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Local Dance Studio Performs 'The Wizard of Oz'
Simply Dancing students will perform classic at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, June 1.
If you're looking for some mid-week, family-friendly, summer break entertainment, 's company dancers will perform "The Wizard of Oz," at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, June 1, at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center. It is the students' last performance of the show.
Tickets are $15; $10 for children.
Several classes of dancers are part of Simply Dancing. The company dancers, who are between the ages of 8 and 18, are so called because they audition to be in the company, audition for roles in the ballet, participate in extra performances and rehearsals throughout the year, and dance several days a week.
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The studio's recreational dancers are between ages 3 and 15. They dance once a week and perform in the end- of-the-year-recital.
The studio also has two different adult levels: adult tappers, and the pre-pro/professional level adults.
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The students began rehearsing "The Wizard of Oz" in October. They performed the ballet once in February.
The show covers most of the story, and all of the lead roles: Dorothy, Auntie Em, Glenda, The Wicked Witch, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, the Winkies (castle guards). They also have the People of Emerald City, a group that is the tornado, the Munchkins, and of course, The Wizard himself. Two of the younger recreational students share the role of Toto.
