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By KRISTIN TRAVAGLINE of The Saratogian
Friday, July 15, 2011

Inexpert twirls, frilly tulle and giggles are likely perceptions of young ballerinas.
But the 11-year-old Mahogany Akita obliterates these clichés through her role in the New York City Ballet’s performances of “Circus Polka” and “Magic Flute.”

By MAREESA NICOSIA, The Saratogian
Monday, May 4, 2009

“Glissade, assemblé, changement, changement.”
Student after student in leotard and tights, each with a green paper number pinned to his or her chest, glided and leaped under the discriminating eye of Garielle Whittle, the children’s ballet mistress for the New York City Ballet.

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Friday, January 16, 2009 First Night Saratoga in Saratoga Springs, NY. The African Experience. Saratoga City Ballet. The Joey Thomas Big Band. Spa City Swingers. Tango Fusion Dance Company. Scott Johnson Mayor Of Saratoga Springs, NY. Jim Tedisco Albany Assemlyman. Saratoga YMCA. Dancing. Shows. Word of Mobile.

The Saratogian
Thursday, December 11, 2008

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga City Ballet Company will present its 16th annual production of “The Nutcracker” Dec. 12 through 14 at Skidmore College Dance Theatre.

This year’s production features new sets, including a magical, growing Christmas tree, beautiful costumes and new choreography. The cast is made up of emerging young dancers from the Saratoga City Ballet Company and School...

By WENDY LIBERATORE, The Daily Gazette
Sunday, November 30, 2008
(Photograph: Bruce Squiers)
Technically speaking, William Otto is retired from the stage. But when you love performing as much as he does, it doesn’t take much to prod you back into the theater....

By WENDY LIBERATORE of The Daily Gazette
Sunday, February 24, 2008

Eve Whelchel is glad to have had a professional performing career. But unlike most ballerinas, she feels most at home, not on stage, but in the studio as a teacher....

By MAE BANNER of The Saratogian
Sunday, May 21, 2006

Now, here¹s a word for the ballet dads. These are the guys who offer support behind the scenes -- in fact, they often build the scenes for productions like Saratoga City Ballet's recent 'Little Red Riding Hood,' performed to full houses at the Skidmore College Dance Theater...

By MAE G. BANNER of The Saratogian
Friday, May 20, 2005

Dancers from around New York state, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont, all with at least three years of ballet studies behind them, demonstrated their skills and abilities to take directions quickly. The finalists will dance the roles of fireflies and other forest creatures in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' or will appear as miniature commedia dell' arte characters in 'Harlequinade.'...

By MAE G. BANNER of The Saratogian
Tuesday, December 21, 2004

With a cast of about two dozen beautifully trained dancers, a logical story line fine-tuned by new SCB directors Julie P. Gedalecia and Eve D. Whelchel, sophisticated costume design and lovely painted backdrops, this polished 'Nutcracker' is appealing precisely because it is small-scale...

By MAE G. BANNER of The Saratogian
Friday, April 18, 2003

The dancers, ages 10 to 17, were selected by Garielle Whittle, Children's Ballet Mistress of NYCB, from among 155 young ballet students who auditioned April 13 in the Swyer Studios at the National Museum of Dance...

By MAE G. BANNER of The Saratogian
Saturday, April 12, 2003

Francesca Eisenhauer, 10, and her sister Rachel, 16, have studied ballet for several years -- each since she was 4 years old -- first in Boston and now with Patti Henderer, director of Saratoga City Ballet...

By MAE G. BANNER of The Saratogian
Friday, May 3, 2002

Nine little girls in black leotards sit cross-legged, one behind the other, like cars in a child's toy train. Right hand curled, each girl is rhythmically scratching the back of the child in front of her...