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RAHWAY’S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FREE Published by Renna Media Issue 64 • November 2015 RAHWAY AMERICAN REPERTORY BALLET SELECTS SIX LOCAL RAHWAY CHAMBER OF STUDENTS TO PERFORM IN NUTCRACKER AT UCPAC COMMERCE American Repertory Ballet, New Jersey’s top professional THURSDAY MORNING, ballet company, will return to Rahway, NJ this year with two NOV 19TH performances of Nutcracker at Union County Performing Arts 8:30am-9:30am Center. To further connect with the Rahway community, MASONIC LODGE American Repertory Ballet recently held auditions for local 1550 Irving Street Rahway children in grades K-2 to perform alongside its professional dancers in Nutcracker on Saturday, November 21 Open to Businesses, Residents and and Sunday, November 22 at 2:00pm. Organizations On Saturday, October 3, 2015, twelve children auditioned for the role of the mice in ARB’s Nutcracker. The mice take Free Admission part in the famous battle scene in the ballet, where the main Complimentary character Clara dreams that tiny mice in her living room grow Continental Breakfast giant and take on the army of toy soldiers and the Nutcracker prince. The six children that were selected to perform as this year’s Nutcracker Community Mice are: Madison Ferreira (1st Grade) and Elisha Mena (2nd Grade) from Franklin School, Raquelle Reinoso (K) from Madison School, Kyra Jones (K) and Evan Martin (2nd Grade) from Roosevelt School, and Anastasia Rachinsky (1st Grade) from St. John Vianney. The mission of American Repertory Ballet (ARB) is “to (above) Students from Rahway Public Schools practice for bring the joy, beauty, artistry and discipline of classical and 5 7 E 1 the role of community mice in the upcoming American 5 contemporary dance to New Jersey and nationwide audiences D G 9 7 S . T 1 A Repertory Ballet's The Nutcracker to be performed at the through public performances and to dance students through S T S O A D Union County Arts Center on November 21 and 22. S W I N artistic and educational programs.” This year’s “Community P T R A O R T A P C I Mice Initiative” aims at fulfilling this mission in an immersive P S L E I . M R way that will expose children to a professional environment H S R . P P E and challenge them to achieve performance goals. U P “We are thrilled to bring this opportunity to the children of Rahway,” says Lisa Beth Vettoso, Director of Educational and Community Programming. “Rahway is an incredibly supportive and artistic community, and the ‘Community Mice Initiative’ offers local children not only an exciting performance opportunity, but also a wonderful, immersive learning experience with role models in the arts.” Rahway Community Mice rehearsals begin Saturday, * * * October 10, 2015. 5 * In a continuing effort to reach all types of audiences, ARB 6 M D 0 will also offer its first Sensory Friendly performance of D N E 7 S Nutcracker on Sunday, November 22 at 1:00pm at UCPAC. S O 0 W Eden Autism Services is pleased to partner with the American R R J C Repertory Ballet in its efforts to make the thrill of professional T E * N ballet and live dance accessible for individuals with autism. A * * , P For more information about Eden Autism Services visit * * Y * www.edenautism.org or call 609.987.0099. 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