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Mark your calendars! Classical Ballet Theatre is thrilled to perform as part of Loudoun County's 2nd Annual International Festival! Sunday, September 25th at 12:05pm Douglass Community Center 405 E. Market Street, Leesburg, VA Join us on a #SundayFunday for a community celebration featuring live music, dance, cultural demonstrations, food trucks, exhibits, merchandise, WINC 92.5-FM live broadcast, camel rides, moon bounces, a climbing wall and Ferris wheel, crafts, games, miniature train rides, and more! Find details and a schedule of performances at www.loudoun.gov/dccfestival. Tickets: $5/ages 13 & up; Free/ages 12 & under

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The weekend is almost here and what better way to enjoy a beautiful Saturday evening outside than with Classical Ballet Theatre and the Petworth Dance Project & Dance Metro DC! Classical Ballet Theatre is honored to perform as part of Petworth Dance Project & Dance Metro DC’s 2016 season this Saturday at 6pm on the lawn at Petworth Recreation Center. Performances are FREE! Join us!

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Visit our website and check out what Classical Ballet Theatre has planned this season!  http://www.cbtnva.org/1617season

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FREE Children’s Series “Nutcracker”

We're looking forward to our FREE Children's Series "Nutcracker" performances for our youngest community members! ‪

While our 10:00 am performance is at capacity, we still have some room for guests to attend our 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm shows, held on Thursday, November 19th at our studio, 320 Victory Drive, Herndon,VA. Interested preschools, preschool groups, and families with preschoolers should send an email to [email protected].

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Elegance...Discipline...Confidence...Maturity...

Changing lives through dance!

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Changing Lives Through Dance

We love what we do!

“… an incredible source of inspiration, drive, knowledge, and support for more than half of my life….nurtured and instilled in us the personal qualities that would make us better dancers and better people as well.” – Shanna Gayer, Current Student of Physical Therapy, Formerly Performed with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Texture Contemporary Ballet

**And we do it well!

Find your inspiration at http://www.cbtnva.org.

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We wish our dancers great summer intensive experiences!

Some of our dancers will be training at our Herndon studios, and others will be journeying to professional company schools throughout the United States. Like retiring American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Julie Kent expresses, we remind them to enjoy the process of doing their best -- the process of learning more about their technique, their artistry, and themselves.

In a June 19th Huffington Post article, "Julie Kent: A Ballerina Says Goodbye to the Stage," Ms. Kent could not have better expressed the importance of enjoying the process. Referring to Mikhail Baryshnikov, she explains:

"His whole process as an artist is so serious and not about the attention that your work gets you or what you get to be, but simply about the work itself," Kent said. "And that is really rare now. Often, you see young people wanting to know what it is that they get to be. 'I want to be this. I want to be this.' Instead of 'I want to do this.' They're two different things. One is focused on the process, the work. The other is focused on the result, and at the end of the experience, you realize the reward is the process itself, not where it gets you. Once you're there, you're done."

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Remembering Maggie Black

Maggie Black, renowned performer and master teacher to the stars of the ballet world, passed away yesterday at age 85. She was cherished by many, including our own Founder and Executive Director, Cynthia Donavin. Ms. Donavin also had the privilege of training with Ms. Black and her protégée, Marjorie Mussman.

"Oh my, Ms. Black was a fireball, but she changed my life," explained Ms. Donavin. "She taught us how to take responsibility for our craft and actions -- something that was and is lacking in today's society. She was a rare gem of the dance world." 

Maggie will be remembered the world over for her emphasis on proper alignment and an organic approach to technique that allowed the individuality of the dancer to develop naturally. She believed that successful dancers can come in all shapes and sizes. Ms. Donavin has passed along Maggie's wisdom for over 25 years.

Thank you, Maggie Black.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/arts/dance/maggie-black-esteemed-ballet-and-modern-dance-teacher-dies-at-85.html?_r=1