AWARD WINNING WAUSAU
DANCE THEATRE ANNOUNCES
2009-2010 SEASON
Wausau Dance Theatre (WDT) is a regional dance company offering an array of award winning educational programs and productions. WDT has had fully programmed seasons since 1998 that include Halloween Spooktacular “Thriller” and “Storybook Series” productions-- Sleeping Beauty, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, Alice in Wonderland and Carnival of the Animals with narrators Tony Randall, Henry Winkler, Danny Glover and most recently Elliott Gould, . In 2004, WDT toured Germany culminating in performances at the Darmstadter Residenzfestspiele. and in 2008, WDT’s production of Alice In Wonderland entertained audiences in excess of 15,000 on their first Midwest tour.
In an effort to expand audiences, WDT has partnered with local and National organizations to create artistic events in conjunction with our performances. These programs offer audiences an opportunity to experience the arts through many different and creative avenues. Our partners include; Robbins Rights Trust, NYC, Circus World Museum and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. With the success of these events, WDT is one of three arts organziations supported by the National Endowment for the Arts Wisconsin Department of Tourism to hold "Wisconsin's Signature Spring Event" with our Storybook Weekend Series.
2009-2010 SEASON will include:
THRILLER
October 24, 2009 - 1:30 & 7:00PM
Grand Theater • Wausau.
In it's ninth year, this sell-out production of ghosts, ghouls and goblins will certainly get your feet stomping. This hip-hopping production of Halloween favorites is a crowd pleaser that is sure to keep the whole family entertained with witches, skeletons, and of course a few surprises. This dance Spooktacluar will keep you on the edge of your seat! THRILLVILLE will be held on October 24 from 11:30am-1:30pm in the Great Hall on ArtsBlock with arts & crafts, games, and activities for participants. THRILLVILLE is FREE TO The PUBLIC.
THE NUTCRACKER –
Central WI School of Ballet 4oth Anniversary Celebration
December 5 at 1:30- and 7:00pm
December 6 at 1:30pm
Central Wisconsin School of Ballets celebrates its 40th anniversary with the classic holiday ballet The Nutcracker, December 5 & 6, 2009. Fashioned after the great traditions of first Nutcracker more than 100 years ago, Newsweek Magazine voted it "...one of the Nation's nine most notable Nutcrackers". CWSB brings this magical story to life with imaginative choreography & staging, beautiful scenery, costuming, and spectacular special effects. Guest artists from American Ballet Theater in New York will join the talented young dancers from CWSB. Look for exciting new changes as CWSB celebrates its 40th anniversary. (The Central Wisconsin School of Ballet is the official School of Wausau Dance Theatre.)
STORYBOOK WEEKEND featuring Sleeping Beauty
May 1, 2010--1:30 & 7:00PM
Grand Theatre • Wausau
Wausau Dance Theatre will present its 9th Annual Storybook Weekend featuring Sleeping Beauty. This charming story is taken from the famous fairy tale about a little princess‚ christening. A wicked fairy interrupts the celebration, declaring that when the princess turns 16, she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die. The youngest fairy intervenes, changing the curse so that princess will not die, but sleep for 100 years until a charming prince comes to awaken her with a kiss. Goodness and true love prevail when at last the prince finds his way through the thick vines surrounding the castle and saves the princess.
In conjunction with the performances of “Sleeping Beauty,” WDT will offer the “Enchanted Kingdom” at the Great Hall adjacent to the Grand Theater throughout the weekend. Join us for fun in the Great Hall, including games, activities, life size chess, castle building and crown/scepter making, crafts, and much more. Special performances by TR Loon and balloon creations by Dizzy the Clown will take place throughout the day.