Saratoga City Ballet’s 25th Anniversary Performance of The Nutcracker at The Egg Celebrate the holidays with the whole family and join Saratoga City Ballet for its spectacular 25th Anniversary full production of The Nutcracker, with Artistic Director Beth Fecteau. Beth Fecteau’s choreography and production of Nutcracker premiered in 1996 at the Historic Cohoes Music...
NMD’s The School of the Arts presents The Nutcracker
SARATOGA SPRINGS– One of the most anticipated events of the holiday season, the Lewis A. Swyer School of the Arts at the National Museum of Dance will present its Fifth Annual production of The Nutcracker, Act II, Kingdom of the Sweets on Saturday, December 8. Seventy students age six to eighteen from the School...
SPAC Presents 4th Grade Dance Recital with Students from the Charlton Heights Elementary School
SARATOGA SPRINGS – As part of its deepening commitment to youth arts education, Saratoga Performing Arts Center has once again brought its public school dance residency to the Ballston Spa Central School District. Since September 25, 4th grade students at the Charlton Heights Elementary School – 100 students – have been participating in weekly...
The Gang’s All (Gonna Be) Here!
SPAC’s 2019 “Sneak Peek” of the Classical Season New York City Ballet Residency to Feature Story Ballet Coppélia The Philadelphia Orchestra to Perform with Wynton Marsalis in his Swing Symphony, Side-by-Side with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for First-Ever SPAC Appearance Yannick Nézet-Séguin returns to SPAC for two weeks; will conduct season finale...
The Giving Circle Compassion Awards
SARATOGA SPRINGS – There’s more to read on the link below, but I think this sentence summarizes the sentiment perfectly: The Giving Circle Compassion Award recognizes that even the simplest act of kindness can have the greatest impact on the quality of life for the underserved and downtrodden. This award encourages selfless acts and...
32nd Annual Saratoga Springs Victorian Streetwalk Thursday
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Thursday night, November 29th, 2018 is the 32nd Annual Victorian Streetwalk brought to you by the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association in downtown Saratoga Springs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Broadway will close from 5 to 10 pm from the Route 50 arterial to the Spring Street intersection. CDTA, a...
NMD Presents Nutcracker’s Kingdom of the Sweets Family Fun Night
SARATOGA SPRINGS – To kick off the holiday season the National Museum of Dance will host Nutcracker’s Kingdom of the Sweets Family Fun Night on Thursday, November 29 from 5 to 7 pm. In conjunction with the annual Victorian Streetwalk in Saratoga Springs, stop by the Museum before heading downtown to enjoy Nutcracker excerpts...
SPAC’s “Nutcracker Tea” to Kick-off the Holiday Season
SARATOGA SPRINGS – {Editor’s Note} Halt! Now Listen… Me and my Nutcracking friends want to inform you that this is an event that will sell out. It always does. It’s just a question of how fast. Therefore, we wish you to know that tickets for the Nutcracker Tea will go on sale this Friday,...
Roundup: Comings + Goings
News and Notes Before the Weekend Jason Samuels Smith “Tapped” to Join the National Museum of Dance School of the Arts SARATOGA SPRINGS – The National Museum of Dance is announces that Jason Samuels Smith has joined the Lewis A. Swyer School of the Arts as the first ever Director of Tap Dance Programming....
Seeing Saratoga Like a Native
The Saratoga Native American Festival – Friendly Nations Convene at Spa – September 16 SARATOGA SPRINGS – We’re all tourists today. Blessed tourists, I might add. Honored guests as well. Guests that, several centuries later, felt the rush of gratitude for those people who kept their traditions alive – under, as we know, the...