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DANCE

Ballet camps

Monday is the registration deadline for June 10-14 and 17-21. summer dance camps at Western Arkansas Ballet, 4701 Grand Ave., Fort Smith:

“Nutcracker” ballet camp, for ages 4-5, 10 a.m. to noon June 10-14, including daily ballet technique class with explorations of music, dance history, nutrition, creative expression and dance vocabulary, culminating in a short studio performance on the final day. The cost is $85.

“Copplia” ballet camp, for ages 6-7, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., June 10 to 14, with a similar program and a short performance on the last day. $85.

“Cinderella” ballet camp, for ages 8-9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., June 17 to 20. Same areas of study and a short studio performance on the last day. $100.

Elev Dance Workshop for ages 10-15, 9:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. June 17-21, offering expanded dance knowledge and skills in ballet and jazz with an extended technique class and additional lessons to help improve all aspects of dance training, plus lessons in stage makeup and hairstyling, a vocabulary lesson and choreography pieces from “The Nutcracker” and other ballets, and a “Jeopardy” game and showcase » of the last day. $175.

Registration forms are available at the studio or online at waballet.org/dance-academy.

Soprano Angel Blue sings the role of Bess with bass-baritone Eric Owens as Porgy in the Metropolitan Opera's 2020 production of George and Ira Gershwin's “Porgy and Bess,” hitting theater screens Aug. 14 as as a reminder of “Met Live!” (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Metropolitan Opera)

MUSIC

Opera in the Ozarks

Opera in the Ozarks The Summer Music Festival and Opera Training Program has scheduled 22 fully staged and costumed opera performances from June 21 to July 19 at Inspiration Point, 16311 US 62 West, overlooking Beaver Lake, in 5 miles west of Eureka Springs.

Programming :

“La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi, June 21, 27, 29; and July 2, 7, 10, 13 and 19.

“The Crucible” by Robert Ward, June 22, 26, 30; and July 5, 8, 12 and 17.

The double bill of “Beauty and the Beast” by Vittorio Giannini and “The Child and the Sortilges” by Maurice Ravel, June 25 and 28; and July 1, 6, 9, 14 and 18.

Evening performances at Inspiration Point take place at 7:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday matinees.

Singers and orchestral musicians from across the country gather at Inspiration Point each summer; This season's cast includes 34 singers performing with a 25-person orchestra.

There will also be more than a dozen performances of a touring production, John Davies' “Little Red's Most Unusual Day,” set to music by Jacques Offenbach and Gioacchino Rossini, at venues in northwest Arkansas, including libraries, schools, retirement centers and more. . The season also includes a chamber music concert July 15 at Inspiration Point and two Broadway cabarets, one at 7 p.m. July 11 at Mount Sequoyah, 150 N. Skyline Drive, Fayetteville, with heavy hors d'oeuvres; the other at 6 p.m. July 16 at the Crescent Hotel, 75 Prospect Ave., Eureka Springs, which will include dinner.

Single opera tickets are $25 and $30 with discounts for children and students under 18. Tickets for the Fayetteville cabaret are $60; for Eureka Springs Cabaret, $75. Tickets for chamber music concerts are $20, with discounts for children and students as well. Call (479) 253-8595 or visit opera.org.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2016 production of Giacomo Puccini's “Turandot” is an encore of “Met Live! in HD” hitting theater screens Aug. 7. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Metropolitan Opera)

Reminders of “Met Live”

For four consecutive Wednesdays, from July 24 to August. On the 14th, Fathom Events and the Metropolitan Opera will screen Summer 2024 rehearsalsfeaturing four past performances of the popular “Met Live in HD” film series, all at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Razorback Cinema in Fayetteville:

July 24: 2018 filmcast of “La Bohme” by Giacamo Puccini, with soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the role of Mim and tenor Michael Fabiano in the role of Rodolfo.

July 31: 2014 cinema screening of “La Cenerentola” by Giacchino Rossini, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the title role and tenor Juan Diego Flrez in the role of her prince charming.

August 7: 2016 filmcast of “Turandot” by Puccini, with soprano Nina Stemme, tenor Marco Berti and soprano Anita Hartig.

August 14: 2020 filmcast of “Porgy and Bess” by George and Ira Gershwin, with soprano Angel Blue and bass-baritone Eric Owens.

Visit athomevents.com/series/the-met-live-in-hd-summer-encores.

TICKETS

“Miss Dee's Kitchen”

Katrina A. Walker's touring stage comedy “Miss Dee's Kitchen” will be on stage at 8 p.m. Sept. 21 at Little Rock's Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. on Broadway. Walker, originally from Akron, Ohio, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, plays the title character, with a cast including Tony Grant, Samson Logan and Nia Dorsey. Tickets range from $54 to $100, via Ticketmaster.com.

Chenoweth concert

Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth performs favorite songs from her stage and screen career as well as selections from her 2021 album “HAPPINESS is…Christmas!” 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, 495 W. Dickson St. Broadway Season Subscribers and Friends of the Walton Arts Center will have first chance to purchase tickets – $59 to $139; they will go on sale to the public later this summer. Visit Waltonartscenter.org.