Melbourne School of Classical Dance

Hi All, 

It's Kate here!

With just a fortnight left til our annual concert, I'm excited to be fast approaching a long-awaited trip to Los Angeles where I plan to spend the summer holidays with Russian ballet experts, further developing & refining the curriculum for our amazing and talented young students. 

This Pozible campaign will allow this trip to move forward and I really hope that you I can inspire you to get on board! We're planning a special thank you concert in 2013, exclusively for our supporters. 

We've been fortunate enough to have had great success with our current curriculum which has seen over a dozen young dancers gain acceptance into full-time training over the past three years, and we want to keep developing our programs to ensure our students have continued access to top-notch training that will enable them to reach their personal potential as a dancer. 

Our Crowd-funding Goal

Our goal is to raise $4,000 towards the trip. Actual costs total $7,000 being comprised of the airfare ($3300), workshop costs ($2,700) and incidentals ($1,000). 

Kate's graduate performance (Paquita), John Cranko-School, Stuttgart (far right).

Photo supplied by John Cranko -School, Stuttgart (name of photographer unknown)

Thank-You Concert Tickets

The Russian Classical Ballet Legacy Project thank-you concert will feature beautiful performances by our talented students and is tentatively proposed for Sunday 11 August 2013 in Melbourne. Tickets will be available exclusively to supporters of the campaign. The venue is yet to be confirmed (possibly at MSCD studios, or at a small external theatre depending on numbers). 

Kate's students performing Paquita, 2011.  Photo by Belinda Stroedder http://www.dancephotography.net.au

For those interested in learning more about Russian ballet expert Nadya Koscuik with whom I will be working, I refer you to the excellent article linked below: The Vaganova Ballet Legacy In Los Angeles.

Thank you for your interest and we hope that you will support our campaign.

Warm regards,

Kate

Gifts

You can support the campaign by turning a supporter package into an excellent gift or Christmas present.

If you wish to buy a supporter package as a gift, please follow these steps;

1. - Make your pledge as usual.
2. - Upon receiving your confirmation email, use the link at the bottom and reply with the heading “Gift".
3. - We will confirm the recipient's details with you and forward them the tickets directly, or send

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/48881175/The-Vaganova-Ballet-Legacy-In-Los-Angeles

http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/January-2012/Temple-of-Technique

At the Vaganova Ballet Academy, St Petersburg, October 2011.

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Postcards from my previous times in Europe...

New recruits at the Meiningen Theatre (Kate - 3rd from right) where we trained under Viktor Yunayev.

Photo supplied by The Meiningen Theatre, name of photographer unknown. 

'Voices of Light' , Rostock Ballet under directorship of Vladmir Fedyane. 

Photo supplied by Volkstheater Rostock, name of photographer unknown.

Performance at Berlin Tempodrom, director Evguenie Panvilov. 

Vaganova Ballet Academy students - St Petersburg 2011

The splendid Maryinsky Theatre, which I visited last year to see Romeo & Juliet.