Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet

What an honor it was to have Robin Pettersen, Richard Walters and Fernanda Yamaguchi working with us the past 2 weeks! We are so grateful to all of them for their genius creativity and guidance of our dancers. 🌟🤍

Thank you to those of you who were able to come support the dancers at last Friday’s informal showing! Mark your calendars for Friday, October 30 to see Richard’s, Robin’s, and the students’ new works (plus some surprises) at Fall for Dance! 🍂🧑‍🩰

You’re invited to our informal showing this Friday evening! Come see what our dancers and choreographers have created in the past 2 weeks. 🌀🩰💫

Find all the info below. The showing is free and open to all!

We had a wonderful week this past week, beginning our third annual Choreographic Mentorship Residency! We’re so lucky to have Robin Pettersen and Richard Walters mentoring our students’ works again this year, AND Fernanda Yamaguchi of Madison Ballet teaching the students too! 🧑‍🩰

Next week, Richard will begin setting a brand new work on the dancers, as the student choreographers continue work on their pieces. All of these works plus an excerpt of Robin’s new work will be performed at our Informal Showing next Friday 9/4 at 7:00pm at John M. Hall Auditorium. The showing will be free and open to the public! 🌟

Do you have everything on your dance checklist for the new school year? 🧑🏼‍🐰‍🧑🏽

🔲 pink tights (20% OFF!)
🔲 ballet slippers
🔲 black leotard
🔲 favorite leotard
🔲 ballet skirt
🔲 hair pins
🔲 dance bag
🔲 ___________

Come stock up at Second Skin Shop’s pop-up store this Wednesday, 8/19 from 3-6 pm at the CTAC studio.

Second Skin will also be offering 20% off all tights and pointe shoes! 🧑‍🩰🩰

A few final shots from summer intensives! 🧑‍🩰✨

16 years ago, our Ms. Heather was awarded the 2010 Dance Teacher award (private studio category) presented by Dance Magazine in New York City!

We are forever grateful for Ms. Heather’s dedication and commitment to educating the next generation of dancers. The lives she’s touched in so many ways are nothing short of incredible. ♥️

https://dance-teacher.com/dance-teacher-award-recipients/

3️⃣ different events are happening in Petoskey this week that will close out our year-long celebration of the Martha Graham Dance Company's 100th anniversary! 🌟

☕️ Thursday, August 20 at 10:00 am, Peter Sparling will be holding a Coffee @ 10 lecture in CTAC's Gilbert Gallery. Learn more about Peter's artistic background and how he considers his audience as a creator.
https://www.crookedtree.org/events-and-exhibitions/events/?page=1&location=petoskey -list

📚 Later on Thursday, 8/20 from 1:00-3:00 pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers will be hosting a FREE in-store meet and greet and book signing with Peter, who wrote the text for the book, “Martha Graham Dance Company 100 Years.” Learn more about the book and purchase your copy through McLean & Eakin today!
https://mcleanandeakin.com/event/2026-08-20/peter-sparling-martha-graham-dance-company-100-years

💃 Finally, Saturday, August 22 is our final Graham100 performance, 7:00 pm at Bay View's Hall Auditorium!
The performance features two of Graham's iconic works: “Appalachian Spring Suite” (1944), and “Lamentation” (1930) as well as “Our Own American Document,” an original work of Peter's modeled after Graham's 1938 masterwork, American Document, which illuminates the rich history of the Little Traverse Bay area.
https://crookedtree.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F4980