Booking Manager
Looking for the right person who has great communication skills and has knowledge in booking. This job would involve contacting presenters, providing all press materials for a sponsored booking to the presenter and following up. Developing a strong relationship with the presenter and negotiating contracts is necessary.

Executive Director
Looking for a recognized manager to lead this company to the next level. The job includes all aspects of the Administrative department. AC Ballet wants to hire an experience person in the performing arts industry to continue the vision of the company.
Please send Resume to:

ATT: Phyllis Papa
Ac Ballet
713 West Moss Mill Rd
Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215

Volunteers and Interns
Good people to do phone work, office filing, fundraising and computer work. Some compensation is available on commission basis for Fundraising.

Atlantic City Ballet is auditioning presently . Please call 609 8041995 for audition.
You can also send resume, dance photo, and video along with $30 for audition by mail.  The company does supply both student and work visas.

The Atlantic City Ballet holds auditions annually in New York City in March at the Ailey Studios located at 405 West 55th Street in New York City. This is an open audition in the form of a class. Women are required to dance en pointe and the men are required to do partnering at the end of the audition.
All dancers must provide a face photo and dance photo along with resume.

If you are unable to audition at that time please send a letter stating your reason for not auditioning and you may request a co class audition. Please include a resume, headshot, full body dance photo, and a DVD.

All correspondence should be sent to Phyllis Papa, 713 West Moss Mill Rd, Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215. You may also email your requests to ballerina@acbt.org

NUTCRACKER
The Nutcracker an annual event has been in the repertoire since 1982. Choreographed by Artistic Director Phyllis Papa with lighting design by Harley Halpern. It is performed locally as part of the Stockton State College's regular season. In addition, the production travels to theaters, colleges and casinos. The costumes and scenery are magnificent. It is a spectacular ballet worth seeing. Nutcracker is a family tradition that embodies the holiday spirit. It has been enjoyed by young and old, and remains the most well attended ballet in history. Many theatergoers make it an annual event to kick off the holiday season. It is based on the story of Hoffman to the music of Tchaikovsky. George Balanchine was the first to bring this ballet to the United States from Russia where it was initially unsuccessful. Nutcracker is now the most famous of all ballets.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
More than just a play; "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is Shakespeare at his best. In 1999 Miss Papa choreographed and director this play filled with actors, singers, and dancers in beautiful period costumes and exquisite scenery. In 2006 Phyllis Papa, choreographed A Midsummer Night's Dream as a ballet following the comic story line and remains in the repertoire for the AC Ballet.

HAMLET
William Shakespeare's play comes to life again with a full-length interdisciplinary production of original music and original choreography.

TEMPEST
The Tempest based on the story by William Shakespeare's is a comic play of humans shipwrecked on an island inhabited by mythical creatures and sprites. The production is a full-length interdisciplinary program including ballet repertoire with in the play itself, with original score by John Conforti and directed and choreographed by Phyllis Papa.

DRACULA
Dracula will premiere Fall 2006. Phyllis Papa's choreography is based on the story of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The story takes place in Eastern Europe when a young lawyer, Jonathan Harker is captured and imprisoned by Dracula. Dracula inspired by a photograph goes to London to meet Jonathan's fiancé Mina and victimize her. Dracula drains the life of Mina's best friend Lucy Westenera. Dr.Van Helsing leads all on his crusade to free Mina and the world from Dracula. The ballet takes place in the 15th century which is the time Dracula lived based on the story

THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
The Sorcerer's Apprentice was taken from a poem written by Goethe a German poet. This is a favorite story for children thanks to Disney. The ballet will be presented for the first time this October 2006 as a children's performance along with Night on bald Mountain.

NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN
Night on Bald Mountain is based on the music by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsk. This short ballet is placed on the children's program along with Sorcerer's Apprentice and Dance Macabre.

PETER AND THE WOLF
This children's favorite for all ages is filled with laughter and fun. The music is Prokofiev with choreography by Phyllis Papa. Both young and old enjoy Peter and the Wolf. The dancers are dressed in costume and masks representing the particular character that is being portrayed. The music also describes each member of the company, such as a duck by the oboe and Peter by the string section.

SLEEPING BEAUTY
This full-length production is among the favorites among dancers for all its variations and beautiful Tchaikovsky music. Phyllis Papa reset it using mostly her own new choreography and it is in three Acts.

SWAN LAKE
This is the full length of Swan Lake in four Acts. Phyllis Papa reset this wonderful classic using the ending where the Swans turn into young girls. It was first performed in Spring 2004 at the Richard Stockton College. Harley Halpern designed lightning for the ballet and the Music is the famous Tchaikovsky.

ABYSS
The choreography is by Stuart Hodes to the music of Richter. This ballet is based on the story by Leonid Andreyev with its moods of violence. Yet the theme is innocence too fragile and too beset by the perils of extreme youth and passion to survive a brutal encounter with bestiality.

AIRBORNE
Airborne marks the second piece in the company repertoire with music by Mike Oldfleld. It is a plot less contemporary work, which combines jazz, classical, Scottish, Russian, and Oriental overtones. Phyllis Papa choreographed it.

DRUMS
Vibrant swirling costumes and pulsing drumbeats characterize this phantasm of an African festival.

ECLIPSE
Eclipse is a rock ballet that is vibrant and exciting. Eclipse explores the contemporary and celebrates the summer solstice. The ballet takes place in the Nordic Lands where people experience six months of darkness. The celebration of light is one of the biggest Holidays of the year. The ballets climax is a very breathtaking pas de deux that finishes with the couple flying through the air in a lotus blossom.

IMPRESSIONS
Impressions set to the music by the Beatles, and choreographed by Phyllis Papa, is a tribute to John Lennon. It shows the athleticism of American dancers and their freedom and daring on stage.

MIDNIGHT
Premiered August 1998 to celebrate the island swim in Atlantic City. Midnight is a contemporary ballet with three lead dancers and a corps of ten dancers. It was choreographed by Phyllis Papa for Marilyn Korte with Christopher Kardell and Alicia Gomes.

STARS FOREVER
Choreographed by Phyllis Papa to the music of John Phillip Sousa
Stars Forever is an All American ballet full of fun, technique and daring. Choreographed to a series of well-known songs from American culture, Stars Forever is a ballet in eight movements with a grand finale of red, white and blue. There are five couples in the piece. The whole ballet is uplifting, exciting and is a great finisher for any program.

DIVERTIMENTO
Divertimento was choreography by Phyllis Papa. Divertimento is a classical pas de deux mixing 18' century dance form and contemporary style.

KARA
Choreography Phyllis Papa Music Albinoni Kara is a pas de deux about two lovers. It was first premiered in August 1986. Lyrical and flowing, the piece tells the story of the strong emotion between the dancers within their roles.

RENCONTRE
The music is Chopin and the choreography is Stephen Simmons. Rencontre is a classical pas de deux that portrays two lovers meeting after some time, reminiscing their past love affair and parting forever, knowing in their hearts they will never meet again.

CIRCUS
Circus is a story of a young girl who enters a circus late at night. She encounters clowns from centuries past and travels back in time. Although she appears normal just like you or I, she does not fit in their society. True to today's society, we learn that what appears beautiful to some, may not be to someone else. We are also reminded of our need to feel accepted by the society in which we live.

CONCERTO VIVALDI
Concerto Vivaldi a plot less ballet in five movements, displays a harmonious combination of classical and modern dance. Phyllis Papa received a fellowship grant for this work.

JUENESSE
Juenesse, which means youth, was originally choreographed by Phyllis Papa for the apprentices of the Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Theatre to show off their progress in dance. However it became so successful it was later set on the main company. The music is Handel.

LA FAMILIA
Music is Johan Pachelbel and choreography is by Phyllis Papa. La Familia shows the intricacies of family relationships in a group of four- mother, father, and adolescent son and daughter.

MOUNTAIN LEGEND
This ballet captures the flavor of life in a rural American town in the 1930's. The opening movement shows the affinity of the people to the earth and the weather. The strong story line dramatizes emotions and fife situations shared by all people everywhere. The story was written and choreographed by Phyllis Papa to the music of Aaron Copland.

PANOPLY
Choreography Phyllis Papa with music by Lynn Steinberg. Panoply is an array of short pieces of music. The ballet is plot less and has touches of humorous movements throughout. Panoply is the choreographer's interpretation of the music.

VALSE FANTASIE
Valse Fantasie was choreographed by George Balanchine to the music of Glinka. Valse Fantasie was premiered on January 5, 1953 in New York City. It is a plot less ballet, emphasizing grace and beauty.

CLEAR WATER
Choreographed by Phyllis Papa, for a fellowship grant she received from the New Jersey Council for the Arts. This little masterpiece to the orchestration of John Denver's music is a favorite to many. It is done in an American Indian style with three couples.

DANZON CUBANO
With music by Aaron Copland, Danzon Cubano is choreographed for three couples and emphasizes the Cuban culture and their stylish flair for movement Phyllis Papa choreographed it.

PAS DE TROIS
Choreography by Petipa and Music Tchaikovsky. This pas de trois, or dance for three is taken from Act I of "Swan Lake." It is an all time favorite among audiences everywhere.

TRINITY
Trinity is a ballet with beautiful lifts and beautiful music. It set with sections of trios. The musk is Rachmaninoff and the choreography is by Phyllis Papa.

COME JOIN THE DANCE
The excitement of dance and costumes of the Scottish Highlands brings theater audiences to their feet.

HUAPONGO
With music by Pablo Moncayo this ballet is full of life and color of a Mexican town at Fiesta time. It has two lead dancers and two couples.

TANGO
Tango a beautiful ballet in three movements captures the elegant tango done on pointe with both contemporary and classical movement. The music is traditional and the choreography is by director Phyllis Papa

SULHAH SHENTI
Sulhah Shenti means redemption.
Original music by John Conforti. Choreography by Phyllis Papa.
It demonstrates the unrest in the ancient Arabian world, which today's conflicts modern Middle East. The ballet's first two movements incorporate exciting lifts while the last three movements demonstrate the dancers' technique.

LES PATNUERS (the Skaters)
Les Patineurs is a ballet in one Act with Choreography by Frederick Ashton and the music by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The ballet shows just how ballet movement can imitate ice-skating. It is a light comic show of skaters in a 19th-century amusement park. The work was designed to show off virtuosity. There are four couples skating and having fun, a couple in love that displays a beautiful pas de deux, two girls, and a Green boy who is the show off on ice. The ballet ends with the snow beginning to fall and the two girls doing an incredible number of fouette's. The Green boy is challenged by their skill to turn faster and he is turning like a top when the curtain falls.

PAS DE DIX (dance for ten) this classical ballet is set to the music of Raymonda composed by Alexander Glazounov. It shows off the beautiful technique of the company
DANCE MACABRE is a unique children's ballet, which starts with skeletons coming to life and ends as it begins. This ballet is part of the children fall program with Sorcerer's apprentice and Night on Bald Mountain.

Atlantic City Ballet/'A Midsummer Night's Dream' ~ Diana Morse.

Though his tales are timeless, Shakespeare's English is complex enough to cause some to avoid his plays.

Not the case, however, for the Atlantic City Ballet, which presented the Bard's comic "A Midsummer Night's Dream' last Saturday at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, Allentown.
The company's lithe and beautiful troupe of more than 20 dancers, augmented with students from Emmaus-based Coral Nolan Academy of Dance, cleverly spun the enchanting tale of mismatched lovers, a well-meaning forest sprite, and...an ass.
Blond bombshell Jerry Pines as Oberon pulled off one gorgeous grand jete after another, and was a handsome complement to Janelle de Ment's Titania. Tamara de Ment was an extremely Puck-ish Puck. The striking brunette's innocent yet mischievous facial expressions alone spoke volumes. Pines and de Ment hit comic highs when Puck's error causing havoc among lovers Helena, Lysander, Demetrius and Hermia (danced by Jing-Jia Qian, Eduard Constantinescu, Jean Marc Ault-Riche and Suzanne Silver, respectively) is discovered. Pines' artful "lift and shake" paired with de Ment's wild flails equaled comedy of Shakespearean proportions.

DaVon Doane as Bottom played a convincing and loveable ass. Though surprised by the spell transforming him into the beast, Doane quickly took advantage of the part, romancing Titania with mincing yet powerful steps en pointe.

Atlantic City Ballet's productions are a welcome addition to the Valley's professional art scene.