The Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival kicks off tomorrow and continues through Aug 4. The Festival, which presents Opera, Broadway, Dance, Jazz, Cabaret, and Chamber Music, is FREE to students under 18.
The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, July 21
4:30pm – Pre-show talk with Phil Chan – Notre Dame High School, East Stroudsburg
Join Festival General Manager Phil Chan as he discusses the training
of a dancer and the progression from a student to a star.
5:00pm – “Student to Star” Dance Concert – Notre Dame High School,
East Stroudsburg
Students from leading dance schools in Pennsylvania will present a
program of classical and contemporary repertory, showing both a range
of styles as well as the development of young dancer. Performance
tickets $20.00. Seats are limited and on a first come-first served
basis, so please arrive early. Students are FREE!
Sunday, July 22
7:00pm – “See the Music…” Dance Concert – Notre Dame High School, East
Stroudsburg
New York City Ballet Principal Dancer and Festival Artistic Board
member Ashley Bouder has assembled a Balanchine triple bill featuring
an all-star Principal Dancer cast from New York City Ballet. The
program shows the range of Balanchine’s skill as one of the most
musical choreographers in history. Performance tickets $20.00. Seats
are limited and on a first come-first served basis, so please arrive
early.
9:00pm – Post-Show Discussion with Ashley Bouder and Dancers – Notre
Dame High School, East Stroudsburg
July 27
7:30pm – Jewel Box Presentation of “La Traviata” – Notre Dame High School, East Stroudsburg
This Jewel Box Production features brilliant professional singers accompanied by a chorus of local students. The production is directed by Benjamin Spierman and conducted by Maestro Peter Mark. Seats are limited and on a first come-first served basis, so please arrive early.
Please visit www.buckhillskytopfest.org for more information.
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