Get to the Pointe Fall 2023 Newsletter
Message from Sarah Purvis, Artistic Director:
Erie Contemporary Ballet Theatre is an organization of dedicated people, like you, that allow the curtain to rise each year, bringing excellent dance training and highly creative professional productions to our city. The mission of ECBT is to INSPIRE, EDUCATE and ENRICH the LIVES of our DANCERS and the COMMUNITY. ECBT does this by promoting dance and dance education through training, performances, master classes, and other dance-related events. We have been humbled by the encouragement and generosity from all of you who continue to make ECBT the premier dance company that it is and will is still yet to become. We continue to be exhilarated by our dancers' tenacity and resilience navigating through these past few years, and we are excited to share all we have planned for the 2023-2024 season. Continue to read below to see what new and thrilling news we have...
The Nutty Night Out
Sugar Plum Fairy Tea
The Nutcracker
Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM and Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Mercyhurst University Performing Arts Center, 501 East 38th Street
For tickets: (814) 824-3000 or https://miac.universitytickets.com
Join Erie Contemporary Ballet Theatre dancers as they perform with a live orchestra to present the holiday, classic The Nutcracker. This family-friendly performance featuring iconic music, stunning costumes, spectacular backdrops, and exquisite dancing set in magnificent scenes. This celebrated production will be sure to create memories that last a lifetime!
The Fairy Tale Series
Sunday, March 10, 2023 at
1:00 PM or 4:00 PM
General McLane Performing Arts Center, 11761 Edinboro Road
Tickets will be $12 for children & $18 for adults
Narrated by Mother Goose herself, this performance includes choreography, costuming, sets, and classical music set to familiar fairytales, The Three Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, and The Ugly Duckling. creates this enriching event for the entire family. There is audience participation throughout the performance, which creates an energetic environment while children in the audience can have an active part in the show, inspiring them to become more interested in dance and theater.
Director’s Choice
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 from
6:30 - 9:00 PM
The Boston Store Atrium, State Street Entrance
Tickets are $50 per person or $90 per couple
The Director’s Choice is an evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to support the continued success of Erie Contemporary Ballet Theatre. You will have the unique opportunity to view new, emerging works, as well as innovative, established choreography that will be premiered to the Erie audience.a minute to write an introduction that is short, sweet, and to the point. If you sell something, use this space to describe it in detail and tell us why we should make a purchase. Tap into your creativity. You’ve got this.
