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American Ballet Theatre
P R E S E N T S
Ballet for the Young Dancer
2006-2007
Ballet Steps | Recommended Age 5 | One 45 minute
class per week
Preparatory Ballet | Recommended Age 6| One 45
minute class per week
Ballet I | Recommended Age 7 | One 1 hour class
per week
Ballet II | Recommended Ages 8 & 9 | Two 1
hour and 15 minute classes per week
Ballet III | Recommended Ages 10 & 11 | Two
1 hour and 15 minute classes per week
Pointe Class | Invitation Only
| One 1 hour and 15 minute class per week
Special Events and Workshops
In addition to weekly technique classes given by classically
trained instructors with a myriad of professional experience,
students enrolled in ABT’s Program in Greenwich, CT are given
many opportunities to expand their ballet experience through special
events and Saturday workshops. These workshops offer families the
opportunity to experience the “behind the scenes” magic
of a professional ballet company.
Performance Opportunities
All students will have the opportunity to perform in an informal
setting for family and friends at the Greenwich studios.
For more information or to register your child, please stop
by the front desk of the YWCA of Greenwich located at 259 East Putnam
Avenue. For questions and information only, call (203) 869-6501
or go the program
website.
Class Schedule
Fall Semester: September 11, 2005 — January 12, 2006
Winter Semester: January 15, 2006 — May 25, 2006
| LEVEL |
CLASS DAY(S) |
TIME |
TUITION |
| Ballet Steps |
Tuesdays ** |
3:20– 4:05pm |
$1,450.00 |
| Preparatory Ballet |
Wednesdays ** |
3:45– 430pm |
$1,500.00 |
| Ballet I |
Wednesdays ** |
4:30 – 5:30pm |
$1,750.00 |
| Ballet II |
Tuesdays ** |
4:05 – 5:20pm |
$2,160.00 |
| Ballet II |
Thursdays * |
3:30 – 5:00pm |
$2,200.00 |
| Ballet III |
Tuesdays ** |
4:05 – 5:20pm |
$2,160.00 |
| Ballet III |
Thursdays * |
5:00 – 6:30pm |
$2,200.00 |
Payment is due upon enrollment. Refunds are given in accordance
with the YWCA general refund policy.
BALLET FOR THE YOUNG DANCER
UNDER THE
ARTISTIC DIRECTION OF:
Richard Toda
Artistic Coordinator of
Educational Outreach
ABT at 890 Broadway
Ballet for the Young Dancer in Greenwich,
CT
Teachers
Johanna Butow was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and began
her dance training there with Irma Grant Millard. At age 13
she attended the Pennsylvania Ballet School, and at age 14
she entered the Joffrey Ballet School, receiving a full scholarship.
Ms. Butow’s professional career began at age 15 when
she joined The Joffrey II as an apprentice. During the next
four years she toured across the United States, performing
roles in ballets by choreographers such as August Bournonville,
Choo San Gogh, Marius Petipa, and Robert Joffrey. At age 19
she was asked to join the Joffrey Ballet to perform as the
original Trepac in Robert Joffrey’s The Nutcracker.
During her six year career with the Joffrey Ballet, Ms. Butow
performed major roles in such diverse ballets as Nijinsky’s
L‚Apres-Midi D’un Faune, Nijinska’s
Les Noces, Fokine’s Petrouchka, Gerald
Arpino’s Light Rain, Trinity, and
Suite Sainte Saens, Robert Joffrey’s Postcardsand
The Nutcracker, Laura Dean‚s Light Field,
and Eugene Loring’s Billy the Kid. She was
in the cast of the Dance in America filming of Nijinsky’s
Le Sacre Du Printemps, and was also an original cast
member of the 1992 collaboration Billboards, with
music by Prince.
In 1993 joined American Ballet Theatre, where she danced for
eight years. At ABT she has performed most of the major full-length
classical ballets including Giselle, La Bayadère,
Romeo and Juliet, Coppélia, and
La Sylphide, with featured roles in The Merry Widow
and Swan Lake. She was also a cast member of Lar
Lubovitch’s original full-length Othello and
Meadow.
Ms. Butow has also performed such repertory ballets as Antony
Tudor’s Echoing of Trumpets, Gala Performance
and Lilac Garden, Clark Tippet’s Bruch
Violin Concerto, Kevin McKenzie’s Transcendental
Etudes, Agnes DeMille’s Fall River Legend,
Petipa’s Paquita, Fokine’s Les Sylphides,
Lar Lubovitch’s A Brahms Symphony, and James
Kudelka’s Cruel World. She has had featured
roles in Agnes DeMille’s Rodeo and Antony Tudor’s
Leaves Are Fading, and was in Twyla Tharp’s
The Elements and an original cast member of Twyla
Tharp’s How Near Heaven.
Ms. Butow’s teaching experience includes ABT’s
Ballet for the Young Dancer Program in Greenwich, CT
as well as the Young Dancer’s Summer Workshop.
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Kevin
McKenzie: Artistic Director