Status: Amateur
Address: Recreation Ground, Meteor Way, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2RL
Region: Essex, East of England
Contact Name: Jessica Wilson
History: In 1947, Joan Weston created the Broomfield YMCA Ballet Company in order to give the more senior students at her existing dance school the opportunity to learn and perform to the public. It was after their 1949 performance of ‘Coppélia’ at the Shire Hall that the then Mayor of Chelmsford suggested the name ‘The Chelmsford Ballet Company’, and with a small committee the Company was born.
Since 1949, the Ballet Company has staged a full-scale production every year. Initially a part of the
Arts Festival, and then the Cathedral Fringe Festival, they occur today as an annual event in their own right. Today the Company is led by Artistic Director Annette Potter, who is a former dancing member. Annette danced many leading roles with the company before moving on to teaching and choreography.
Website: www.thechelmsfordballetcompany.co.uk
Email: enquiries@thechelmsfordballetcompany.co.uk
Number of members: 65
Productions per year: 1
Performances per run: 5
Regular Venues: Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Membership required for participation?: The Chelmsford Ballet Company is “an amateur Company which sets professional standards for all its work, involving professionals in its productions, courses and other teaching and workshop opportunities”. The standards are such that both junior (aged 10 and Standard/Grade 2 or above) and senior (over 14) dancers must audition to become members and again each year to perform in any production. These high standards are maintained through the monthly Company classes, where the dancers are able to meet and take a class with experienced and distinguished teachers.
Does the society run a youth group?: Yes
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Chelmsford Ballet Company, The
Report SocietyThe Ballet Company is a way for skilled dancers from across the area to perform together and to showcase their considerable talents to appreciative and receptive audiences. Theatre-goers are constantly ‘thrilled’ with the productions, which always maintain the high standards set by Joan Weston. It has become a well-loved cornerstone of Chelmsford’s cultural calendar.
The Chelmsford Ballet Company is “an amateur Company which sets professional standards for all its work, involving professionals in its productions, courses and other teaching and workshop opportunities”.
- : Amateur
- : East of England
- : Essex
- : Jessica Wilson
- : Recreation Ground
- : Meteor Way
- : Chelmsford
- : Essex
- : CM1 2RL
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In 1947, Joan Weston created the Broomfield YMCA Ballet Company in order to give the more senior students at her existing dance school the opportunity to learn and perform to the public. It was after their 1949 performance of ‘Coppélia’ at the Shire Hall that the then Mayor of Chelmsford suggested the name ‘The Chelmsford Ballet Company’, and with a small committee the Company was born.
Since 1949, the Ballet Company has staged a full-scale production every year. Initially a part of the
Arts Festival, and then the Cathedral Fringe Festival, they occur today as an annual event in their own right. Today the Company is led by Artistic Director Annette Potter, who is a former dancing member. Annette danced many leading roles with the company before moving on to teaching and choreography. - : www.thechelmsfordballetcompany.co.uk
- : https://www.facebook.com/thechelmsfordballetcompanyofficial
- : https://twitter.com/Ballet_CBC
- : enquiries@thechelmsfordballetcompany.co.uk
- : 65
- : 1
- : 5
- : Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
- :
The Chelmsford Ballet Company is “an amateur Company which sets professional standards for all its work, involving professionals in its productions, courses and other teaching and workshop opportunities”. The standards are such that both junior (aged 10 and Standard/Grade 2 or above) and senior (over 14) dancers must audition to become members and again each year to perform in any production. These high standards are maintained through the monthly Company classes, where the dancers are able to meet and take a class with experienced and distinguished teachers.
- : Yes
Past Productions
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