The Media City Ballet will introduce members of its new Junior Ballet
Company during a performance at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Media Dance
Centre, 237 E. Palm Ave., Burbank.
This youth company consists of dancers between 13 and 17 and will
be directed by Natasha and Askar Kettebekov.
Dancers were chosen to join the apprentice program, and may
eventually become members of the senior company, which annually
performs "The Nutcracker" at The Alex Theatre in Glendale.
The program features selections from the ballet, "Sleeping
Beauty," "The Fairy Dances," "The Peasant Dance" from "Giselle," "The
Slave Dance" from "Scheherazade" and a contemporary lyrical jazz
dance by Eric Ellis, set to song, "California Dreamin'."
For reservations, call (818) 972-9692.
Tickets are $15 each and proceeds will be used for the company's
next show, "The Making of a Dancer," on April 23 at Cal State
Northridge.
