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COUNTER PRODUCTIONS!

PO BOX 1925
Provincetown, MA 02657
ph: 508 487 4218
fax: 508 487 2698

Artists In Training Program

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                  THE GIFT OF ART!

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  • YOUTH BALLET AGES 8-12

    STUDENTS LEARN THE TECHNICAL SKILLS AND ARTISTRY OF BALLET AND HAVE FUN!                           TUES AND THURS  4-5:15 
    SATURDAYS  10 - 11:15 AM  CLASS FEE $10.00   

  • ADULT/TEEN BALLET AGES 13++

    OPEN TO ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE  WHETHER IT BE BEGINNING DANCE TRAINING OR REVISITING PREVIOUS TRAINING.                                                                    TUES AND THURS 5:30 - 7PM 

  • BEGINNING JANUARY 19

    SATURDAY CLASSES IN THEATRE ARTS

    YOUTH BALLET 10-11:15Patrick Notaro, Gregg Saulnier

    THE FOLLOWING ARE 8 WEEK CLASS OFFERINGS: SORRY NO DROP INS!

    YOUTH ACTING  11-12:30 Judith Partelow     $100.00 

    ADULT ACTING  1-2:30     Judith Partelow     $120.00

    MUSICAL THEATRE 3-5   Casey Sanderson    $150.00

    SCENE STUDY AND TECHNICAL THEATRE

  • JUDITH PARTELOW
    YOUTH AND ADULT ACTING

    An accomplished actress, director and acting coach for children and adults, Judith Partelow is a long-time member of AEA, SAG and AFTRA. She’s performed in hundreds of theater productions and has credentials in commercial film, television and voiceover. She’s directed dozens of plays and staged readings, and in the past has been a member of the drama faculty of the Cape Cod Conservatory, the Cape Cod Community College, the Academy of Performing Arts and the New Provincetown Players. She was a co-producer of the Cape Cod Poets and Actors Workshops (CCPAWS) that functioned for several years under Arts Lottery Grants to bring plays and storytelling into Cape Cod schools.
     On Cape she’s performed with: Academy of Performing Arts, Barnstable Comedy Club, The Bluestone Actors’ Project, Cape Rep, Eventide Productions, HJT, NPP, Payomet, Provincetown Rep, PTC, and WHAT. Among off-Cape companies are the Nora Theater Company and Wheelock Family Theater.

  • CASEY SANDERSON
    MUSICAL THEATRE

    Faculty of the Provincetown High School Music Department, Casey has been a part of the Provincetown Theater Company  productions of Hair, Cabaret, Bat Boy and Streakin’.   He began his relationship with Counter Productions, last summer as musical director for the musical, Bingo.

  • Gregg Saulnier
    Youth and Adult Ballet

    Gregg Saulnier began his dance career with Festival Ballet Providence under the direction of Christine Hennessy during which time he performed with Island Moving Company under Miki Ohlsen’s direction.  He later joined Ballet Internationale, Indianapolis under the direction of Russian Ballet stars Eldar Aliev and Irina Kolpakova where he danced a variety of classical and contemporary roles.  His most recent dance credits are with Cincinnati Ballet where he retired from full time performing in 2004.
    Some of Gregg’s favorite roles included Drosselmeyer, Russian & Chinese in Val Caniparoli’s The Nutcracker, King Louis XIV in Andre Prokovsky's The Three Musketeers, the Rook in Eldar Aliev’s A Thousand and One Nights, Lyla York's Rapture, Balanchine's Who Cares? (demi-solo man), Nils Christe's (Netherlands Dance Theatre) SYNC, Glory, Glory solo from James Truitte's With Timbrel and Dance, Moorish Pas de Deux in Balancine’s La Sonnombula, Johnny in Paul Taylor’s Company B, Val Caniparoli’s Lambarena, Alberto Alonso’s Carmen, Agnes DeMille’s Rodeo, Adam Houghland’s Beyond, John Butler’s Carmina Burana, Betrothal Pas de Deux in Kirk Peterson’s Coppelia, and Paris in Victoria Morgan’s Romeo & Juliet.
    Mr. Saulnier has had the privilege of working with some great artists including Kirk Peterson, Raymond Lukens, Irina Chistyakova, Bart Cook, Sir Frederick Franklin, Val Caniparoli and Devon Carney.  Gregg was appointed to Director of the Otto M. Budig Academy of Cincinnati Ballet where he served from August, 2004 until October, 2005.

  • Patrick Notaro
    Youth and Adult Ballet

    Originally from Clinton, MA fell in love with dance as a young boy, but never had the opportunity to pursue lessons until the age of 19.  He began training at the Boston Conservatory and quickly started working with local companies including Copley Square Ballet, Boston Ballet and Festival Ballet of Rhode Island.  While at Festival Ballet, Patrick performed lead roles in classical and contemporary works under the direction of Prima Ballerina Christine Hennessy from 1983 until 1994.  In 1995, Mr. Notaro co-founded Providence Ballet with Eva Marie Pacheo.  He split his time teaching in Providence and performing in Indianapolis, IN and was soon invited to join Ballet Internationale, Indianapolis as a full time dancer.  There he had the privilege of working with world-renowned artists including Prima Ballerina Irina Kolpakova, and Artistic Director Eldar Aliev, both Principals with the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia.  Mr. Notaro and his partner Gregg Saulnier also served as co-Vice Principals of the Academy of Ballet Internationale.  In 1999, Patrick moved to Cincinnati, OH with Gregg to become a full time instructor at the Otto M. Budig Academy of Cincinnati Ballet.  There he was a highly favored teacher to the world-class dancers of Cincinnati Ballet and brought it’s Academy students to national acclaim taking top honors in a Chicago Ballet Competition including an award for “Best Ensemble” and “Outstanding Academy”.  Patrick is pleased to be sharing his creativity and experiences of past successes with the community of Provincetown.  His dream is to offer the best education to both children and adults and to cultivate the art of ballet to all dance lovers.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE TRAINING TO OUR STUDENTS.   ALL MEMBERS OF OUR FACULTY ARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS. 

READ ABOUT THEM FURTHER DOWN THIS PAGE. 

PO BOX 1925
Provincetown, MA 02657
ph: 508 487 4218
fax: 508 487 2698