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Free and
Open to the
Public!
The long
awaited
grand
opening of
the Butler
Dance
Education
Center is
finally
here! Join
us as we
open our
doors to the
public for a
day of fun.
Bring the
kids for
activities
from The
Austin
Children's
Museum, Book
People and
Umlauf
Sculpture
Gardens.
Get
autographs
from Ballet
Austin's
company
dancers and
meet
Artistic
Director
Stephen
Mills.
For the
adults we
have
massages
from Milk +
Honey Day
Spa, the
tunes of
Rhythm
Congress and
margaritas
after 5pm.
Find Your
Center and
Find
Yourself in
the middle
of the
biggest
house
warming
party of the
year!
Find Your Center: A Community School On September 9th, from 3:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Ballet Austin throws a Grand Opening Community Celebration that invites you to ‘Find Your Center.’ The 5 hours of dancing, classes, music, activities, and contests marks a new era for dance, movement, and health in Austin – a new era of open participation for everyone. This is made possible through the Butler Community School.
The Butler Dance Education Center is not exclusively for the staff, academy, and dancers to train and prepare for their popular staged productions. The Butler Community School was conceived as a place for movement workshops for anyone (including
Pilates,
yoga, and other exercise classes) along with open dance classes ranging from ballroom to jazz to hula to hip hop. There will also be educational series’ where anyone can learn about dance from the dancers, choreographers, and the artistic director himself.
"The Butler Community School will allow Ballet Austin to expand and develop our educational programs, providing an invaluable opportunity to transform our educational role in the community," said Cookie Ruiz, Executive Director of the Ballet. "It will make the greatest possible cultural, social and educational contribution to Central Texas while supporting our vision of democratizing dance, breaking down key barriers to accessibility, including finances, physical challenges, cultural context and geography."
Additionally, under the same roof, the 287-seat venue AustinVentures StudioTheater will be a place where people can catch a set of dance like they can catch a set of music at Antone’s! Of course, the box office staff will be on site to help patrons get a seat at any or all of the company’s 2007/2008 Season productions.
What to expect when you find the center on September 9th.
- Free entry to any and all
- Open dance classes and demonstrations in various studios, participation is encouraged
- Choreography
and
dance demonstrations
- Free
yoga and exercise classes
- Pilates demonstrations
all day in the 760 sq.ft., fully-equipped studio
- Meet Stephen Mills and company dancers, take a photo and get an autograph
- Creative, movement-centered children’s activities
- Healthy and tasty food and beverages available for purchase
- Themed dance party for the
'60s, '70s,
'80s, '90s, and
'2000s – music from each decade. Creative, decade-appropriate costumes will be recognized with prizes
- Play
dance-themed
video
games on
a big
screen
plasmas
-
Massages
from
Milk +
Honey
Day Spa
- Beer, wine
and
margaritas
available
from
5:00 -
7:45
- Live music on the main stage
- Giveaways and contests
Schedule of
Events
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3:00 |
Ribbon
Cutting
Ceremony |
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3:00-3:40 |
50’s
Dance
Party
Jazz
Class
Creative
Movement
Class
(3-5
year
olds)
Pre-Ballet
Class
Hatha
Yoga
Class
|
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4:00-4:40
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60’s
Dance
Party
Hula
Class
Pre-Ballet
Class
Youth
Division
Ballet
Creative
Movement
Class
(3-5
year
olds)
|
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5:00-5:40
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70’s
Dance
Party
Swing
Class
Teen/Adult
Ballet
Class
Intermediate
Ballet
Class
Feldenkrais
Class
Beer
Garden
Opens
|
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6:00-6:40
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80’s
Dance
Party
Jazz
Class
Pilates
Mat
Class
Pre-Professional
Ballet
Class
Tap
Class
|
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7:00-7:40
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90’s
Dance
Party
Rhythm
Congress
performing
live
outdoors
Broadway
Fit
Class
Modern
Dance
Class
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-
Pilates
Demonstrations
going on
the
entire
day in
the
Pilates
Center
-
Beer
garden
open on
3rd
Street
from
5:00 –
7:45
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Parking
available
for FREE
in State
Parking
Garage
across
the
street
-
$2
parking
is also available
in
adjacent
lot
How
to Find Your
Center
501 West Third Street
Austin, Texas 78701
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Box Office: 512-476.2163
Academy: 512-476-9150
General info: 512-476-9151
Fun Facts
about The Butler Dance Education Center and Community School
The facility is centered amongst a number of construction projects in a 3-block area.
The 2ND
Street
District, the
almost
completed AMLI
residential tower, the 44-story 360 Condominiums,
future Austin City Limits studios, Austin Children’s Museum, the new
Seaholm
redevelopment, and the soon to be renovated Austin Music Hall will surround the new building. Ballet Austin’s attractive and functional center will bring 1,100 dance students and their families into the midst of this new urban, multi-use area surrounding the new landmark Austin City Hall building.
The innovative 34,000 sq ft complex, which is a dramatic repurposing of the Aus-Tex printing facility, boasts:
• Seven rehearsal studios
• Pilates, yoga and exercise studios
• 60-seat community meeting room
• Box office and community information desk
• 15 restrooms plus locker rooms with showers
• Community School with added classrooms and classes, more room for more students and expanded
curriculum
• A two-story glass wall with a retractable scrim for massive projections
• AustinVentures StudioTheater: an in-house performance space with
capacity to
seat 275
people, made
possible by
a $1 million donation by Austin Ventures for state of the art lighting, sound equipment, and retractable seating.
For More
Information
on the
Butler Dance
Education
Center Click
Here
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