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The Pirate and the Gypsy
Date and Time
Thursday Aug 9, 2018
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM EDTThursday August 9th
7:00 P.M.Location
Kingswood Arts Center
Fees/Admission
Tickets are $20 for adults, $17.50 for seniors and students and children under 12, and $60 for a family of 4 and are available at www.northeasternballet.org/
performances, by calling (603)834-8834 and at the door. Description
Ahoy Matey! All hands on deck! The pirate ship GodSpeed is about to set sail for the high seas in search of treasure!
Join Northeastern Ballet Theatre for “The Pirate and the Gypsy” on Thursday, August 9 at 7pm at the Kingswood Arts Center to embark on this adventure! This original Edra Toth ballet is complete with swashbuckling pirates with real swordplay, a treasure map, beautiful gypsies, a pirate ship, and mermaids! This ballet is not to be missed! Appropriate for all ages, this action-packed production is full of family fun.
Dancers were trained in fencing by the Seacoast Fencing Club in Rochester, NH. Featuring Spencer Keith, principal dancer for Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre in Boston as the Good Pirate, Captain Jack Skye, and Brewster Academy’s Dance Department head, John Ling, as Barbarosa, the Bad Pirate, the action never stops as these two and their crews go head-to-head in an attempt to control the treasure guarded by mermaids. Also, featured in this production is Assaf Benchetrit, Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of New Hampshire, who helps to guard the treasure.
Author Eric Jay Dolin will be in attendance to sell copies of his new book Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of Americas Most Notorious Pirates. There will also be a hand crafted Treasure Chest made by The Country Craftsman full of gift certificates worth over $1,000 for all sorts of adventures and lots of pirate goodies being raffled at the show and online at http://www.northeasternballet.org/treasure-chest-raffle. Featuring donations from WInnipeasukee Playhouse, Flag Hill Distillery and Winery, Lost River Gorge and Boulder Caves, Seven Suns, Mill Falls and the Lake, Mountain Tops, Clarks’ Trading Post, Polar Caves, Common Man, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Castle in the Clouds, York’s Wild Kingdom, Santa’s Village, The Palace Theatre, Conway Scenic Railway and more!!
Tickets are $20 for adults, $17.50 for seniors and students and children under 12, and $60 for a family of 4 and are available at www.northeasternballet.org/performances, by calling (603)834-8834 and at the door. Northeastern Ballet Theatre is New Hampshire’s premier ballet company and training school offering classical ballet training at their studios in Dover (at the McConnell Center) and in Wolfeboro. For more information please visit www.northeasternballet.o rg or call (603) 834-8834. Tell a Friend