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Ballet School of Classical & Contemporary Dance 1417 Cornwall Avenue, Suite 201 in historic downtown Bellingham, Washington, 98225 360-714-1246 |
| John Bishop & Northwest Ballet Dancers attend St. Petersburg Ballet Competition in Russia |
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| Northwest Ballet dancers, Tani Wright, Kelly Skomerza, Katrina Shull, Kiersten MacKenzie, Miye Bishop & Mija Bishop competed solely with their ballet repertoire, NBT did not bring jazz or folk dance pieces to the festival. |
| Three awards for Choreography were announced at the Gala Reception. Mr. Tassin of International Youth Ballet received the Jazz Choreography award, The Romanian group received the award for Folk Choreography and John Bishop of Northwest Ballet Theatre received the award for Ballet Choreography. |
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Artistic Director John Bishop brought six Northwest Ballet dance students
to compete at the St. Petersburg Open Dance Competition held at the infamous Kirov School in Russia, February 16-22, 2004. This incredibly unique experience went beyond the competition itself, it included taking Master Classes taught by teachers of the Kirov, seeing the world reknowned Kirov Ballet perform at the Marinsky Theatre and numerous Russian cultural experiences including a visit to the Russian Museum of Ballet. |
| All Russian photographs on the NWB web site were taken by Jeff Tassin, 2004, All Rights Reserved |
| The St. Petersburg trophy, with the names of the six dancers, is displayed at Northwest Ballet Bellingham, WA. |
| Skagit Valley Herald article: Ballerinas Earn Russian Choreography Award, April 5, 2004 Anacortes American article: Six young ballet dancers...To Russia With Love, January 21, 2004 Northwest Ballet in Russia Photo Gallery |
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| The NBT dancers performed both at the competition and again the following day in the Gala Performance in which several stars from the Kirov Ballet performed. |
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