The Barak Ballet Seaside Event fundraiser will take place on Saturday, November 10, 2012 with an evening of hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, and live classical music to help support acclaimed choreographer Melissa Barak’s new contemporary ballet company, the Barak Ballet.
The February event which will be supported by funds raised, will present recent choreographic works by Darrell Moultrie, Frank Chavez, Christopher Wheeldon, and a premiere by Melissa Barak.
The evening’s sponsors include: The Malibu Coast Chamber Orchestra, Tallarico Vodka, Barre, and La Conversation. A co-production of Humberto Capiro
Barak, a Los Angeles native, trained at the Westside School of Ballet for eight years before enrolling in New York City’s School of American Ballet and then joining the New York City Ballet as a company member the following year.
Barak has been awarded the Mae L. Wien and Choo San Goh Awards for Choreography and was named one of the “Top 25 to Watch†by Dance Magazine. She has had numerous articles written about her in such publications as Pointe Magazine, Dance Spirit, TimeOut NY, ELLEgirl, Angeleno, LA Times Magazine to name a few, and appeared on the nationally televised CBS Early Show in 2002.
She has created new works for American Repertory Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, and Los Angeles Ballet as well as the National Choreographer’s Initiative and several New York Choreographic Institutes and two pieces for the New York City Ballet where she created two more works. Her dancing credits with New York City Ballet include Fairy Carabosse from Sleeping Beauty, Coffee from the Nutcracker, and Russian pas de deux from Swan Lake.
The Barak Ballet is dedicated to; creating new and exciting dance works by today’s most talented choreographers, and maintaining a company culture conducive to drawing full artistic and creative potential from its dancers. and dance artists.
The Barak Ballet is a project of the Pasadena Arts Council’s EMERGE Fiscal Sponsorship Program.
For more information: http://www.barakballet.org
