voting for the entries of Programme 5 opens Thursday night 30th April) at 11pm (after the programme) and closes on Sunday 3rd May at midnight. Please spread the word for people to watch the films online and vote.

Visit the festival website: www.maltashortfilmfest.com or contact us by email: info@balletespressivo.com

DVDS are available to purchased. For further information on prices and shipping please email info@balletespressivo.com or call 647.294.0784

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 Belle Dame Sans Merci and the Romantic tradition of the Wanderer theme in art and music.

A young man falls in love with a Fairy Maiden. They are blissfully in love until the Fates/Witches intervene and separate them forever. He is doomed never to see her again, although she, being enchanted, can see him but can never have him in the flesh again. The woeful man was accursed to wander evermore through a frozen world of besetting Icemaidens, fair in form but foul in heart.

Dancers : Wanderer: Anton Pasquarella, Fairy Maiden: Järvi Raudsepp, Earth Sprite: Lindsay Sutton. The Wanderer film excerpt is performed by Icemaidens: Jessica Campbell, Gina Velasco Carballido, Lindsay Sutton, Wanderer: Anton Pasquarella. Cinematographer: Hal Swann. Director: Donna Greenberg. Music: Schubert and Schumann.

The Wanderer film will be completed and released mid:2009. Our three latest films can be viewed in the lobby.

DanceOntario Dance Weekend

Fleck Dance Theatre (Harbourfront Centre)

Jan 23 – 25, 2009

www.danceontario.ca

*Ballet Espressivo performs on Sunday, Jan 25 at 5:10pm

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 a flower. The choreography offers many surprises, and quick changes of movement and direction, and highlights the magic of Ballet Espressivo’s, Jarvi Raudsepp’s wonderful dance.

Choreography and Performances by:

Marnie Cooke and Dana Thody

Olivia Davies

Jasmyn Fyffe /ASM (As the Spirit Moves)

Taroub Mills

Random Acts of Dance

Jannine Saarinen

Gauri Vanarase

Films by:

Alex Bateman

Ballet Espressivo

Sarah Lockhead

Musical Entertainment by The Calrizians!

Date: October 22

Doors: 8:30pm

Show: 9pm – 11:30pm

Tickets: $10 at the Door

Venue: The Rivoli, Backroom (332 Queen St. W)

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.

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, 1943, leader Mordecai Anielewicz led his guerrilla warriors, the Jewish Fighting Organization in a valiant uprising and fought back against Nazi brutality at the cost of many lives and in the face of impossible odds. Uprising, the ballet by choreographer, Donna Greenberg, is inspired by this darkly heroic story.

I Can’t Go On, an excerpt from Uprising, evokes the terror experienced by Anielewicz, and one of his sister fighters as they are chased by their enemies in their search for refuge. In this poignant and heart-wrenching pas de deux, Anielewicz helps the exhausted and demoralized girl to find the courage and strength needed to go on. Performed with great eloquence and beauty, Ballet Espressivo dancers, Anton Pasquarella and Kalie Hunter, portray the nobility of these fighters’ struggle.

Music: Devil’s Candy Shop by Nigel Simmons. Cello Concerto, Op. 85, E minor by Edward Elgar Performed by Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, Eri Klas, conductor and Steven Isslerlis, violoncello. Recorded licensed by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Date: Wednesday June 18

Doors: 8:30pm

Show: 9pm

Tickets: $10 at the Door

Venue: The Rivoli, Backroom (332 Queen St. W)

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.

THE CALRIZIANS! / DANCE / DRINKS / FILM / FUN

~ June Cabaret Lineup ~

Performances by:

Marnie Cooke

Olivia Davies

Eric MacKenzie Hall

Zita Nyarady

Jannine Saarinen

Meaghan Shields

Films by:

Elizabeth Baskin

Alex Bateman

Ballet Espressivo/Donna Greenberg

Mike Juno

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 cost of many lives and in the face of impossible odds. Stalked by the shadow of death at every turn, these warriors triumphed in spirit and inspired others. Uprising takes us into the world of human perversity and the highest heroism.”

Holy Blossom Temple

April 24, 2008, 8 p.m.

1950 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON

Adult Ticket: $25

Youth/Young Adult: $15

Phone: (416) 789-3291