CCM Prep Presents Fall Youth Ballet Concert on Dec. 8 and 9

CCM Preparatory and Community Engagement presents the

Fall Youth Ballet Concert

at

7:30 p.m.

on

Friday, Dec. 8, 2017

, and

Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017

.

Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer

directs the mixed-repertoire ballet performance, which features the students of the CCM Youth Ballet Companies.

The annual dance concert features talented CCM Prep students from ages nine through adult, performing traditional and contemporary works choreographed by CCM Prep students and faculty. Tickets are on sale now and are available through the

CCM Box Office

.

The program opens with

Strangers in the Night

, set to music by Frank Sinatra with choreography by CCM Prep student

Anna Faist

. CCM Prep students will then perform an excerpt from

Napoli

, also known as

The Fisherman and His Bride

. This story ballet, originally choreographed in 1842 by Danish choreographer

August Bournonville

, tells the tale of an Italian girl who falls in love with a poor fisherman. The pair finally wed after they endure many trials and tribulations, and their friends present special dances at their wedding. These wedding dances will be performed at the Fall Youth Ballet Concert.

The main highlight of the performance is

Babes in Toyland

, featuring music by Victor Herbert with choreography and direction by CCM Prep ballet faculty members Thomas Bell, Ana Bird, Heather Cameron-Johnson, Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer, Sergey Pakharev and Tricia Sundbeck. Originally an operetta, this work focuses on Mary-Mary Quite Contrary and Tom-Tom the Piper’s Son, two residents of Mother Goose Land. They hope to get married, but the sinister town miser, Barnaby, has other plans for them. They encounter mischievous trees, an evil toy maker and other conniving characters along the way, but ultimately the couple finds their happily ever after.

For more information please visit

ccm.uc.edu/prep

, or contact CCM Prep at 513-556-2595 or

ccmprep@uc.edu

.

Performance Times

• 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8
  
• 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9
  

Location

Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village

University of Cincinnati

Admission

$15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE. Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online now through our e-Box Office! Visit

ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice

for CCM Box Office hours and location.

Parking and Directions

Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit

uc.edu/parking

for information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit

uc.edu/visitors

. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit

ccm.uc.edu/about/directions

.

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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

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Story by CCM Graduate Student Alexandra Doyle