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Avon Performance Pavilion at Nottingham Park
The Festival welcomes Company-In-Residence BalletX and Boulder Ballet to Avon for a free, family-friendly show on the outdoor stage of the Avon Performance Pavilion at Nottingham Park. YouthPower365’s Celebrate the Beat alumni will also be performing a curtain teaser on this fun evening of dance!
Performance underwritten by Town of Avon.
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Boulder Ballet will be presenting Exploring the Roots, choreographed by Angel Kaba. This Afro’Dance piece features grounded, rhythmic movements influenced by the urban street dances by the Congo, Ivory Coast, and Angola in an inspirational blend of cultures.
Performance times, casting and repertory are subject to change
Photo Credit: 2017 Dancing in the Park. Photo by Brian Maloney.
Ticketing
Free Performance underwritten by the Town of Avon
GETTING TO THE AVON PERFORMANCE PAVILION
Harry A. Nottingham Park is located at 1 Lake Street in Avon. From I-70, take exit 167 toward Avon. Take a sharp left on Avon Rd. At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto W Beaver Creek Blvd. Turn left on Lake Street, then turn right.
WHERE TO PARK
There is parking on the North and East sides of the park. Parking is limited though, so carpooling, walking or using the bus line is recommended.
Click HERE for more venue information.
Gates open one hour prior to showtime.
Meet the Performers
Shawn Cusseaux
Shawn is an emerging performing artist hailing from Tampa Bay, FL, where he attended Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School. He continued his studies in Pittsburgh, PA at the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park...
Jonah Delgado
Jonah graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in 2019. His formative dance training began with The Academy of Dance Arts, in Illinois. During his time in college he also guested with Visceral Dance Chicago, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Illinois Ballet...
Francesca Forcella
Francesca Forcella (Dancer) danced with the Washington Ballet Studio Company, Los Angeles American Contemporary Ballet, and Houston Ballet II, where she toured internationally, representing Houston Ballet at the International Youth Dance Festival in Budapest, Hungary. Francesca joined BalletX in 2013.
Savannah Green
Savannah Green (Dancer) studied at Manhattan Youth Ballet and LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts. She graduated with a BFA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2017, performing works by Jose Limon, Andrea Miller, and Anna Halprin....
Zachary Kapeluck
Zachary Kapeluck hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he received his early training at Southwest Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. He trained at The Juilliard School and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Summer Intensives, and in the summer of 2011, he worked...
Skyler Lubin
Skyler Lubin (Dancer) danced as a member of the Corps de Ballet with Miami City Ballet from 2010-2014. She has performed featured roles including Flower Festival pas de deux, Swan Lake pas de trios, and Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a...
Ashley Simpson
Ashley Simpson (Dancer) studied at W. Dreyfoos High School of the Arts and Ailey/Fordham, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and as a Denise Jefferson Scholar. She is a Princess Grace Honoraria winner and has been featured in Dance Magazine...
Richard Villaverde
RICHARD VILLAVERDE, born and raised in Miami, FL, he began dancing at the age of 13, privately coached by Maria Eugenia Lorenzo, is a New World School of the Arts graduate and received his B.F.A from University of the Arts...
Pete Leo Walker
From Jacksonville, Florida, Pete Leo Walker began his training at The Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts. In 2010 Pete joined Charlotte Ballet under the direction of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride, performing a diverse repertoire including works by George Balanchine,...
Andrea Yorita
Andrea Yorita is from Irvine,California, where she received her classical ballet training at Academy of Dance, under the direction of Merle Sepel, Rebecca Tsivkin, and Mignon Furman. In 2012, she graduated as a Gillespie Scholar with a BFA in Dance...
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