Page 14 - Boca Exposure - December '20

Page 14, Boca Exposure
Ballet Arts Dance Company Celebrated Its 10th Year

With Viva La Danza! – In Tribute To Marie Hale

An Exhilarating Evening Of Dance, Beauty, ethnicities, to achieve great successes onstage. Her crowd- About Ballet Arts Dance Company – “Where Passion
And Inspiration Ignited The Kravis Center pleasing ballets and contemporary works continue to be Meets Dance.”
For The Performing Arts Rinker Playhouse cherished by the South Florida dance community. Our mission: To impact and improve people’s lives
Stage Dec. 4 To 5 As a friend and dancer of Marie Hale, Marquez has taken through the art of dance as a platform for artists in Palm
a similar approach to building both her school and company. Beach County to enhance their experiences and expand
Experience an elegant celebration of contemporary Ballet Arts is one of the premier ballet companies in South their careers.
dance and classical ballet – woven in a cultural showcase Florida, with its younger dancers receiving vigorous Our vision: To inspire, create, and enrich community
of beauty, awe and inspiration when Ballet Arts Dance training while its company members perform the highest engagement with our performances.
Company’s Viva La Danza! came to the Kravis Center for level of technical excellence. For more information about Ballet Arts Company,
the Performing Arts Rinker Playhouse, in West Palm Beach, The Marie Hale Scholarship Award is a tribute to the visit www.balletartscompany.org.
with two performances – Dec. 4 and 5. This magnificent woman who gave so much to the dance
performance, in tribute to the legendary Marie Hale, honored world in Palm Beach County. We hope this
her legacy and cheered Ballet Arts Dance Company’s 10th award will continue her legacy for future
year anniversary of performance. generations of local ballet artists.
Tickets for this exciting occasion were sold as limited About Deborah Marquez, Founder And
cabaret-style seating; table of four. CDC recommended Director – Ballet Arts Company
social distancing and masks were required; temperature A former Cuban dancer and a
checks performed prior to entry. Sponsorship, underwriting businesswoman, Deborah has an
opportunities, and program ads were available. entrepreneurial focus that has come far
Dancers performed under the direction of Deborah Marquez with her vision of expansion for herself and
– founder and artistic director of Ballet Arts Dance Company, for those whom she inspires. Deborah is the
Viva La Danza! The event featured show-stopping performances founder and director of both the School of
by amazing, young, talented dancers and acclaimed international Ballet Arts and Ballet Arts Dance Company
star, Tara Domitro. Audiences cheered this stunning escapade in West Palm Beach, Florida and founder
of virtuosity, Majisimo by Jorge Garcia and music from El Cid of Dance Open America.
de Massenet, in a masterpiece showcase of a refined classic She has trained and coached hundreds
Spanish style of dance and music. Viva La Danza! is a wonderful of students with many going to study
occasion to enjoy and remember! dance professionally and even dancing
Performing on the program’s elegant repertoire were: with major national and international
Tara Domitro, of Pompano Beach; Sophie Miklosovic, dance companies. Her hard work was
of Pompano; Yanlis Abreu, of West Palm Beach; Alexey recognized in 2016 when Marquez was
Minkin, of Miami Beach; Amanda Davis, of Boynton Beach; awarded the Palm Beach County Randolph
Joshuan Vazquez, of Lake Worth; Andy Sousa, of Miami A. Frank Award for outstanding Arts
Beach; and Kamila Abreu, of Lake Worth. Full company Educator, who has enriched many of her
bios are here: https://balletartscompany.org/dancers. students’ lives with exceptional training
The superb faculty is led by Claudia Cravey, of and opportunities, preparing them for a
Greenacres, who was instrumental in the launch of Ballet dance career.
Florida, along with Galina Alvarez of Boynton Beach, former With her over ten years of experience
principal dancer at National Ballet of Cuba. as a cultural entrepreneur, Marquez has
Marquez, of Lake Worth, first met Hale, founder and choreographed and staged many full-
artistic director of the original Ballet Florida, when she came length classical ballet productions and
to the United States in 2002 and entered the Ballet Florida presented award-winning contemporary
as a dancer. choreographies that have been recognized
“It is with gratitude and our privilege to perform in tribute by big international dance competitions
to Marie Hale, to honor her contributions to the arts and the such as the Youth American Grand Prix.
greater community,” said Marquez. “She means so much Marquez came to the USA in 2002
to me. When I first came to Palm Beach, Ms. Hale was so and entered the Ballet Florida under the
welcoming and so very supportive of me … and this, I will direction of Marie Hale where she had Pictured left to right: Tara Domitro, of Pompano Beach; Amanda Davis,
never forget.” the opportunity to work with well-known of Boynton; Andy Sousa, of Miami Beach; Kamila Abreu, of Lake Worth;
A Tribute To Marie Hale: choreographers such as Ben Stevenson, Yanlis Abreu, of West Palm Beach; Joshuan Vázquez, of Lake Worth; Sophie
Ballet Arts Dance Company Mauricio Wainrot, Twyla Tharp, Vicente Miklosovic, of Pompano Beach; and Alexey Minkin, of Miami Beach.
is pleased to announce the Nebrada, and many more. Photo by Adrian Marrero
establishment of the Marie
Hale Scholarship Award. This
scholarship will go toward one
or more dancers of the company
to support their long-term
professional success.
Marquez remembers Hale
fondly as the person to first give
her a job in the United States.
Hale believed in celebrating Stylish Modern Atmosphere Make Reservations happy hour
talent, creating a company every Day 3 - 6 pm
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