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Portland School of Ballet Students Accepted Into Prestigious Summer Programs

PORTLAND, ME: Portland School of Ballet (PSB) is proud to announce its student summer 2008 list of acceptances to internationally recognized intensive dance programs. These talented and dedicated students will travel to cities all over the country to continue their dance training and education throughout the summer months.

This year, twenty students from PSB auditioned and were accepted into various summer intensive programs. Eight of these students are part of Portland School of Ballet’s C.O.R.P.S. Program, a program offering pre-professional ballet training and academic studies through a partnership with Portland Public High Schools. National evaluation is a prerequisite for admission into Portland School of Ballet’s C.O.R.P.S. Program. The remaining students are from the PSB Syllabus Program, a seven-level, full-spectrum classical ballet training program offered throughout the school year.

Executive Director Eugenia O’Brien explained the importance of national evaluation, saying, “These programs are an important educational component of PSB’s training. Our dancers experience a broader vision of the dance world for more informed career options.”

The students and their summer 2008 programs are listed below:

Cape Elizabeth:
From the C.O.R.P.S. Program:
Hannah Wallace was accepted at Boston Ballet School’s Summer Dance Program, American Repertory Ballet’s Princeton Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre (ABT)’s Summer Intensive Program, Joffrey Ballet School’s Summer Intensive in New York and Briansky Saratoga Ballet Center. She will attend Joffrey.
From the PSB Syllabus Program:
Helena Tunstall-Weiner was accepted at Boston Ballet School and Walnut Hill Summer Dance Program in Natick, MA.
Juliet Tunstall-Weiner was accepted at Boston Ballet School.

Casco:
From the PSB Syllabus Program:
Quincy Dean accepted at the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts Summer Program in Torrington, CT.

Center Conway, NH:
From the PSB Syllabus Program:
Ashley Hoyt was accepted to Burklyn Ballet Theatre in Vermont.

Cumberland:
From the C.O.R.P.S. Program:
Carie Ewen was accepted at ABT’s New York Summer Intensive, Joffrey, Boston Ballet School, Washington School of Ballet's Summer Intensive, Ballet Austin’s Summer Intensive, American Repertory Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre’s Summer Intensive Program, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School’s Intensive Summer Program.
From the PSB Syllabus Program:
Maddie Harris was accepted at Boston Ballet School and Burklyn Ballet Theatre.

Falmouth:
From the PSB Syllabus Program:
Jacqueline Bolduc was accepted at ABT’s Alabama Summer Intensive, Boston Ballet School, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, and Walnut Hill.

Gorham:
From the C.O.R.P.S. Program:
Stacie Street was accepted at Joffrey New York and Boston Ballet School. She will attend Joffrey.

Kennebunk:
From the PSB Syllabus Program:
Sarah Carr was accepted at Burklyn Ballet Theatre.

Lewiston:
From the C.O.R.P.S. Program:
Leah Fournier was accepted at, and will attend, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School.
Eden Weinstein was accepted at ABT, Joffrey and the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC.

Peaks Island:
From the PSB Syllabus Program:
Julia Conley was accepted at Boston Ballet School and The Rock School for Dance Education’s Summer Ballet Intensive.

Portland:
From the C.O.R.P.S. Program:
Emily Belanger was accepted at the American Repertory Ballet’s Princeton Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre’s California Summer Intensive, Boston Ballet School, Joffrey and Walnut Hill. She has decided to attend Joffrey.

From the PSB Syllabus Program:
Eleanor Altholz was accepted at Burklyn Ballet Theatre and Walnut Hill; she will attend Walnut Hill.
Abby Menard was accepted at Boston Ballet School and Burklyn Ballet Theatre.
Sarah Gale was accepted at Boston Ballet School, Joffrey and Walnut Hill.

Pownal:
From the PSB Syllabus Program:
Mattie Woodside was accepted at Boston Ballet School, Nutmeg Conservatory and Princeton School of Ballet.

Scarborough:
From the C.O.R.P.S. Program:
Arianna Lawson was accepted by ABT’s New York Summer Intensive, Joffrey Ballet School’s Summer Intensive in New York, Joffrey Midwest Summer Intensive in Michigan, Boston Ballet School and Bossov Ballet Theatre in Maine. She will attend Joffrey Midwest.

Springvale:
From the C.O.R.P.S. Program:
Paisley Saltmarsh was accepted by Joffrey, ABT’s Texas Summer Intensive and Walnut Hill. She will attend Joffrey.

For more information about Portland Ballet, its school and performances, please visit www.portlandballet.org.