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Tickets
Ticket prices are $10 each for adults and children in
advance or $12 each at the door directly before each
performance.
Tickets will be
available for sale starting November 15th, so get yours as soon as you can!
The below partners are where you can purchase tickets for the 2008
production of
The Nutcracker:
El Reno:
- Ross Seed Company (100 S. Choctaw Avenue)
Yukon:
-
Yukon National Bank, Yukon (401 W Elm, 1550 Garth Brooks
Blvd, 3501 Mustang Rd.)
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Midfirst Bank (Inside the Yukon Wal-Mart on Garth Brooks
Blvd / this MidFirst location only)
-
Yukon Parks and Recreation Department (532 W. Main in
Yukon)
Piedmont:
Mustang:
Oklahoma City:
-
Yukon National Bank (YNB Peoples, 6201 NW 23rd)
-
Yukon National Bank (YNB Quail),
12401 N. May
We regret we are not able to support online ticket orders at this time; we hope to
add this service in the future.
Our History
Originally founded in 1993 as the Yukon Civic Ballet,
The Central Oklahoma Ballet Company had humble beginnings—starting with only
a few dancers,
a shoestring
budget and performances
confined to a small venue.
Since then,
audiences, contributions, and sponsorships have grown, enabling the ballet
company to move to a larger venue—the Yukon Fine Arts Auditorium—and bring in
professional dancers for principal roles. We’ve also been able to expand
our costume inventory and enhance our sets and special effects. As support
for the production has grown, the board has expanded its vision of bringing the
beauty of dance to neighboring communities, and as a result, became the Central
Oklahoma Ballet.
Our Mission
We strive
to enhance the cultural life of
Central Oklahoma
through the beauty of classical dance
and the magic of
theater. Our goal
has been to develop local talent and provide a professional forum for local
dancers while exposing children of all walks of life to classical ballet, and to
do so at an affordable price. This annual holiday event provides a unique
opportunity for the local dancers to perform with national and international
professionals—much to the delight of audience members.
And, beginning in 2006, we began offering younger
dancers the rare opportunity to dance to the music of a live orchestra.
Contributions and
Sponsorships
Our goal is to
provide this cultural treat at the lowest cost possible to reach out to the
whole community. In order to do this, we depend on many great
supporters—businesses and individuals—to raise the thousands of dollars it costs
to put on a first class production.
Oklahoma Arts
Council
The Central Oklahoma
Ballet Company received a grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council to help support
the 2008 Nutcracker production. We appreciate their support.
Nutcracker Ball
The first-ever
Inaugural Nutcracker Ball was held September 15, 2006, to help raise funds to
hire the Oklahoma Community Orchestra. We
appreciate the help of numerous community volunteers who made this event a great
success.
The Second Annual
Nutcracker Ball is being held on Friday, September 20th at the Czech Hall , 205
N. Czech Hall Road, in Yukon, OK. The event is called "A Night in Hollywood.”
Hors d’oeuvres will be served at 7:00 pm. Wine and beer is available for
purchase. A silent and live auction will be held from 7:00-9:00pm. Dancing
with the Full Circle Band will be from 9:00pm-12:00 midnight. Coat and tie are
required. Tickets are only $30 per person. For more information, call 760-3808.
Nutcracker Ball tickets can be purchased at the following locations:
• Caught in the Brambles on Main Street in Yukon
• MidFirst Bank in the Yukon Wal-Mart
• All Yukon National Bank offices (Yukon and Oklahoma City)
Ballet Boutique
Before and after
each Nutcracker performance, and during intermission, our Ballet Boutique is
open, offering enchanting ballet and nutcracker items.
Sponsorships and
Program Advertising
Our growing audience
is a great place to promote your business or organization. We offer
advertising in our commemorative program at affordable rates, and program
recognition for our sponsors. Please contact us to learn more.
How to Contact Us
For more information
on tickets for this year’s production, or sponsorship opportunities for the 2008
production, please contact us:
• By phone:
405-354-1743
• By fax:
405-373-1531
• By mail: 519
Maple Street, Yukon, OK 73099
• Email us at
centralokballet@gmail.com
Photo Gallery
Be
sure to visit our
photo
gallery
by clicking on the "thumbnail" images below to see full-size
pictures of this
year’s guest artists as well as photos
from past
performances
of
the
Central Oklahoma Ballet!
Artistic
Director
Debra
Doran-Vossen, Artistic Director for Central Oklahoma Ballet, began her dance training at the age of five with Virginia Dove
Ramsel. She also received training from Yvonne Chateau, Miguel Terekow,
Maria Tallchief and Victoria Leigh. She has studied with Ballet Oklahoma, Ballet
West, Star Danias,
Douglas Wassell in New York City, and abroad with the Royal Dublin City Ballet
in Ireland. Debra earned her BFA in ballet from the University of Oklahoma
where she was a member of the ballet company now called Oklahoma Festival
Ballet.
Debra
has successfully owned and operated her own dance studio for over 20
years in Yukon, Oklahoma. Her students have received dance scholarships
from Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet,
University of Oklahoma, University of Central Oklahoma, Wichita State University
and Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute. Many of her students are currently in
professional companies, as well as choreographing and teaching.
Debra has directed
the Central Oklahoma Ballet’s productions of The Nutcracker since its inception
as the Yukon Civic Ballet in 1993.
Debra
has a strong commitment
to promoting arts and culture
in Central Oklahoma.
She continually hosts ballet guest artists, and
she
has coordinated
community art shows, community theatre performances and “Music under the Stars.”
She
is a past president of both the Yukon Art League and Old Central Culture
Council. Her goal is to create an enriching and supportive environment for
the arts.
Assistant Artistic
Director
Our
Assistant Artistic Director is Stephanie Currey, who has served in this position
for several years and is a teacher at the Doran-Vossen School of Dance. She is
also Assistant Director of Programs for the Oklahoma Arts Institute.
Our Board of Directors
The Central Oklahoma
Ballet Company is guided by a volunteer Board of Directors, led by President
Connie Yellowman, who has served in this position since December 2001.
The
Nutcracker is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council
and the National Endowment for the Arts. |
