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About LCB
Vision and Goals Statement: Denise Vogt, Artistic
Director
Lakeville City Ballet ("LCB") introduces the art of high
quality, professional-grade dance to Minnesota communities
not typically served by Twin City groups, particularly
in the South Metro area-thus educating and enriching the
lives of children and adults in our community. LCB provides
first-hand exposure to the beautiful artistry, discipline
and athleticism of ballet and other dance forms, through
a series of high caliber performances ranging in style
from classical to contemporary. The performances feature
a mix of professionals and student performers and members
of the community. Lakeville City Ballet also engages in
a variety of community outreach initiatives.
Outreach - We educate
and interact with children with Outreach "Mobile Shows" that
will tour the elementary school system. These shows incorporate
Art, Dance, Music and History into appropriate presentations
for the public schools in this area.
Nutcracker Ballet - LCB performs a
traditional, full-length Nutcracker Ballet to full houses
on Thanksgiving weekend. This production, originally
produced by Dance Works Performing Arts Center, is celebrating
10 years; three years by Lakeville City Ballet. Each
year a complimentary performance of The Nutcracker is
offered for the 4th Graders in our area. We are expanding
the repertoire of the Company, with these favorite classics,
Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty .
Summer Dance Festival -
As part of meeting LCB's community outreach goals, we annually
sponsor and produce Lakeville's A Summer Dance Festival.
This program provides area students with an additional opportunity
to perform and share the art of dance in a non-competitive
environment. Area dance schools are invited to participate. Back
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About
Denise Vogt, Artistic Director
Denise Vogt, Lakeville City Ballet’s
Artistic Director, trained in her native England under principal
dancers from the English Royal Ballet and Ballet Rambert.
She also studied theater, drama, and dance for three years
at The London Studio Center, and was a finalist for the
Tom Merryfield Award in
London. Denise holds Associate Teaching Certificates from
the Royal Academy of Dance in Elementary, Intermediate and
Advanced Ballet.
Denise began her professional dance career
at the age of 19, when she left England and joined the Kiel
Ballet Ensemble in Germany. She spent the next seven years
in Germany, where she also danced with the Osnabrück
Contemporary Dance Theater and the State Theater Kassel
Ballet. Denise danced in a wide range of ballets and contemporary
pieces, including solo roles in such varied works as Peer
Gynt, Swan Lake,
Fancy Free, Nutcracker,
Giselle, and as the young
Isadora Duncan in Life of Isadora.
She also performed in the stage musicals West
Side Story, The Man from
La Mancha, and Chicago.
Denise has taught master classes in England,
Germany and Los Angeles. Since moving to the USA in 1989,
Denise has taught at many Twin Cities schools, including
the University of Minnesota, the Classical Ballet Academy
of Minnesota in St. Paul, and the St. Paul Public School
System. She was on the faculty at Ballet Arts Minnesota
for twelve years, and teaches company class for Minnesota
Dance Theater. In 1995 Denise became the Director of Ballet
at Dance Works Performing Arts Center in Lakeville, home
of Lakeville City Ballet.
In addition to dancing and teaching,
Denise has over twenty years’ choreographic experience;
she has choreographed over 30 pieces for both professional
companies and schools, in England, Germany, and the USA.
Since 1996 she has been the Artistic Director and primary
choreographer of Dance Works’ annual full-length The
Nutcracker ballet, which will
be presented by Lakeville City Ballet starting in 2003.
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Corporate
/ Officers and Directors
Lakeville City Ballet is a non-profit arts
organization consisting of dancers from area schools,
Sponsors of the community, and local professionals, dedicated
to the artistic education and enrichment of members of
Minnesota communities. LCB was incorporated in the state
of Minnesota on July 29, 2003, and is a tax-exempt organization
as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code. Supporters may deduct contributions to LCB as provided
in section 170 of the Code. Bequests, legacies, devises,
transfers, or gifts to LCB are deductible for Federal
estate and gift tax purposes if they meet the applicable
provisions of sections 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Code.
LCB’s
Officers and Board of Directors (2007):
Denise Vogt,
President, Artistic Director, and Board Member
Andrea Sjogren, Secretary and Board Member
Paul Atwell , Treasurer and Board Member
Frederick "Rick" Vogt, Board Chair
Jackie Fritz, Board Member
Robin Kalal, Board Member
Jim Mihalek, Board Member
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