News & Notices
Announcing NEW additions to our 2010-11 Schedule:
Pre-Dance (3.5-5 yr.-olds): Thursdays 5:15-6:00pm (Monday Pre-Dance 4:15 is FULL.)
****CHEERLEADING FOR 5-8 YEAR-OLDS!!!***** with Instructor Jayme Hale, former dance team member of the Jacksonville Jaguars Roar!
new class to start October 6 (note date change from September 8), Wednesdays 5:00-5:55 pm!
All TAP Thursday Students: Class is now 5:10-6:10 pm Thursdays starting September 9!
CALLING ALL BALLROOM ENTHUSIASTS!! OUR NEXT BALLROOM SIX-WEEK SESSION IS October 4 through November 8 with Laura and Daniel!!
**Ballroom for Kids (ages 9 & up) - Mondays 6:00-6:55pm
**Ballroom for Big Kids (Adults/Teens) - Mondays 7:00-8:00pm
No partner needed!!! Come have fun and develop confidence on the dance floor!! Payment by Dance Card only - $78
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Note to Apprentices/Junior/Senior Ensemble Members: We have been invited to perform a short program for Pinegate Community on Forsyth Road, across from Museum of Arts & Sciences, next to Rivoli Crossing, on Saturday, October 9, 11:30 am. I would like as many Ensemble members as possible to perform in this 20-30 minute program. We will be working on this during the Ensemble classes/rehearsals. Also don’t forget Ensemble Photo Day for headshots and groups this Saturday, August 28, at the studio. Fee is $15 for sitting fee and framed photo to be placed in the lobby for our dance year 2010-11. Checks, money orders, or cash to MSDE.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
**Week of December 13-16 - Holiday Class Demos!Family & Friends are invited to be audience for each class performing during their regular class time at MSDE, featuring all the dancers for each hour’s time slot! Bring your cameras!
** The Ensemble Spring Repertory Show is Saturday, February 19, 2011, 7pm (dress rehearsal 1pm) at The Zuver Center for Performing Arts, Macon
**Our Annual Recital is Saturday, June 4, 2011, 1:30 & 3:00 pm - each class will be designated which Act/time they will apear. Also at The Zuver Center for Performing Arts, Mount de Sales Academy campus, Macon. (dress rehearsal Friday, June 3, 1:30 & 3:00 pm)
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The Madison Studio of Dance Education presented our 2010 annual recital, “The Times of Our Lives”, Saturday, June 5, 2:00 pm, Zuver Center for Performing Arts, Mount de Sales Academy, Macon,Georgia. Enjoy photos by Jim Haley of some of our students!
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DVDs of our 2010 annual recital, “The Times of Our Lives” will again be available - $30 each, checks to Jim Haley. Sign-up in studio lobby, or e-mail jmadison@madisondance.com, or call 478-746-7100.
Recital T-shirts with all our dancers’ names printed on the back are still available in limited sizes/colors. $15 each, checks to MSDE.
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Our annual new dance year OPEN HOUSE/REGISTRATION & SHOPPING DAY is SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2010, 2:00 - 6:00 pm. Center Stage Dancewear from Marietta will be at our studio for your convenience - get your class attire - leotards, dance dresses, tights, shoes, bags, accessories, etc. - one stop!! Save time & $$!
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The Madison Studio presented “Swan Lake” on Saturday, April 10, two performances 2:00 & 7:00 pm, at The Zuver Center for Performing Arts on the campus of Mount de Sales Academy, Macon, Georgia. With Guest Artists Giselle diBlasi Pugh and Julius Lagare of Atlanta Festival Ballet, and Macon’s own Faith Madison, now dancing professionally with Denver’s Colorado Ballet, along with 40 dancers ranging in age from 7 to 37 with beautiful costumes and sets.
Jim Haley Photography
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OUR CONGRATS to MSDE Alum FAITH MADISON for her promotion to Corps de Ballet with Colorado Ballet, Denver! She is one of only two female dancers (Faith from Studio Company to Corps, and one from Corps to Soloist) to be promoted for CB’s 50th Anniversary Season!!
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General notes for performances at Zuver Center:
*Parents may pick up their dancer from their dressing areas ONLY after the bows for each part.
*The auditorium opens 30 minutes before performance times. It is suggested you purchase your tickets before the performance day so that you can go right in to the auditorium without stopping at the ticket counter.
*Absolutely no food or drink in the dressing areas or auditorium. (Bottled water is ok in the dressing rooms). You may eat outside in the areas around the Zuver. No eating in costumes.
*Dancers should arrive through the cast door - the double glass doors next to McAuley Hall (gym) on Appleton Avenue. DANCERS SHOULD NOT WEAR COSTUMES IN THE LOBBY!!
*Audience enters the auditorium through the lobby area, which faces into the campus of Mount de Sales, through the breezeway between the Zuver and McAuley Hall.
*Hair in SLEEK bun for girls, or for very short hair, tucked behind ears & clipped - no bangs. The dancer’s entire face should be seen. Use generous amounts of gel and hairspray on damp hair - washing hair the day of performance is not suggested - easier to make a bun with the hair less fine. Hairnets and hairpins (rather than bobby pins) make it even easier. Please spray whispies down - stage lights “find” every little hair!
Brush hair well back away and up from face and apply gel - Make a ponytail with a hair elastic, twist the hair and then wrap it around the elastic, hairpinning as you go around in a circle; add a hairnet and pin with a few more. Finish with even more hair spray - voila!
*Make-up: heavy blush and lipstick in a berry color; dark eyeliner, top and bottom of lid; brown or gray eye-shadow (dramatically applied); mascara if tolerated. (Older girls could use fake eyelashes).
*Of course, no flash cameras, no video cameras, and cell phones turned off (including refraining from taking cell phone photos). Please respect others with quiet voices - their child may be on stage! If you must leave the auditorium during the show, go to the far outside end of your aisle toward the side walls so that you won’t be in the dvd!! (The videographer is set up directly front of the sound/light booth at the back of the auditorium.)
*If you have any questions at all, please e-mail: jmadison@madisondance.com
or cell phone: 478-361-9945
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FRIENDLY REMINDER - Recital fees, which were due with registration but extendable in some cases to December 1, 2009, are now past due. Dancers’ costumes cannot be ordered in December without full payment (only one order is placed due to the time, amount of work, and detail involved in the process, as well as tax, shipping/handling costs, and the true possibility of non-receipt in time). We will measure in class during the first week of December, and orders will be placed immediately following. Costumes tend to take three to four months for delivery, and photos are made in early April, so early order placement is essential. We also are at the mercy of costume companies, as the later the order is placed, we take a huge chance that orders will not be received in time. Please understand our time restraints and help by getting recital fees in by December 1st. Again, costumes WILL NOT BE ORDERED unless full payment is received by December 1st, 2009. Payments received after December 1st are subject to late fees. Please check with Ms. Madison if you think there may be a balance on account for this. This recital fee is separate from the holiday program’s attire.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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Announcing our Dates for our 2009-10 Productions!!
* ”Holiday Happiness” - our studio-wide holiday production, two performances, Saturday, December 19, 2:00 and 7:00 pm, Zuver Center for Performing Arts, Mount de Sales Academy, Macon. Dress rehearsal Friday, December 18, 5:30 pm, Zuver Center. VERY SUCCESSFUL!! Thank you to our volunteers, parents, donors, and community for your wonderful support!!
PLEASE SEE OUR WEB PAGE “PRODUCTIONS” FOR REHEARSAL DAYS/TIMES.
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* “Swan Lake Selections” - our annual spring ballet, Saturday, April 10, two performances 2:00 and 7:00 pm, with Guest Artists from the Colorado Ballet, Denver, and Atlanta Festival Ballet! Zuver Center, Macon.
Dress rehearsal Friday, April 9, 5:30 pm. AUDITIONS: Saturday, November 7 - see “Productions” web page for level times.
* Our annual Recital - Saturday, June 5, 2010, two Acts - 2:00 and 4:00 pm, Zuver Center, Macon. Dress rehearsal Friday, June 4, 2:00 and 4:00 pm
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Become a Friend of The Madison Studio - Dance Education on Facebook!!
On Facebook: The Madison Studio;
I Freakin’ Love The Madison Studio (thanks to Grey Henson!)
On Twitter: madisondance
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Kudos to our alum GREY HENSON, who is choreographing an original dance piece to showcase the talents of the lighting design majors at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. He and two friends (a boy and a girl) are depicting musical notes that have fallen off the musical scale and must find their way back on. What an original idea - but we always knew Grey to be very creative!! Thinking of you, Grey!!
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See some beautiful photos of the dancers from Denver’s Colorado Ballet on their website:
www.coloradoballet.org link: www.fortmorgantimes.com/ci_13399704
(click photo to enlarge)
Congratulations to Faith Madison for being chosen as ”the face of the Arts” for Denver Arts Week, and for her television appearance for Colorado Ballet’s ”Don Quixote”!
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Now available: Madison Studio warm-ups (jacket &/or pants)!!
Limited availability/adult sizing: Embroidered purple lightweight fabric,with the studio name, Macon, GA on the back and front, (your name can be added free on the front placket, Ensemble & Junior members may also have “Ensemble” embroidered).
Jacket - $25, pants - $18, are of brushed tricot in purple with white trim.
Now displayed in our lobby!
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Registrations may be mailed or brought in by appointment before your dancer attends their first class. E-mail jmadison@madisondance.com for appointment times or if you have any questions, like to request a info packet, etc.
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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FACULTY and GUEST CHOREOGRAPHERS/MASTER CLASS TEACHERS FOR OUR 2009-10 dance year which begins August 10, 2009. Our studio wishes to expand our offerings for all our dancers, especially at the Pre-Professional level. Looking for experienced adult instructors who can teach intermediate/advanced Ballet and Pointe, and/or other dance forms. Please submit your resume to: Ms. Jane Madison, The Madison Studio-Dance Education, 890 Burrus Road, Macon, GA 31204, call 478-746-7100 or e-mail j.madison@madisondance.com to arrange an appointment.
Dancers and Parents - Please check this page often for postings of the latest news and scheduling for Madison Studio dancers, including recital and performance information.
Ensemble and Company news and scheduling notices will be listed on the Company/Ensemble page on this site.