Great thanks
“It was a sunny morning as we pulled up to the camp in Maen…hundreds of eager children surrounded our car in anticipation of the new “used” shoes they would be receiving. I knew we did the right thing”, summerizes Melissa Sweiss from SAB
The School of Amman Ballet finds a New Home at the Haya Cultural Center in Shmesani
“Tucked into one of the busiest business districts of Amman, the Haya Cultural Center is targeting minds, and making an impact on the lives of nearly 50,000 Jordanian school children every year.”
“We are happy to be a part of the Haya Cultural Center. Our mission at the School of Amman Ballet is to incorporate good [...]
In JO Magazine / Culture
THE NUTCRACKER
JANUARY 06, 2010
SUGAR PLUM FAIRIES, MOUSE kings, dancing snowflakes and candy canes—it can only be The Nutcracker. The Dumas stage adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story, set to Tchaikovsky’s famous suite, is a staple Christmas performance.
Words and photography by John Lillywhite.
(John Lillywhite)
SUGAR PLUM FAIRIES, MOUSE kings, dancing snowflakes and candy canes—it can only be The [...]
عمّان- تحتفل عمان هذا العام بعيد الميلاد بطريقة مغايرة عن الأعوام السابقة
غيداء حمودة
عمّان- تحتفل عمان هذا العام بعيد الميلاد بطريقة مغايرة عن الأعوام السابقة، حيث ستحتضن عرضا لباليه كسارة البندق في الساعة السابعة مساء من يومي الخميس والجمعة في فندق حياة عمان.
ويشترك في تقديم العرض، الذي يقام في الأردن للمرة الأولى، 120 راقصا وراقصة من مدرسة عمان للباليه، إلى جانب راقصين من الخارج وأوركسترا المعهد الوطني [...]
Nutcracker Comes to Jordan
The stage was set for Jordan’s premier ballet show of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker after nearly two months of rehearsals for young children at the Amman School of Ballet school.
Nearly 120 children were accompanied on Friday (December 11) by 55 musicians from Amman’s Symphony Orchestra and 50 choir singers.
The fairy-tale ballet, usually played during the Christmas season, [...]
DocuMedia releases Groundbreaking SAB Podcasts
As another push to bring the ballet to the community, The School of Amman Ballet has taken up a unique video project in cooperation with DocuMedia. DocuMedia has produced two Nutcracker special movies for SAB. Our first podcast, The Nutcracker in the Making-part 1 –the Audition can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Rn9l1uwPE.
The second is a Christmas spirited story-time [...]
KENZ to create Nutcracker Costumes
“It would have been very easy to order costumes for the show from various dancewear companies, but giving work to a section of society that is so often is overlooked gives me great happiness. The quality of the work and the workmanship of these women, on the other hand made the decision to go with Kenz for the costumes an easy one. We started working with the Kenz seamstresses in the fall to provide ballet dresses for our pre-ballet students, so I knew they could deliver. This year’s show is requiring over 100 costumes to be designed and delivered on a very tight timeline”, adds Melissa Sweiss, Director of The School of Amman Ballet.
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To encourage arts
My daughter is performing in this show and, ironically, I see dancers from several dance schools participating in the production. If the writer of the letter is in support of the arts in Amman and truly encourages her students to pursue ballet as a career, she should encourage her students to audition and [...]