CRBA performing at New Years Needham
Charles River Ballet performing at New Year
Forty-four students from Needham’s classical ballet school, Charles River Ballet Academy, will perform on the Needham Town Hall stage on December 31 at 1:30 p.m. as part of New Years Needham.
The performance will feature classical pieces from "Sleeping Beauty," "Graduation Ball," and "Giselle," as well as original choreography to the music of Pachelbel, the...
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Charles River Ballet performing at New Year
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Forty-four students from Needham’s classical ballet school, Charles River Ballet Academy, will perform on the Needham Town Hall stage on December 31 at 1:30 p.m. as part of New Years Needham.
The performance will feature classical pieces from "Sleeping Beauty," "Graduation Ball," and "Giselle," as well as original choreography to the music of...
A Grimm fairytale, an opera twist
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
“Hansel and Gretel” is one of the most beloved and frightening tales from the Brothers Grimm. While many have heard the tale before, certainly not has many have seen the opera adaptation by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck.
That’s where Needham’s Longwood Opera comes in.
Since 1986, the Longwood Opera has been providing Needham...
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Longwood Opera performing ‘Hansel and Gretel’
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Longwood Opera’s production of Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel,” will be held on Friday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m. and on the afternoons of November 4 and 5 at 2:30 p.m. in Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave., Needham.
Directed by Scott Brumit with music direction by Jeffrey Brody and costumes by Charlotte Brumit,...
CRBA dancers appearing in ‘Hansel and Gretel’
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Two Needham arts organizations, Charles River Ballet Academy (CRBA) and Longwood Opera, will collaborate on upcoming performances of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Sixteen advanced CRBA students will perform as angels in a dance choreographed by CRBA director, Emily Hrones Umland, concluding the first act of the full-length opera of “Hansel and Gretel,” performed by...
Ballet to perform for New Year
Thirty-eight students from Needham’s classical ballet school, Charles River Ballet Academy, will perform on the Needham Town Hall stage on December 31 at 3:45 p.m. as part of New Years Needham. The performance will feature classical pieces from “Swan Lake,” “Raymonda,” and “Romeo and Juliet,” as well as original choreography to such toe tapping favorites...
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