Let’s Move Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Present Botanical Ballet Virtual Dance Class

For Immediate Release: Wed., May 19

Contact:

Joe Reed | Director of Marketing and Communications
412-622-6915, ext. 3801 | jreed@phipps.conservatory.org

Katie Drozynski | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Media Relations & Content Marketing Manager
412-454-9117 | kdrozynski@pittsburghballet.org

 

Let’s Move Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Present Botanical Ballet Virtual Dance Class
Children Are Invited to a Fun Family Virtual Creative Movement Class Featuring Dances from Don Quixote

Pittsburgh, PA – On Sat., June 12, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Let’s Move Pittsburgh invite children ages 3 – 7 to bring the magic of ballet into their home at Botanical Ballet Virtual Dance Class, an hour-long virtual creative movement class featuring dances from the Don Quixote ballet. Boys and girls will enjoy all of these fun activities:

• Learn ballet basics and a fun dance with instructors from PBT's Education Department
• Take a look inside of a ballet studio
• Watch a demonstration of two solos from the Don Quixote ballet
• Enjoy story time with a reading of the Don Quixote ballet story
• Make a fun fan craft to dance with
• Enjoy a story about troll friends Fen and Ivy taking an adventure through Phipps Conservatory

Virtual admission is $12 for nonmembers and $8 for Phipps members and PBT subscribers (price is per household). Two sessions are offered: one at noon and one at 2 p.m. Each session lasts about an hour. Advance registration is required. This class is recommended for children ages 3 – 7. Phipps members and PBT subscribers will receive an email with a discount code for this event.

As the featured June event of Let's Move Pittsburgh, Botanical Ballet Virtual Dance Class brings children and grownups together for an hour of active fun with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre instructors. Let's Move Pittsburgh recommends family fitness to improve children’s health in the region.

For more information and to register, visit phipps.conservatory.org/BotanicalBallet.

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About Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has been Pittsburgh’s premier professional ballet company since 1969. Today, PBT is a nationally recognized ballet company of 30 professional dancers, a training institution for over 1,200 students of all ages, and an incubator for education and accessibility programs in classrooms, libraries and community centers throughout the region. The company performs a wide-ranging repertoire of classical ballets, contemporary masterworks and new commissions in more than 50 performances annually at home and on tour.

About Phipps: Founded in 1893, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, PA is a globally recognized green leader with a mission to inspire and educate all with the beauty and importance of plants; to advance sustainability and promote human and environmental well-being through action and research; and to celebrate its historic glasshouse. Encompassing 15 acres including a historic 14-room glasshouse, 23 distinct indoor and outdoor gardens and industry-leading sustainable architecture and operations, Phipps attracts more than half a million visitors annually from around the world. Learn more at phipps.conservatory.org.

Watch TEDx: What We Can Learn From an Old Glasshouse: A look at the evolving way we connect people to nature at Phipps, demonstrate how human and environmental health are inextricably connected, and show that to age gracefully, we must continually reinvent ourselves to evolve with the rest of the world.