Nutcracker time!

 

DANCERS & PARENTS

🎄Tuesdays in Nov/Dec  - for everyone

Nutcracker Run-throughs for all student classes and extras

No costumes

In-studio at Hosanna Dance

5:30-8:00 pm

🎄Thursday, December 7, 2023 - for everyone
Nutcracker Dress Rehearsal for all student classes

Treat as a performance - bring costumes, etc (see below)

at Riggs Theatre

5:30-8:00 pm

🎄Christmas Show - Friday & Saturday, December 8 & 9, 2023
Nutcracker

-Friday 7:00 pm performance

-Saturday 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm performances

at Riggs Theatre
*Run-throughs will be for everyone in all recital classes, every Tue at 5:30pm, the month leading up to the show. Dress Rehearsal is the day before the show. Please plan accordingly. Thank you. 🙂

~  THEATRE PERFORMANCES ~

Dress Rehearsals at Riggs Theatre are 5:30-8:00 pm

Be at the theater by 5pm. Find your dressing room and get organized.
Be on stage in your class clothes - leotard, tights, shoes, and secure ballet bun - by 5:30 for notes and warm-up. Costumes will be put on after warm-up.

And REMEMBER treat dress rehearsal as a performance. Wear the correct costumes, tights, undergarments, shoes, hair, etc. This is where you make sure everything works, looks good, and you can sort out any mid-performance costume issues. Keep costumes off the floor!! Read PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES.

Performances at  Riggs Theatre at 2 p.m. afternoon matinee & 7 p.m. evening performance

Dancers: Be at the theater at noon for the first performance. Be back at the theater at 5:00 for the second performance.

Be at the theater at 12:00 pm to get organized in dressing rooms, do hair, makeup, etc.
Be on stage by 12:30 pm for notes and warm-up and any extra practice that you may need
Costumes on at 1:30 pm. Curtain at 2:00 pm.

Break 3:30-5:00 pm

Be back at the theater at 5:00. Make sure everything you need is reorganized and in its place. Keep the dressing rooms picked up. If you haven't done so this would be a good time to put recital gifts for classmates out on the tables.
   Makeup/hair redo or touch-ups at 5:00 pm.
   Be on stage in class clothes at 5:30 pm for notes and warm-up.
   Costumes on at 6:30 pm. Curtain at 7:00 pm.

After: Check the gift tables out front, pick up all your costumes/accessories/shoes, pick up after yourself. Return borrowed items. Pack up! 

Read about Performances
PDF 🩰

GROUP PHOTOS for everyone
&
if ordering them, individual shots

🎄Photos for Nutcracker this year!  (we want everyone there for group photos)

Show up before your first picture time and get costumed up so you are ready and lined up with your class at the time listed below. 

Each class will only get pictures during their time slot. —- Group photo and if purchasing that option also take an individual shot.

When you arrive, get dressed (in your first costume if you have more than one) and wait in the small studio until your class is called as a group.

Ballet 5 -- 3:00 pm - flower, snow, Spanish trio

Doll solos, Pas de deux, Clara, Clara & Papa - 3:15

Ballet 4 -- 3:30 pm
ballets first then boots

Modern (Beg and Int/Adv) -- 3:50 pm
finale first then flies

Also w/Clara

Also, with Angels/guys

Ballet 2 -- 4:10 pm
party first then Irish

PrePointe/Beginning Pointe (Chinese) -- 4:30 pm

Russian (Boys) -- 4:45 pm

Ballet 1 -- 4:50 pm

Acro (Arabian) -- 5:10 pm

PreBallet -- 5:20 pm
Dolls dress first then pajamas

Dress Rehearsal and Performances are at Riggs Theatre. All other run-throughs or activities are at the studio.

2023-2024 Dance Year

➤ Ballet 5 classes start August 1, 2023.

➤ All other classes start after Labor Day (9/4).

Next Performance

The Nutcracker

December 2023

HD Newsletter - 2023 New Year Edition

 Hosanna Dance Newsletter

New Year Edition 2023 ∙ 119 N Deadwood St ∙ Ft Pierre ∙ Artistic Director, Sunny Hannum

Happy 2023! 

It’s time to get back in shape and get those dances ready for Sleeping Beauty. What we thought was going to be a one week Christmas break, turned out to be a three week break for some dance classes.  ❄️ ⛄️ ❄️ 

The Cecchetti preparation classes and Thursday night classes all took a hit from the storms. If your children were in any of those classes, they can make up by taking Ballet II on Monday night.

Sunny would like to extend the Wednesday night Cecchetti Grade II exam preparation class to see if those kids can be ready for April or June exams. That should make up for their missed class time.

Mr. Josh, Ms. Sarah, Ms. Sunny and Becca, attended the fall workshops at Dance Gallery in Sioux Falls October 7-9. There were a lot of good classes with Peggy Wright, Cecchetti examiner. We attended Dance Network of South Dakota classes in Aberdeen October 21-23. One of the instructors was ballet and pointe teacher Mary Carpenter. Ms. Sarah and Becca were fan-girling. Classes were also taught in contemporary, jazz, tap, and hip hop. Ms. Sunny enjoyed Josh Nixon’s tap classes.

Many of the dances for the lower level classes have been choreographed, but with students missing classes throughout both holidays, there is still much practice needed. We have also picked up a few new students later in the year than usual who will need to learn the dances.

The Lilac/wisdom Fairy and Aurora variations and pas de deux are well along thanks to Mr. Josh and Ms. Sarah and the two advanced dancers they get to work with. We were fortunate to find three young men to do the parts of the Suitors.

 Ms. Sunny has taught the Canary/song fairy, Violente/temperament fairy, and the Candide/crystal fountain fairy variations and is working on the Miettes/breadcrumb Fairy.

Save the date:

Make sure you have these dates saved for participation in the spring performance.
Rehearsals for all classes on Tuesdays from 5:30-8:00 pm on February 28, March 7, and March 14 at the studio.
Dress Rehearsal for all classes on Friday, Mar 17, 5:30-8:00 at Riggs Theatre. Class photos will be on Friday at the theatre, starting around 3:45 (schedule to come).
Performances on Saturday, March 18, at 3:00 & 7:00 pm and Sunday, March 19, at 3:00 pm at Riggs Theatre.

Performance Guidelines and Class Photo Schedule 

Cast List

Princess Aurora - Becca Brusven

Prince Désiré - Josiah Corrales

Lilac Fairy - Joleh McCullough

Carabosse - Sarah Easter

Candide fairy - Rayna Tibbs

Breadcrumb fairy - Taylor Newell

Canary fairy - Kyli Vermundson

Temperament fairy - Rae McVey

Lilac princess - Ballet I

Angel fairies - Ballet II

Carabosse’s minions - Beg Modern

King and Queen - David Guild and Jen Kanz

Master of Cermonies - Tyler Want

Couriers - Esra Dorsey and Ryder Johnson

Queen’s Attendents - Britta Brusven and TBD

Four Suitors - Tyler, Josiah, Noah, and Mr. Josh

Court dancers - Ballet III/IV

Butterflies - PreBallet

Forest Villagers - Ballet III/IV

Trumpet vines - Ballet II

Puss n Boots and the White Cat - Walter McVey and Kourtney Hughes

Cinderella and her Prince - Kyli Vermundson and Tyler Want

Finale - Int/Adv Modern

We Encourage All Our Students to Prepare for Cecchetti Examinations

This is such an excellent way for students to become technically proficient and thoroughly learn the terminology of ballet. There is something about preparing for an exam that makes students work harder and helps them develop as dancers. And bonus, you get a certificate as a memory of all the hard work, study, and effort.

If you or your student(s) are interested in getting started with Cecchetti student examinations let us know.
⇒ Ballet III and up are eligible to start working on Grade 1. Examinations take a lot of preparation, study, and commitment. (Normally 1-2 years is spent studying per grade. More as you progress through the grades.)  Examinations - read more about what to expect here

Our studio is affiliated with the Cecchetti Council of America. We added the Cecchetti syllabus to our classes in 2013. All teachers are professionally examined by the CCA to hold certificates in the Cecchetti Method grades.


Hosanna Dance instructors attend all the Cecchetti intensives and workshops at Dance Gallery in Sioux Falls and attend the International Cecchetti Teacher's Summit at least every other year.

Sleeping Beauty Ballet in Pierre

The Sleeping Beauty ballet will be held in Pierre, SD, at the Riggs Theatre on March 18 and 19.