Students of Brighton Ballet Theater - American School of Russian Ballet Brighton Ballet Theater is an American School of Russian Ballet and a nonprofit dance organization. Established in 1987, it is situated in Manhattan Beach area of Brooklyn and located on the campus of Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York .
Overview Three hundred students are enrolled and an additional five hundred students participate through programs in New York City public schools . Brighton Ballet Theater instructors are professionally trained dancers who studied in Russian, Ukrainian or American institutions. In addition, the instructors have performing, teaching and choreographing experience at ballet companies of the former Soviet Union , and the USA.
Each year Brighton Ballet Theater holds two large-scale productions and countless presentations at various special events in the Tri-state area . The school hosts the Annual Children's Festival "The World of Dance" and performances of The Nutcracker (VIDEO) at the Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center
Brighton Ballet Theater also has a Summer Dance Programs, A la carte, and Summer Intensive Program, held in June through August of every year.
Selected productions Ballet Carlson who lives on the Roof , 1992 Ballet Les Sylphides , 1993, and 1999 Ballet In the Snow Queen Kingdom , 1993 Ballet Classical Symphony , 1997 Grand Pas from the ballet Paquita , 1997 Excerpts from the ballet: The Sleeping Beauty 1998 Excerpts from the ballet Coppélia , 2000 Ballet The Four Seasons , 2002 Ballet The Radish , 2002 - VIDEO Ballet The Nanny's Story on the music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 2003 - VIDEO Ballet The Ugly Duckling , 2004 - VIDEO Ballet The Sunrise , 2005 - VIDEO Ballet The Orchestra , 2006 Ballet Aria , 2007 "The Kingdom of the Shades" from Petipa's ballet La Bayadère , 2008 Grand Pas Classique from ballet Paquita , 2008 Ballet "The Sunrise", 2009 Ballet "The Four Seasons", 2009 Ballet "The Enormous Turnip", 2009 Ballet "The Ugly Duckling", 2010 Ballet "The Four Seasons" (by Vivaldi), 2011 Ballet "The White Swans", 2011 "Déjà Vu" (Bach), 2011 BBT's Tribute Honoring Igor Moiseyev, 2011 Excerpts from ballet "Paquita" by Ludwig Minkus, 2012 Divertissement from the 3rd act of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", 2012 "The Kingdom of the Shades" from Petipa's ballet La Bayadère , 2012 Ballet "Chopiniana", 2013 “Dream” Scene from ballet “Don Quixote”, 2013 Excerpts from Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty", 2014 Ballet "The Giant Turnip", 2014 Ballet "The Four Seasons: by A. Vivaldi, 2014 Excerpts from ballet "Paquita", 2015 “Coming to America” Special, 2015 Excerpts from ballet “Swan Lake”, 2015 Ballet "The Sunrise", 2015 Ballet "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns (Excerpts), 2015 Ballet Orchestra , 2016 Scenes from ballet "Cinderella" on the music by Sergey Prokofiev, 2016 Divertissement from the 3rd act of Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake", 2017 Ballet "Cinderella" on the music by Giuseppe Verdi, 2018 Ballet "The Sunrise", 2019 Ballet "The Twelve Months" on the music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 2019 Ballet "Peter and the Wolf" on the music by Sergei Prokofiev, 2022 References New York Daily News: Keeping locals on their toes. Date: MAY 10, 2007 Classical ballet, far from home - BBC News Magazine Date: April 16, 2012 Russian Ballet, Brooklyn Flavor - Slide Show - NYTimes.com Date: November 27, 2011 Brighton Ballet Theater's version of Tchaikovsky classic is no hard 'Nut'Date: December 12, 2010 BrooklynHistory.org/blog - FOLK FEET: Irina Roizin. Written by Sady on September 23rd, 2009 NYTimes.com Blog: Taking Liberties With Tchaikovsky. Date: December 5, 2007 New York Daily News: Keeping Locals on Their Toes. Celebrations mark 20 years of Brighton Ballet. Date: Thursday, May 10th, 2007 New York Daily News: Seamless teamwork at Brighton ballet. Date: December 7, 2003 The New York Times: Bolshoi to Brooklyn, in a Bound. Date: June 15th, 2003 External links