Ballet Petit Dancers
Ballet Petit is a ballet school known
throughout Fremont for the wonderful performances shown by their
professional ballet dancers. The company actually started as a
nursery school, but was transformed to a ballet company as they
continue to attract students of ballet at the entire Fremont area.
According to recent researches, Ballet Petit is now composed of more
than 200 students of all ages, genders and abilities.
Ballet Petit is run and managed by
professional ballet dancers. Today, about ten main personnel are
responsible for handling all of the company’s tasks. They offer
training programs and workshops for their students, and they try
their best to bring up the greatest performances available, which
they haven’t failed to do.
Who are these people? Well, note
that they are all prided as the Ballet Petit dancers. Here are
they:
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Peggy Peabody –
This woman is actually the
artistic director and founder of Ballet Petit. She had been
involved with ballet for most of her life, as she started
joining ballet dancing and enjoyed it at the age of seven.
Peabody appeared onstage for different performances and those
experiences are what molded her into what she is right now – the
most celebrated Ballet Petit dancer. |
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Darlene Spinardi
Brower – Here is the assistant
director of Ballet Petit who also happens to be a Ballet Petit
dancer. Darlene has been teaching ballet at the company since
1987. She teaches students of the art at all levels, from the
amateurs to professionals. She also appear onstage, along with
the other Ballet Petit dancers, performing most of the classical
ballets known to man, such as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty,
Cinderella, and Coppelia. |
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Omar Shabazz –
Mr. Omar, as what his colleagues fond to
call him, is but another well-known Ballet Petit dancer who has
been dancing for years now. He was first trained in ballet at
the Oakland Technical High School, and that he danced for
Oakland Ballet until the year 1997 when he joined Ballet
Petit. Just like the Peggy and Darlene, Omar also appeared in
most of the performances produced by the school. |
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Joy Gim –
This woman achieved his artistic success
fully when she joined the Ballet Petit company. She taught
ballet dancing at schools and she has been the principal dancer
of the Oakland Ballet for about 18 years. Gim danced many of
the lead roles of the ballets produced by the Ballet Petit. |
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Heidi Becklenberg –
Heidi is another well-known Ballet
Petit dance who has been dancing and teaching ballet education
at the company for about two years. She also appeared in some
of the most prestigious performances developed by the other
professional ballet companies such as the Boston Ballet and
Ballet Oklahoma. |
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Lauren van den Heuvel
- This woman was a former student
of Ballet Petit. She is acclaimed as one of the best Ballet
Petit dancers and it is due to her great ability that she was
considered for teaching ballet in the company itself. Lauren is
the Ballet Petit dancer who has spent most of her life dancing
on the dance floor of Ballet Petit. |
There are other
notable dancers in Ballet Petit, but so far those above mentioned
names were the ones who contributed a greater part to the success of
this dancing school.
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