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Ballet Excel Ohio dancers 'Happy' to bring pop-up performance to Falls 9/30/20 - Akron Beacon Journal
Young dancers from Ballet Excel Ohio brought some joy to the Front Street area of Cuyahoga Falls Saturday by giving two pop-up performances to diners and passersby next to Leo's Italian Social and near the amphitheater to the south.
I ❤ SHAPES and The Snow Queen: dance in the schools, costumes, and costs 3/12/20 - Cleveland Concert Dance
Ballet Excel Ohio (BXO) has been combining hard-working, talented young pre-professional ballet students with original choreography since 1975. The school and company are notably diverse, with 30% of the young dancers from minorities or underserved groups. We want to talk about the dancing in the program, look into the reason for the company’s diversity, and tell a recent success story.
Young ballet dancers warm to frozen fairy tale 3/11/20 - Akron Beacon Journal
Ballet Excel Ohio (BXO) is performing the new work “The Snow Queen,” created for the pre-professional company by longtime collaborator Tom Gold, a former soloist with the New York City Ballet. The ballet, dubbed “a frozen fairy tale,” is based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale that inspired the hit Disney movie “Frozen.”
Ballet Excel Ohio dances new steps in ‘The Snow Queen’ 3/8/20 - Akron Beacon Journal
The audience will have to take a deep breath to keep pace with the Ballet Excel Ohio dancers as they create the world premiere of “The Snow Queen” ballet to the fast-paced choreography by Tom Gold.
Ballet Excel’s ‘Snow Queen’ offering magic, fun 3/5/20 - Akron.com
The Akron Civic Theatre stage will become a magical winter wonderland as Ballet Excel Ohio presents “The Snow Queen” March 14-15. Ballet Excel Ohio started out as the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet in 1975 and was renamed in 2013 “to simplify and expand the coverage region,” according to Artistic Director Mia Klinger.
“We are one of the oldest companies in the country and are presenting our 45th season,” said Klinger.
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THE REPERTORY
| Ballet Title | Choreographer | Season Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| A Christmas Carol | Tom Gold | 37th |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream (variations) | Erich Yetter | 38th |
| American Vignettes | Catherine Oppenheimer, Frances Patrelle | 20th |
| At my BEST | Tom Evert | 33rd |
| Ballet of the Angels (woodland scene from Hansel and Gretal opera) | Nan Klinger | 1st |
| Beauty and the Beast | Tom Gold | 38th |
| Bus Stop | Lori Klinger | 16th |
| Carnival of the Animals | James Sewell | 16th |
| City of Akron | Frances Patrelle | 25th |
| Cliques | Tom Smith | 38th |
| Color Me Red, Color Me Yellow, Color Me Blue | Tom Evert | 15th |
| Fancy Nancy | Frances Patrelle | 34th |
| Four Decades of Dance: A Tribute to Nan Klinger | Tom Gold | 40th |
| Friendship | Nan Klinger | 2nd |
| Girls School | Vladimir Dokoudovsky | 2nd |
| Happy | Tom Gold | 39th |
| I Love Shapes | Tom Evert | 13th |
| Ida's Flowers | Michael Vernon | 8th |
| Johnny Appleseed | Michael Vernon | 9th |
| Joplin Jamboree | Tom Gold | 37th |
| Madeline at the Circus | Frances Patrelle | 28th |
| Miss Spider's Tea Party | James Sewell | 21st |
| Mole Music | Bill Hastings | 26th |
| Nancy Drew's Scarlet Slipper Mystery | Michael Vernon | 14th |
| Nutcracker Swings | Frances Patrelle | 32nd |
| Out on a Limb | John Selya | 23rd |
| Peter and the Wolf | Vladimir Dokoudovsky | 1st |
| Peter Pan | Laszlo Berdo | 32nd |
| Pinocchio | Erich Yetter | 40th |
| Romantic Suite | Michael Byars | 17th |
| Scherzo a' la Russe | George Balanchine | 22nd |
| School Daze | Michael Vernon | 29th |
| Seasoning | Tom Gold | 28th |
| Snow Queen | Tom Gold | 44th |
| Snow White | Laszlo Berdo | 31st |
| Spirit of the Cuyahoga | James Sewell | 17th |
| Symphonic NANsense | Tom Gold | 35th |
| The Adventures of Wynken, Blynken and Nod | Michael Vernon | 11th |
| The Birthday Wish | David Richardson | 5th |
| The Empty Pot | Frances Patrelle | 24th |
| The Enchanted Toyshop | Nan Klinger | 4th |
| The Fly Away Flock | Michael Vernon | 13th |
| The Little Mermaid | Tom Gold | 36th |
| The Magic Flute | Erich Yetter | 42nd |
| The Magic Leaf | Catherine Oppenheimer | 19th |
| The Nutcracker, Act II | John Prinz | 3rd |
| The Princess and the Pea | Michael Byars | 15th |
| The Sunflower | Nan Klinger | 1st |
| The Wand of Youth | Karen Gabay | 30th |
| Three Visions of Bach | James Sewell, Catherin Oppenheimer, Tom Smith | 18th |
| Through the Looking Glass | Michael Vernon | 12th |