


| Congratulations MCBC Dancers This year's Mid-States Regional Dance America festival was held April 29-May 1 at the Heinz C. Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center in Taylor, Michigan. MCBC dancers walked away winners... Out of five cash scholarships, three went to MCBC dancers: Carly Hammond Grace Kowalski Elizabeth Ratze Out of fourteen dancers who auditioned for the Choreography Intensive, Lizzy Stevens was chosen as the first alternate. Marjorie Grundvig, director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, was very impressed with our juniors in pointe class. All of the Pittsburgh Ballet faculty, jazz instructor Joe Istre, and modern faculty were very impressed with the performance quality and training of our senior dancers. Mary Geiger, MCBC artistic director, was approached to guest teach at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Great job all! Summer Studies for GCBA Dancers This summer Geiger Ballet students will be attending various dance programs throughout the United States. Lizzy Stevens will be attending Regional Dance America's Choreography Intensive at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Amy Stevens will be participating in the summer program at Ballet Chicago. Carly Hammond will be attending the Juilliard dance intensive in New York City. Grace Kowalski will also be studying in New York. She received a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet's summer course. |
