Welcome to the news and information page for the Ballet Theatre of Toledo, Inc., updated July, 2008. Summer Intensive Ballet Theatre of Toledo is pleased to offer its third annual Summer Intensive. We are happy to welcome our guest teachers: July 14th-18th Peter Merz, Cynthia Ridler (Point Park University) July 21st-25th Dawnell Dryja, Attila Mosolygo (Grand Rapids Ballet) July 28th-Aug 1st Jay Goodlett, Tricia Sundbeck (Cincinnati Ballet) Aug 4th-8th Anna Resnik, Alexei Kremnev (Southold Dance Theater) Summer Classes Join us for ballet over the summer. We are even offering a brand new ballet class for Boys ages Kindergarten through nine years old. Visit our class schedule page for times and levels. Music Under the Stars Mark your calenders, Ballet Theatre's Company dancers will be performing original Nigel Burgoine choreography accompanied by Toledo Symphony musicians at Music Under the Stars on Sunday August 31st. It is Rodgers and Hammerstein night at the Zoo's Amphitheatre and admission is free!!!! The concert begins at 7:30pm. Nutcracker 2008 Join us for Nigel Burgoine's holiday classic "The Nutcracker" on Saturday, November 29th at 7:00pm and Sunday November 30th at 2:00pm. Yes, it is Thanksgiving weekend! Celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday, shop on Friday and then gather up the family on the weekend for a beautiful and spectacular performance of "The Nutcracker". It is the perfect way to kick off the holiday season. Performances will be held at the Maumee Performing Arts Center and tickets will be sold at the Ballet Theatre of Toledo studio. Golf Outing fundraiser BTT is having its fourth annual fundraising Golf outing at Ottawa Park Golf course on Saturday, September 13th at 4:00pm. Cost is $45 for a team of two and includes a hot dog, chips and a drink. Parents hit the ball and children putt; it's as easy as that! Raffle items will be available and all proceeds go towards "Nutcracker" improvements. Call BTT studios to reserve your place. (419) 861-0895. 2007-2008 Company. Ballet Theatre of Toledo is proud to announce their Company, Apprentice and Trainee members for the 2007-2008 Season. Company: Kelsey Carpenter, Alana Hatcher, Kalina Hillard, Mallory Pettee, Hannah Robinette, Maria Snell, Sarah Squillante and Jenny Yonkof. Apprentice: Shauna Cook, Caitlin Riley, Josyln Tijerina and Emma Wolff. Trainees: Lauren Burns, Jenna Frederick, Akaicia Gerken, Emily Hostetler, Amy MacMillan and Hannah Meyers. BTT Board. Ballet Theatre of Toledo's Annual General Meeting was held September 16, 2007. The Board of Trustees and Executive Directors were elected. Congratulations and THANK YOU!!!! Our 2007-2008 Board of Directors and Trustees are follows: President - Larry Gerken Vice-President - David Sipes Treasurer - Michael Urbanski Secretary - Lynn Ritter. The other board members are: Joe Albrechta Greg Hazelton Marcia Loader Pam Pettee Lindsay Smith Amy Sujkowski and Linda Yonkof. Board Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm at the studio. All members are welcome to attend. WEB SITE. As our host server and webmaster are telling us, search engine results are bringing us to more and more computer screens across the world. We are looking to add more pages to the web site soon, with dancer biographies, acceptance results into ballet schools across the country and a corporate sponsor links page. If you have any suggestions ideas or thoughts on our site please e-mail us at info@BalletTheatreofToledo.org. Thank you.