"Daring!" "Powerful!" "Excellent dancers….who never fail to enchant." The critic’s comments only hint at the top-notch entertainment in store for audiences at the eagerly awaited annual return of the New Jersey Ballet to Hackettstown this month. The Ballet will perform on the Centenary Stage on Saturday, Oct 24 at 8 PM and Sunday, Oct. 25 at 5 PM.

Boasting an ensemble of talented dancers of international stature from Russia, Japan, Bulgaria, South America, Mongolia and the United States, the New Jersey Ballet has been an integral part of the artistic and cultural landscape of the state for 50 years. The company’s repertory includes works choreographed by some of the greatest names in the world of dance - such as Balanchine, DeMille, Tudor, Nebrada, North, and Renvall. The evening’s program at CSC will include a collection of repertory favorites highlighting the power of pas de deux in such popular favorites as Le Corsaire, in which a pirate falls under the spell of his captive princess, and Flower Festival in Genzano, which presents the very essence of the Danish style developed by August Bournonville and kept alive in the 20th century by international stars as Rudolf Nureyev. Also featured, the neo-classical pas de deux Poco Adagio, choreographed by the late George Tomal , and televised by New Jersey Network as part of the Governor’s Awards as well as last season’s surprise hit, Para Dois, an energetic light-hearted romp based on Brazilian street dancing, and the comic The Fairy Doll, set in an enchanted toy shop where the toys come alive at night and two clown dolls vie for the affections of the prized Fairy Doll.

New Jersey Ballet dancers Ana Luiza Luizi    and Junio Teixeira in Para Dois, a    high-energy pas de deux based on    Brazilian street dancing.    Photo: VAM Productions.

For nearly half a century, New Jersey Ballet has thrilled audiences from Bergen to Cape May with top quality professional ballet and has given hundreds of thousands of adults and children their first introduction to ballet and inspired in many a lifelong love of the arts. It has also taken the best of New Jersey arts to audiences in Europe and Asia. The company began this anniversary season with a 7-city tour of Russia, which included performances in Moscow and in St. Petersburg during the fabled White Nights.

The founding of New Jersey Ballet created a profound change in the cultural landscape of New Jersey. Over the years, New Jersey Ballet has brought the magic of dance theatre to countless students, little children, senior citizens and adults of all ages.
 

About the David and Carol Lackland Center

Sitnik Theater of the    Lackland Performing Arts Center

The Centenary Stage Company has found its new home with construction the Carol and David Lackland Center (located at 715 Grand Ave, Hackettstown), completed in August, 2010. With a 22,000-square-foot performance space, the facility is the most sophisticated performing arts venues in northwest New Jersey. The center includes a new state-of-the-art 500-seat theatre (Sitnik Theater), a black box theater (The Edith Bolte Kutz ’42 Theater), a dance studio, scene shop, a costume shop, green room and dressing rooms. In addition to housing the theatre, the 68K square foot Lackland Center is home to a variety of cultural activity, and including WNTI, the College's listener-supported public radio station, CCTV, Centenary's Comcast-licensed television studio, and gallery space for visual artists.

Named in honor of Carol Burgess Lackland, A Centenary graduate (Class of 1954), and her husband, David A. Lackland, a Centenary College Trustee, The David and Carol Lackland Center, has been designed to enrich student life and bring new cultural opportunities to northwest New Jersey.             ...more (including photos, progress reports, and 'Tour Lackland with Carl')

Subscription Value
Centenary Stage Company is often referred to as "the best deal in the state." Though our season has already started, this event can still be purchased as a part of a discounted season subscription purchase. Centenary Stage Company offers several subscription plans for its season with the mission of making arts affordable for all.

Series B Subscription, priced at $70, is still available and allows patrons to purchase a season subscription for the remaining five events in the CSC season.

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