Thursday, June 18, 2009
June 19, 2009 09:25 am
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Albemarle Academy of Dance in Albemarle and Locust will hold their 19th annual spring dance recitals June 20 at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center.
The theme of the concerts will be “Extra Extra…Dance All About It” and will feature newspaper themed numbers. The concerts will include pieces inspired by the different sections of the newspaper, including current events, weather, lifestyles, travel and the classifieds. The performers, ages 2 through 21, will be entertaining audiences with classical and contemporary ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, modern, and tumbling and acrobatic routines. Voice and theatre students at the academy will be presenting selections from the Sunday comics. Each show will be entirely different.
The concerts will also highlight several of the male instructors from the academy. Greyson Davis, tap instructor, will be presenting a solo of his intricate tap style. His style is a low-beat hoofing, while blending in a hip-hop feel, all the while keeping the roots of tap in mind. Davis has performed on board two cruise ships and for Disney. His choreography has won the top overall awards for Showstoppers nationals and made the Showstoppers National Video.
Chris Thompson, hip hop and Afro-Caribbean instructor, will be presenting Afri-can drumming, along with members of the Chris Thompson Cultural Ensem-ble as accompaniment to the Afro-Caribbean dancers. Dancer, choreographer and drummer, Thompson does it all. A renowned dance in-structor and choreographer, he has been a professional dancer for more than 20 years. His dance style is described as an Urban Jazz Style with African influences. Thompson has toured and performed in 38 states and internationally.
Ryan Frier will be performing in the advanced ballet excerpt from Agnes De Milles “Rodeo.” Frier is a ballet, tumbling and adagio instructor and will be offering boys-only training at the Albemarle studio this summer. Frier has trained from Reno to Charlotte and performed as a principal dancer with several companies.
The evening show will also spotlight Jesse Davis, graduating senior, from North Stanly High School. She will be performing a self-choreographed piece titled, “Jalouse.” Davis has been a student at AAD for 13 years. She has traveled throughout the United States as a member of the Showoffs competition dance company and has been a member of the City Youth Ballet since 1998. Davis studied on scholarship in Las Vegas, performed in Disneyworld and most recently performed the role of Spanish in the Nutcracker.
She has been an assistant teacher at the AAD for three years. She is the daughter of Pam and Dave Davis of Misenheimer and will be attending Gardner Webb University in the fall where she will continue to be involved in dance.
Other students performing in the concerts are: Jessica Adcock, Michaela Adcock, Anna Grace Aikman, Libee Allen, Brooke Armstrong, Madeline Badgett, Hailey Bates, Katie Bell, Mackenzie Billings, Morgan Billings, Hailey Bird, Kamryn Bla-lock, DeeAnnah Brantley, Merci Bursell, Elizabeth Byrd, Camille Cagle, Laney Castelleo, Gretchen Castel-loe, Jessie Clodfelter, Mc-Kenzie Clontz, Austin Coats, Addie Cook, Kate Cotton, Caleb Crawley, Kristen Crawley, Reagan Crump, Sarah Curlee, Jesse Davis, Savannah Dean, Caroline DeWall, Shelby Dix, Gia-vonna Dunlap, Katie Ed-wards, LaDaria Edwards, Sarah Efird, Alexis Eudy, Rylee Eudy, Jenna Faulkner, Joely Faulkner, Taylor Franklin, Ryan Frier, Alexis Garcia, Taylor Guinn, Kae-lynn Guyette, Matalin Had-nagy, Mikhaila Hadnagy, Caitlin Hall, Justice Hart, Holly Harwood, Alexa Hendrickson, Caitlyn Hen-ley, Courtney Holbrooks, Eva Joy Honeycutt, Paeton Horsch, Ashley Horton, Samantha Hudson, Grace Huneycutt, Bailey Hunter, Savannah Ikner, Adila Islam, Adnan Islam, Leela Jarrett, Virginia Jones, Richard Kay-lor, David Kilde, Leah Kilde, Calista Korzelius, Jordan Korzelius, Noah Korzelius, Sarah Lanning, Will Lassi-ter, Skylar Laton, Sadee Lawhon, Emma Grace Lemons, Kate Lemons, Pey-ton Lewis, Mary Kate Lilly, Samantha Lombardo, Ame-lia Lowder, Alainna Lowder, Claudia Lowder, Nicholas Lowder, Reagan Lowder, Sarah Lowder, Whitley Lowe, Josie Luther, Kaleigh Martin, Patrick Massey, Ryan Massey, Piper Maul-din, Ann Margaret Maupin, Grace McGuire, Gracie Mc-Swain, Madelyn Mills, Mad-ison Moose, Hayden Lane Morgan, Ashlee Morris, Sarah Myers, Tiffany Myers, Alleigh Napier, Abby Neal, Elisa Niehren, Emily Nie-hren, Mackenzie Page, Chloe Palma, Tori Pence, Karson Phillips, Aly Pieper, Hannah Pieper, Courtney Privett, Alyssa Queen, Neely Ramantanin, Gabriel Roush, Jonas Roush, Braxlee Rus-sell, Brianna Schooley, Rae-vin Shirley, Jenna Shook, Courtney Smith, Mallary Smith, Riley Smith, Lexie Springer, Karlye Stamper, Kendall Stamper, Hannah Stark, Cassidy Stoner, Ash-ley Storm, Mattie Grace Story, Savannah Suneson, Anna Caroline Tedeschi, Mikayla Thomas, Sophie Tucker, Kathryn VanHorn, Hank Vanhoy, Cierra Wais-ner, Grasyn Waisner, Abbey Wallace, Bethany West-brook, Blythe Whitley, Nikki Whitley, Valencia Williams, Sarah Ann Williamson, Hailey Wilson, Mallori Jo Wittman, Baylee Woodall, Brittnee Woodall, Jennifer Yang, Gabrielle Andreis, Olivia Atkinson, Sarah Aus-tin, Allison Barbee, Emma Barrett, Zoe Barron, Sidney Barton, Skylar Bruce, Abi-gail Burnette, Emily Bur-nette, Allison Burney, Lauren Burris, Jayna Butler, Laney Castelleo, Bailee Cle-mons, Lillie Cook, Lindsay Curlee, Maleigha Curlee, Keely Curry, Tia Driscoll, Rachel Dunaway, Raeanna Eudy, Rylee Eudy, Kate Glosson, Laney Glosson, Alyssa Hall, Annamarie Harrell, Caroline Harrell, Meredith Harwood, Zoee Hatley, Lennon Henry, Emma Hiott, Savannah Ikner, Shaelyn Kuipers, Chloe Marks, Julia Faith Martin, Sara Mccanna, Natalie McCoy, Allison McIntyre, Pierson Mc-Manus, Savannah Owen, Brianna Page, Maclayne Page, Kaylee Paige, Madi-son Revels, Emma Rhodes, Abby Ritchie, Madison Rivera, Alecia Ross, Abby Sampson, Alyssa Sarif, Gracie Shinn, Brittany Sides, Kaitlyn Stephens, Jenna Tucker, Olivia Tucker, Caro-line Vandaveer, Rachel Wallace, Chloe Wally, Julia Whealan, Addie Williams, Hailey Williams, Sarah Will-iams and Tiffany Young.
Albemarle Academy of Dance is the official school of the City Youth Ballet and has the most sought after and well trained instructors on the east coast.
The faculty of 12 have choreographed for professional companies, have degrees from performing arts universities, have performed internationally, have dance certifications with high honors, and have trained generations of successful dancers, performers and professionals.
Instructors for the academy are: Leigh Roush, Jessica Stamper, Edmund Roush, Logan McSwain, Greyson Davis, Bambi Berman, Lori Frier, Amy Hawkins, Courtney Bailey, Nicole Ross, Brook Rudolph and Chris Thompson.
Tickets for the concerts are available, in advance, by calling (704) 982-714 or online at www.albemarleacademyofdance.com or at the door.
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