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Dance Contempra Company members are ALL double and triple dance threats!  In the last three years alone Dance Contempra students have auditioned for and were accepted into prestigious programs such as The Rock School, Boston Ballet, Orlando Ballet, American Ballet Theatre (ABT), The Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Radio City Rockettes and many more.

 
2009
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Cervone to Appear in Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker

By Marie Mulevenna

For the Times-Herald

 

For twelve-year-old Catherine Cervone of Newnan, dance is her middle name...and her first love.

 

For the third consecutive year, the talented young dancer will be part of the “The Nutcracker” of the Atlanta Ballet Company at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. It’s a pre-Christmas must for  Atlanta area residents.

 

The first week of December, Cervone and her mother went to Dallas, Texas where Catherine competed in the Southern Regional Oireachtas. The event is an invitation-only competition for Irish dancing. The Texas gathering determined who will be competing in next year’s National and World Championships.

 

Catherine will repeat her “Nutcracker” role of last year as a Munchkin Chef.  She studies ballet and modern dance at Dance Contempra in Peachtree City. She is currently a junior company member of Evolving Pointe Ensemble.  

 

Catherine is also a member of “Waves of Grace” liturgical dance group at the family’s parish of St. Mary Magdalene in Newnan. The interdenominational ensemble has dance for various churches on the Southside.

 

No telling where this very talented dancer will appear next. She is ready when the music is.

 

 

 

 

 

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Dance Contempra, Centre for Dance Education would like to congratulate its Evolving Pointe Ensemble Dancers who have auditioned for and were accepted into various summer dance programs and Colleges and Universities. The Centre strives for the highest level of training in a nurturing environment. Among the honored this year are (top left, clockwise) Caroline Pitts (accepted into Joffrey Ballet on Scholarship), Alena Alaimo (accepted into Joffrey Ballet and ABT), Katherine Spits (accepted into Joffrey, ABT and Orlando Ballet), Amanda Sabulski (University of Georgia), Caitlyn Mitchell (Oglethorpe University), Alli Christensen (University of Georgia-Dance Program), Faith Warren (Marymount Manhattan College- Dance Program/Dance Major), Maggie Dennis (University of Alabama-Dance Program/Dance Major), and Merianna Pitts (accepted into Joffrey Ballet on Scholarship).

 

We congratulate these students on their accomplishments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008

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Dance Contempra is pleased to recognize its current dancers for their achievements. From Top left to right Crissa Ables was accepted into Orlando and Joffrey Ballet; Jamie McCord was accepted into  Rockettes Summer Program, NY and granted a scholarship to Hauert-Boling Dance Program and Kennesaw State Dance Major Progam; Katherine  Spits was accepted into ABT, Orlando and Joffrey Ballet; Stacey Gardner was accepted into Kennsaw State and Belmont University Dance Majors; Courtney Lauria was accepted into Kansas City Ballet; Taylor Birkhead was accepted into Orlando Ballet; Alena Alaimo was accepted into ABT, Orlando and Boston Ballet; Merianna Pitts was accepted into ABT, Orlando and Joffrey Ballet; not pictured Caroline Pitts accepted into Rock School.
 
 
 

 

2007

Dance Contempra would like to congratulate the following

students on their recent accomplishments

 

Senior Company

Alena Alaimo – Accepted into Boston Ballet Summer Program

Jamie McCord – Accepted into the Radio City Rockettes Summer Program

Stacey Gardner – Featured in the August '07 Teen Vogue for Winning the PacSun "Shadow Squad" Competition 

 

Junior Company

Crissa Ables – Accepted into both Joffrey Ballet and Boston Ballet Summer Programs

Caroline Pitts – Accepted into The Rock School Summer Program

Merianna Pitts – Accepted into the Joffrey Ballet, Boston Ballet, and The Rock School Summer Programs

Faith Warren – Accepted into Ballet Magnificat! Summer Program

 

SEE The Citizen Article Here

 

 

 

 

 
2006
Dance Contempra would like to congratulate the following
students for their acceptance into The Rock School:
Crissa Ables
Alena Alaimo
Taylor Birkhead
Kelsey Mason
Bekah O'Toole
Merianna Pitts
Chelsea Snook
Katherine Spits
 
and
 
Jamie McCord for winning the Tiger Woods
Do Something Scholarship for Dance

Click Here to read about Evolving Pointe Ensemble

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