5th Annual Ballet, Broadway, & Beer!

September 13, 2021 by Canyon Concert Ballet

Friday, October 1 at 7pm and Saturday, October 2 at 4pm and at 7pm

Bas Bleu Theatre Company, 401 Pine Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524

Opening CCB’s 42nd season is the 5th in our annual Ballet and Beer series, this year celebrating Broadway.

Premiers of new works from three choreographers will be accompanied by a band of Fort Collins’ most talented musicians lead by historian and saxophonist, Dave Lunn, and singers Kathleen & Jeremy Vesta. The evening will take place at the beautiful and unique Bas Bleu Theatre in Downtown Fort Collins.

In-person shows are Friday, October 1st at 7pm and Saturday, October 2nd at 4pm and 7pm. Tickets are $25

A virtual show option is available Saturday, October 2nd at 7pm. Tickets are pay what you can.

Tickets include one free beer for those 21+.

COVID-19 Protocols: All attendees must wear a mask while seated in the audience, and provide proof of either Full Vaccination or a negative PCR test within 72 hours to attend the event.

*This is an independent production by Canyon Concert Ballet. The Bas Bleu Theatre has been made available for this event by special arrangement between the Bas Bleu Theatre Company and Canyon Concert Ballet.

**This production is made possible thanks to support from the Fort Collins Fort Fund and the Colorado Creative Industries.

Summer Intensive Guest Teacher: Miguel Campaneria

March 2, 2020 by Canyon Concert Ballet

The Canyon Concert Ballet School Summer Intensive offers a unique 2-week program. Week 1, June 8-13, offers a Contemporary Concentration. Week 2, June 15-20, offers a Ballet Concentration. Today’s dance world demands a versatile dancer. This unique 2 week intensive offers the training today’s aspiring dancers need. While each week may be taken individually, we highly recommend enrolling in both weeks for the full benefits of the intensive. You can learn more about our Summer Intensive here, and you can register with the form here.

We are excited to announce our next guest faculty for the 2020 Summer Intensive:

Miguel Campaneria

Miguel Campaneria was born in Cuba and was trained at the National Ballet School of Cuba under the guidance of Alicia Alonso, Fernando Alonso and Azari Plisetski. He joined the National Ballet of Cuba and was promoted to soloist at the age of 17. He won the Bronze Medal in the Junior category at the prestigious International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria. He also partnered with Alicia Alonso in Marguerite, Armand and other ballets.

Upon leaving Cuba, Mr. Campaneria danced with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, The Pennsylvania Ballet, The Harkness Ballet, America Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Ballets de San Juan.

Mr. Campaneria has over 45 years of dance experience as a Principal Dancer, guest artist, choreographer and artistic director in various well established ballet companies all over the world. In 2007 President Georg W. Bush appointed Mr. Campaneria to serve on the National Endowment of the Arts Council (NEA).

In August 2008, Mr. Campaneria was appointed the chair of dance at The Hartt School Community Division.

For over 20 years, Mr. Campaneria has been invited to Japan, serving four schools as Artistic Advisor, coach, choreographer and selective liaison bringing professional artists from the U.S. to perform in his ballet productions in Japan. Additionally, Mr. Campaneria has been strategic in training talented international students from abroad in his programs here in the United States. Since 2010, Mr. Campaneria has been Artistic Director and Ballet Master coaching pre-professional students and professional dancers in the state of North Carolina. He currently has over twenty former students who are working in professional companies all around the world.

Under his professional coaching, numerous students have competed in many world competitions and won top places in both Classical and Contemporary Ballet categories. In addition, he has been awarded “The Outstanding Teacher Award” by the Youth America Grand Prix in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, Mr. Campaneria provided the opportunity and selected top students to perform abroad, dancing leading roles which provided not only invaluable dance experience and exposure to the students but tremendous personal cultural enrichment.

In September 2015, Mr. Campaneria established a permanent home in his own school in Cary, North Carolina – Campaneria Ballet School.

Summer Intensive Guest Teacher: Kevin Shannon

February 19, 2020 by Canyon Concert Ballet

We are excited to announce our next guest faculty for the 2020 Summer Intensive:

Kevin Shannon

Kevin J. Shannon is currently in his thirteenth season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. His early training was at the Baltimore School for the Arts with additional training at the School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet School, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Springboard Danes Montreal. He earned his BFA in 2007 from The Juilliard School. Kevin had the opportunity to tour nationally with the Juilliard Dance Ensemble and appeared in the “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast television special The Juilliard School: Celebrating 100 Years. He has performed repertoire and original works by international choreographers such as Alejandro Cerrudo, Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Robyn Mineko Williams, Alice Klock, Florian Lochner, Aszure Barton, Kyle Abraham, Rena Butler, Crystal Pite, Peter Chu and many more.

Shannon has taught contemporary, modern and ballet master classes and workshops around the world. He currently teaches for the Hubbard Street Youth Program and will be leading the Hubbard Street Intermediate/Advanced Summer Program. He is excited to be a part of Canyon Concerts Ballet’s summer faculty.

Summer Intensive Guest Teacher: Corina Gill

February 14, 2020 by Canyon Concert Ballet

We are excited to announce our first of four guest faculty for the 2020 Summer Intensive:

Corina Gill

Corina Gill began training at Black Mountain Dance Center with Sylvia Palmer and Ahita Ardalan. While there, she trained in the Cecchetti Method. She graduated high school at 16 and was accepted into the University of California, Irvine’s well-known dance program on scholarship, training with David Allan. After receiving her bachelor’s degree, she danced in
several ballet companies, including San Diego Ballet, Ballet Tech, Ballet Pacifica, and State Street Ballet.

She joined Los Angeles Ballet at its launch in 2006 where she was personally coached by co-directors Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen. She was soon dubbed the “media’s darling”. Los Angeles Times’ Lewis Segal described her in Balanchine’s Rubies as “positively radiant, untroubled by every hazard in the galvanic pas de deux and solos”. In addition to Rubies, her repertoire includes the principal roles in Bournonville’s La Sylphide and Napoli, Balanchine’s Agon, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, The Four Temperaments and Apollo, and Christensen’s the Nutcracker.

In 2009, Ms. Gill auditioned for Boston Ballet, and Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen offered her a position in the corps de ballet. She was later featured in Pointe Magazine’s “Dancer Spotlight” by Ashley Rivers, and in 2016 promoted to second soloist. Since joining, she has been able to enjoy a large variety of types of ballets and many soloist and principal roles. Among her favorite principal roles are “Kate” from William Forsythe’s The Second Detail, and Norbert Vesak’s Belong pas de deux. Mary Hierholzer of the New Boston Post said of this role that, “she excelled in the demanding role that requires strength, intricate technique, gracefulness and emotional intimacy.” Ms. Gill retired from her 20 year onstage career June of 2019.

As a teacher, Ms. Gill has been a guest at various ballet schools throughout the United States and internationally, teaching master classes and summer intensive courses including Cecchetti USA, Southern California Ballet and Hualien Dance Center in Taiwan. She has served as both a master teacher and faculty member at Boston Ballet School and Harvard University’s Dance
Center. Ms. Gill is mat certified by the Pilates Method Alliance and has her master’s certificate in Non Profit Management and a BA in dance.

Summer Intensive Guest Teacher: Bianca Medina

February 3, 2020 by Canyon Concert Ballet

We are excited to announce our first of four guest faculty for the 2020 Summer Intensive:

Bianca Medina

Bianca Medina is a Chicana-Boricua Chicago native working in Los Angeles & New York as a dancer, choreographer, educator, and arts administrator. She holds a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Iowa and has been a company member of CONTRA-TIEMPO and Viver Brasil since 2015. As a Principal Dancer and Lead Teaching Artist of both companies, she has toured and worked nationally throughout the US including Jacobs Pillow, The Joyce, Ordway PAC, Adrienne Arsht, Disneyland, Hollywood Bowl, and internationally in El Salvador, Bulgaria, and Brazil.

In 2015 she began collaborating with award-winning choreographer, Marina Magalhães, with whom she has performed in Los Angeles (REDCAT), San Francisco (CounterPulse, Dance Mission Theater), France (Centre Chorégraphique National), and in dance films (Apariciones and Retratos de Agua) that have been shown in São Paulo, London, Berlin, and Bogotá, and as a member of the Dancing Diaspora Collective.

Medina has taught choreographic residencies for Dance Departments at North Carolina State University Raleigh, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, California State University Sacramento, and CONTRA-TIEMPO Futuro Summer Intensives. In reclaiming her Afro-Latin Indigenous roots within artistic and spiritual traditions, Medina’s movement research lies in the intersection of Modern Release and the Diaspora, honoring the divine feminine and cultivating (re)remembering practices that allow for resilient, grounded, and lush expression.

5th Annual Ballet, Broadway, & Beer!