Ballet Emmanuel dancers Alyssa Schneider, left, and Saratoga Sherlock leap high during their performance of "All Things New", an original Christian ballet combining classical and contemporary styles.
Ballet Emmanuel, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Christian Ballet company, treated an audience to the world of inspirational dance at the Platte Valley Community Center Sunday evening.
The night began with three Christian-themed choreographed dance performances featuring local Platte Valley children aged 4 and up. The girls, separated into three age groups, learned their dances during special workshops earlier that Sunday.
The Ballet Emmanuel dancers, Erin Benson, Alyssa Schneider and Sarah Sherlock, then engaged in "All Things New", an original Christian ballet concert combining classical and contemporary styles.
The event was sponsored by the Platte Valley Arts Council, which received a grant from the Carbon County School District No. 2 Recreation Board to provide free registration for children attending the workshop. The council also paid Ballet Emmanuel's performance fee.
Schneider said she was pleased to see how quickly the children learned the dances taught.
"I love working with the kids, because it's so rewarding to see the kind of progress they make even within a day," she said. "It's crazy how much they pick up and retain, and we get calls from parents who say they've practiced the dance for a whole week after we left."
Sherlock said she was happy to see such enjoyment from the child dancers during practice, and the audience members during performance.
"For me the best part was just seeing the joy on their faces while we're teaching them, and when we perform, just seeing the eyes of the audience," she said.
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