Coppelia Spring Recital June, 2024
Audition for Lead Roles (Levels 4-7 only): Saturday, January 20 - 9:45am-12:15pm (during class time)
Performances: Saturday June 8th @ 2:00pm and 7:00pm, Sunday June 9th @ 2:00pm
Location: Las Positas College Mertes Center for the Arts
Building 4000
(First building on the left as you enter campus from Collier Canyon Rd)
“Coppelia” 2024
PARTICIPATION INFORMATION
PERFORMANCE
Saturday, June 8, 2024 - Las Positas College Mertes Center for the Arts, 4000 building
Cast A: 2:00pm
Cast B: 7:00pm
Sunday, June 9, 2024 - Las Positas College Mertes Center for the Arts, 4000 building
Cast C: 2:00pm
SATURDAY REHEARSALS - at the Studio
Character Roles, and Ballet 3-7 Saturday rehearsals*:
April 13 - Ballet 3 @ 2:30-4:00, Ballet 4/5/6/7 @ 2:30-6:00
April 20 - Ballet 3 @ 2:30-4:00, Ballet 4/5/6/7 @ 2:30-6:00
April 27 - Ballet 3 @ 2:30-4:00, Ballet 4/5/6/7 @ 2:30-6:00
May 4 - Ballet 3 @ 2:30-4:00, Ballet 4/5/6/7 @ 2:30-6:00
June 4 - (Tuesday) Ballet 3-7 @ 7:00-9:00pm
Full Cast (Everyone) Saturday Rehearsals:
May 11 & May 18 & June 1 - 2:15-6:30 (click button below for detailed times)
TECH REHEARSAL
Wednesday, June 5th - 4:30-8:30pm at Las Positas College (Ballet 1-7 levels)
DRESS REHEARSAL
Friday, June 7th - 4:00-7:00pm at Las Positas College (Full Cast)
We are excited to present the classical Ballet of “Coppelia” as our end-of-year production! Your student will not want to miss out on the opportunity to perform with their class, while showing off what they have learned this past year.
Students will perform with their class and will learn their dances within their class time. Those students given special parts will have additional rehearsals throughout the week and on Saturdays leading up to the recital. Parents will be given a schedule of their additional parts once casting is done after our 1/20 audition for levels 4-7.
Recital is a very important time for our students as they’re able to exhibit onstage the progress they’ve made throughout the year. We know that they have worked hard and we are so proud to be able to allow them the opportunity to perform. We take very seriously our responsibility to prepare them well, so that they are confident in their steps onstage. We appreciate your cooperation in encouraging your students to participate and enabling them to feel their best for their performance by getting them to class and rehearsals prepared to do their best.
AUDITIONS
We will be holding auditions Saturday, January 20, from 9:45am-12:15pm (during class time) for our Ballet levels 4-7. There will be technique class followed by some specific character role acting scenarios and choreography to see how the dancers perform in each. Pointe students should be prepared to put their pointe shoes on after the technique portion. Students should sign up online on the Radiance website calendar, or through your Parent Portal, for the audition.
CASTING
“Coppelia” will be on Saturday, June 8th @ 2:00 and 7:00, and Sunday, June 9th @ 2:00. Casting will be determined after January 31. Some of our younger students, Creative Movement & Pre-Ballet & Ballet 1, will only be in 1 show, depending on participation. Ballet 2-7 will be in all 3 shows. We cannot always honor requests for your child to perform in a certain cast as it is quite an involved process. While priority is given to siblings performing in the same shows, due to the number of students participating, we cannot guarantee that your children will be in the same cast.
ADDITIONAL REHEARSALS
Additional Saturday rehearsals for “Coppelia” are MANDATORY. This means that your child may NOT miss Saturday rehearsals if they wish to perform. Tech rehearsal and Dress rehearsal is our other additional and mandatory rehearsal. Students who miss Dress Rehearsal will not be permitted to perform!
If you have any questions regarding a known Saturday absence, please email the office at classes@radianceballet.com for approval before 1/31.
Saturday, Tech, and Dress Rehearsals will be further scheduled out at a later date. Students in levels 4-7 can expect to be required to attend the majority of the time. Students in Creative Movement, Pre-Ballet, Ballet 1, Ballet 2, and Ballet 3 will have time “blocks” that they will be required to attend. We make every effort to keep our younger students for only as long as is necessary and appreciate your compliance with getting them to their rehearsals. It is best to keep the full time-frames listed free from other commitments until the full rehearsal schedule is released.
***PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE ADDITIONAL SATURDAY REHEARSALS, TECH, AND DRESS REHEARSAL DATES AND TIMES. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE THESE REHEARSALS, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO PERFORM. YOU WILL NOT BE EXCUSED ONCE YOU’VE COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATE.
FEES
Recital fee is $125/student for your first class and $65/additional class. Each class has its own dance, so students who take multiple times/week will have potential to be in multiple dances.
Your recital fee covers your child’s participation fee, extra rehearsals and their costume. Our costumes are on a “rental” system due to the inflation of costume prices. In order to avoid a continued increase in participation cost, we will begin recycling the costumes for our students throughout the years.
VOLUNTEERING
We do very much appreciate and need help from you, parents/family! We had some great help this past Christmas performance, but are always in need of even more help for each new session and performance! We are opting to present an incentive for your volunteering, where if you volunteer for 1 area of need, you will receive a $15 discount on your participation fee, and if you volunteer for 2 areas of need, you will receive a $30 discount on your participation fee. The maximum discount is $30, even though you are more than welcome to volunteer more than 2 times.
We have many areas of need, and will be posting a sign-up sheet in the next few weeks, in the studio, so that you may sign-up. Once the volunteering area has been fulfilled, we will credit your account the appropriate amount.
Some areas include, but not limited to:
Promoting the studio and/or performances and events
Helping with Releve Soiree Event
St. Patrick’s Day Parade banner holder
Costuming - mending/steaming/adding embelishments
Rehearsals
keeping students quiet and focused during Saturday Full Cast rehearsals
checking students in and out of rehearsals
Backstage
bringing dancers to and from the dressing room to the stage
assisting in dressing rooms with bathroom breaks, helping get in/out of costumes
Set load-in/out and moving sets during performances
Front of House
Handing out programs
helping with Concession sales during Intermission and after performances
checking students in and out of theater rehearsals/performances
AUTO ENROLLMENT
With an understanding that most of our students do choose to participate in recital and in an effort to streamline the sign-up process, every student, except for our Adult Ballet program, is automatically signed up to participate in recital.
Your recital fee will be charged to your card on file on February 1, 2024.
RECITAL PARTICIPATION FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
In the event that you must withdraw from recital after 1/31, you will not receive a refund in whole or in part.
WITHDRAWING FROM RECITAL
If you decide that your student will not be participating in recital, you must let the office know by email (classes@radianceballet.com) by January 31st. Failure to decline participation before January 31st will result in your card being charged for your participation fee. If no communication is received, Radiance will understand that you are giving authorization to charge your participation fee to your card on file.
Participation in all classes is highly recommended. Should your student wish to participate in only certain classes that they attend, this must also be communicated to the office by 1/31. Failure to do so will result in them being included in all of their class dances.
TICKETS
Tickets will go on sale, April 19.
Tickets range from $22-33/seat, wheelchair accessible seating is available. You can purchase your tickets through our Website, as well as in-person at out studio office during regular office hours.