Carnival of the Animals is a children’s story comes to life on stage performed by the students in our children’s program. Carnival has since become one of Saint-Saëns’s best-known works, played by the original eleven instrumentalists all mimicking animals. Our version was choreographed primarily by Deb Young with solos by Jackie Stanton-Conley and additional assistance […]

Celebrate Dance
D. Young, J. S-Conley, R. Mayer
Celebrate Dance is a three part program we designed around three composers: Carl Orff, Debussy and Brahms with live accompaniment by Upper Valley music instructor, Victoria Dobrushina and her students.
PART 1: Jackie Stanton-Conley re-staged a contemporary ballet she originally created in 2004 for Vermont Ballet Theatre. The original, performed by only 6 dancers, was […]