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Manhattan Youth Ballet announces
The Benny Caiola Men of Merit Scholarship
Manhattan Movement & Arts Center announces
The Benny Caiola Men of Merit Scholarship for boys 8-22 for participation
in the Manhattan Youth Ballet’s Summer Intensive. Please visit http://www.manhattanyouthballet.org/a/intensives
for details.
Named after the late Benny Caiola, The
Benny Caiola Men of Merit Scholarship offers the opportunity for motivated
young men to train with today's leading male dancers as well as distinguished
choreographers. Heading this scholarship program will be NYCB Principal
Dancer and MYB Artistic Advisor, Daniel Ulbricht. Featured faculty will
include Daniel Ulbricht, Brian Reeder, Peter O'Brien, Michael Vernon, Maxim
Beloserkovsky among others. Additional guests include ABT's Herman Cornejo,
Daniil Simkin and Craig Salstein as well as NYCB's Robert Fairchild, Amar
Ramasar and Adam Hendrickson. Dedicated Men's technique and variations
classes are offered 3 times a week as well as partnering twice a week.
MYB's male students will have the unique opportunity to be mentored by
these artists.
Benny Caiola came to the United States from
Italy at the age of 17 and worked his way from plasterer to owner in the
NYC real estate industry. Mr. Caiola founded B
& L Management, LLC, which owns and manages buildings all over Manhattan.
Mr. Caiola is remembered for his kindness, generosity, commitment to family
& fondness for the arts. His accomplishments and charisma inspired
his daughter, Rose Caiola to found Manhattan Youth Ballet.
Manhattan Youth Ballet offers a comprehensive
three-week Summer Intensive in August to prepare dancers to return to their
year-round programs. With a distinguished faculty from the New York City
Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and The Kirov Ballet, as well as with contemporary
classes and pilates, each student will receive an extremely well-rounded
experience to improve both their technique and artistry. There will be
an end-of-program performance at the state-of-the-art MMAC Theater for
family, friends and invited industry guests. Modeled after the great schools
of Europe, this pre-professional program is the only one of its kind in
this country. Former students of Manhattan Youth Ballet now dance with
American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest
Ballet, Washington Ballet, Nederland Dans Theatre and Complexion among
others.
The Manhattan Youth Ballet Summer Intensive
is under the direction of Executive Artistic Director Rose Caiola
and Artistic Advisor Daniel Ulbricht. Deborah Wingert leads
the faculty that includes Marina Stavitskaya, Natalia Boesch,
Wendy Whelan, Brian Reeder, Michael Vernon, Dena
Abergel, Erin Fogarty and Karen Lacy for Ballet; Attila
Joey Csiki and Kate Skarpetowska of Lar Lubovitch Dance and
Robert Fairchild and Savannah Lowery of the New York City
Ballet for Contemporary/Jazz; Misha Braun, Laurie Hurt for
Pilates. Instruction will also be provided by additional guest faculty
from New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Boston Ballet School.
Dancers should arrive at least 45 minutes
prior to your audition time to register. There is no dress code for the
audition class. Dancers should dress as they would for any ballet class.
Girls ages 13 and older should bring their pointe shoes. All applicants
must submit a completed application, available at www.manhattanyouthballet.org
, and must bring a headshot and photo
in first arabesque. The audition fee is $25 payable by cash or credit.
Tuition for the three-week performance intensive is $1,425. Financial aid
and merit scholarships are available. One and two week non-performance
options are also available.
MYB also announces a scholarship program
for all boys ages 8-22. The Benny Caiola Men of Merit Scholarship offers
the opportunity for motivated young men to train with today's leading male
dancers as well as distinguished choreographers. Heading this scholarship
program will be NYCB Principal Dancer and MYB Artistic Advisor, Daniel
Ulbricht. Featured faculty will include Daniel Ulbricht, Brian Reeder,
Peter O'Brien, Michael Vernon, Maxim Beloserkovsky among others. Additional
guests include ABT's Herman Cornejo, Daniil Simkin and Craig Salstein as
well as NYCB's Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar and Adam Hendrickson. Dedicated
Men's technique and variations classes are offered 3 times a week as well
as partnering twice a week. MYB's male students will have the unique opportunity
to be mentored by these artists.
Modeled with an emphasis on European classical
ballet, Manhattan Youth Ballet (MYB) offers world class training
in a nurturing environment focused on discipline, precision and artistry.
MYB is the culmination of Ms. Rose Caiola’s effort for the past fifteen
years to create a viable and curriculum-based ballet academy in Manhattan
in order to serve the needs of the multifaceted community. Principal members
of the faculty have received their training in schools such as the School
of American Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and the Kirov Ballet.
The faculty strives to bring out the individual potential of each student
with an emphasis on artistry as well as technique to create truly versatile
dancers for the current dance world. Education is a top priority at Manhattan
Youth Ballet and the school has numerous community outreach programs to
promote dance education. Since moving to its new home at Manhattan Movement
& Arts Center in September 2008, over 2,500 New York City school children
have participated in lecture demonstrations and/or been MYB’s invited
guests at full-length performances. For more information, visit www.manhattanyouthballet.org
.
About Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
Manhattan Movement & Arts Center was
developed by Rose Caiola as the home of the Manhattan Youth Ballet, a graded,
pre-professional ballet academy and performance company. Ms. Caiola, a
former dancer and actress, founded the academy in the fall of 1994 as Studio
Maestro at 48 W. 68th Street, and today serves as the youth ballet’s executive
artistic director.
The school is modeled after the European
academies. The Manhattan Youth Ballet has acquired a reputation for excellent
teaching in an intimate and individually supportive environment. The school’s
graduates have danced professionally with American Ballet Theatre, New
York City Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet de Espaņa, San Francisco
Ballet and Complexions.
As the ballet academy grew, the search for
a larger space inspired in Ms. Caiola a highly personal vision of a studio
and theater complex that would encompass all aspects of dance education
and performance.
mmac opened its doors in June 2008,
occupying a dramatic bi-level space within The Element, a luxury high-rise
condominium. In addition to the Manhattan Youth Ballet, mmac’s
studios and theater host daily adult dance and fitness classes, the mmac
Kids program, summer intensive programs, as well as an array of performances
and special events.
For more information about mmac, visit
www.manhattanmovement.com
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