Dracula takes your blood - literally!
The areas’ only professional ballet company, The Roxey Ballet, is taking part this year in the long Lambertville tradition of celebrating Halloween with much pomp and circumstance.
Roxey Ballet will be performing “Dracula” beginning October 24 – November 1 in Lambertville and will be taking part in several community events, as well. Starting on October 8th, Roxey Ballet will be participating in Lambertville’s “Walk Around Wednesdays” late shopping night by having Dracula and his many victims walk the streets of town to scare and entertain shoppers.
On October 18th, Roxey Ballet will be sponsoring a blood drive with the Community Blood Council of Ewing. A blood mobile will be parked at 243 N. Union Street from 1 – 5 pm and Dracula will be there greeting ‘donors.’ A raffle for tickets to “Dracula” as well as a special street dance performance will keep things lively.
“Roxey Ballet is pleased to do their part to help ease what we know is a constant blood shortage in the state and throughout the Delaware Valley region. We encourage all area residents who are able to donate blood to join us that day and later at one of our performances,” said Mark Roxey, Aritistic Director of the company.
But, still, the most entertaining way to see Dracula in all his glory is at one of Roxey’s seven performances of Dracula, back by popular demand, in a venue that is up close, scary and local—the Canal Studio in Lambertville. “This allows residents of Hunterdon and Bucks County to really experience professional dance at the perfect time of the year,” says Roxey.
RB’s original ballet choreography closely follows Bram Stoker’s horror story set in 18th century England and tells the tale in a theatrical performance with dazzling pyrotechnic, sound and lighting effects. While there is no lack of serious dancing, it is the lurking, stalking and over the top emotions that the audience will fall for… fear, rage, horror, love and passion. The result is a production that breaks through the normal boundaries of dance performance to draw the audience deeply into the world created by the dancers and the story.
Lambertville gladly welcomed a world-class roster of professional performers for this production; including Mark St. Pierre, who is dancing the lead role. St. Pierre of Montreal, Canada has performed with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal and has been dancing professionally since 2000. The part of the unwary Renfield is danced by Se-Yong Kim from Seoul Korea, a past performer in the National Ballet Company and the role of Lucy is being danced by Julia Cobble, a former dancer with Ballet Memphis. The remaining impressive nine company dancers hail from all over the US and the world.
Tickets and more information about Roxey Ballet’s Dracula can be found at www.roxeyballet.org. Tickets are $27.50 for all shows. Performances begin October 24th and continue through November 1st. There is a special Halloween midnight performance and reception. Call Roxey Ballet at (609) 397-7616 for information.
About the Roxey Ballet: The Roxey Ballet is a non-profit, world class contemporary ballet company, dedicated to delivering artistic and cultural excellence through professional dance performances and educational programs. For 16 years, the Roxey Ballet has been focused on preserving and advancing the art of dance and creating unique, multicultural and all-inclusive works that take dance to the next level. Roxey Ballet's programs are funded in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Wachovia Foundation, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey and the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission.
DRACULA SCHEDULE--ALL PERFORMANCES AT CANAL STUDIOS IN LAMBERTVILLE
Friday, October 24, 2008 8 PM
Saturday, October 25, 2008 4 PM & 8 PM
Thursday, October 30 8 PM
Friday, October 31 8 PM and special halloween reception at 9:30
Saturday, November 1 12 AM, 4 PM & 8 PM
Go to www.RoxeyBallet.com
