Ajkun Ballet Theatre Announces Spring 2014 Lineup

Ajkun Ballet Theatre has announced their Spring 2014 Performance Calendar, which includes Women Dancing Through History, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Revolution.

Women Dancing Through History is AjkunBT's Historic Place Face to Face Series. In recognition of March as Women's History Month, AjkunBT presents a special performance evoking the lives of three prominent women from American history associated with St. Paul's -- Anne Hutchinson, Abigail Adams and the indomitable Eleanor Roosevelt. An Introductory lecture is offered at 1pm by a historian with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library. Women Dancing Through History is a 45 minute production. It will take place Saturday, March 8 at 2:00pm at St. Paul's Historic Site at 897 South Columbus Avenue in Mount Vernon, NY. It is a free event, and tickets can be acquired at http://www.nps.gov/sapa/planyourvisit/events.htm or by calling 914-667-4116.

Midsummer Night's Dream is a truly magical and irresistibly funny ballet of Shakespeare's masterpiece. Touching, joyously inventive and particularly close to Shakespeare's heart, Midsummer Night's Dream is filled with the most delightful creatures on a roller coaster of emotional depth and humor in this premiere by Ajkun Ballet Theatre choreographed by Chiara Ajkun. Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1 hour production. It will take place Friday, April 11 at 7:00pm and Saturday April 12 at 2:00pm at the Whitney Theater at New Rochelle High School at 265 Clove Road in New Rochelle, NY. Tickets are $15.00 for adults, $15.00 for children, and $20.00 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=MID51 or by calling 212-868-4444.

Midsummer Night's Dream - Face to Face Series affords the audience a close-up to the performers in the intimacy of our studios. Tickets for this event go on sale February 2014. This is a 1 hour production. The production will take place Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30pm, Friday, April 18 at 7:30pm, and Saturday April 19 at 7:30pm at City Center Studios at 130 West 56th Street in New York City. Tickets are $20.00 for adults, $20.00 for children, and $25.00 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=MID53 or by calling 212-868-4444.

Revolution is passion and power in a post apocalyptic ballet. Leonard Ajkun's newest, science-fiction, contemporary ballet is about human power in surviving a post-apocalyptic world. Passion, hope and retribution will keep you stuck to you seat watching the protagonists altering the political landscape of the continent.
Revolution is a 1 hour 10 minutes production. It will take place Wednesday May 21 at 8:00pm, Thursday, May 22 at 8:00pm, and Friday, May 23 at 8:00pm at MMAC Theater at 248 West 60th Street in New York City. Tickets are $29.00 and $35.00 at the door. They can be purchased at http://www.ticketfly.com/search/?q=ajkun+ballet+theatre or by calling 877-987-6487.

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