Mr. Elie Lazar

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  Elie Lazar is currently the Montgomery Ballet Artistic Director. Before moving to Montgomery to direct The Montgomery Ballet, Mr. Lazar founded and directed the Joffrey Ensemble Dancers; the performance group associated with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City and founded LazarBalletNYC. Born in Israel, Mr. Lazar began his ballet training at age 17, with the Israel National Ballet Company. This led to appearances with the Israel National opera, the Haifa Ballet and the Inbar Dance Company. Dance fans are familiar with Mr. Lazar's work as a principal dancer with the New Jersey Ballet where, beginning in 1986, he was known for athletic roles in ballets such as Balanchine's Tarantella and Stars and Stripes, both coached by Edward Villella. He also danced the role of "Mercutio" in Romeo and Juliet and the principal role in Le Corsaire. In addition to his acclaim as a dancer, Mr. Lazar is building a reputation as a versatile and inventive choreographer. He received commissions to create ballets for the New Jersey Ballet Company, the Ruth Mitchell Dance Theatre, Atlanta's Georgia Youth Ballet, and Japan's Kumamoto Ballet. He was awarded a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts to create a new work for the Berkshire Albany Ballet. Mr. Lazar organized and trained students from the Joffrey Ballet School to form his first company. Since its inception in 2000, he has expanded the company's repertoire and commitments. Performances include works that Mr. Lazar choreographed specifically for the ensemble.
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  Also to his credit, Mr. Lazar designed a program of lecture demonstrations to educate school children about dance and the commitment required to pursue the art as a career. He teaches master classes and develops intensive dance programs that are presented as summer workshops or as part of week-long residency seminars that include public performances, lecture demonstrations, master classes and pas de deux classes, as well as general instruction. His teaching commitments include classes at the Joffrey Ballet School, Broadway Dance Center, Peridance NY, New Jersey Ballet, East Carolina University, University of Kansas City, Tokyo Ballet, Kumamoto Ballet, and SERBA. Mr. Lazar directs and supervises the Summer Intensive he founded. He strives to dispel the idea held by viewers that their individual preferences for one genre of ballet or another cannot be challenged. He contends that those who love traditional story ballets can enjoy modern "abstract" ballets (and visa versa) and endeavors to expand viewer's horizons to enjoy all types of dance.

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  Priscilla Crommelin-Ball, School Director and Elie Lazar, Artistic Director.

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  Elie Lazar Artistic Director, Montgomery Ballet

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  Under the direction of Elie Lazar, Artistic Director of Montgomery Ballet, Performance on the Green will feature classical & contemporary ballet pieces from the Montgomery Ballet's renowned repertoire.Featured ballet's include Night in the Tropics, with choreography by Elie Lazar and music from Gottschalk; Grande Divertissement from La Bayadére, with choreography by Elie Lazar, after Marius Petipa, and music by Minkus.
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  The premiere featured ballet of the evening will be the original piece by Mr. Lazar, How Far is 2 Far.

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  The second step was hiring Elie Lazar, a former principal dancer for the New Jersey Ballet Company and founder of the Joffrey Ensemble Dancers, as artistic director of Ballet Savannah.
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  With Lazar as the new face of the company, officials envision building and investing in the city's first locally owned and operated professional dance company since the Savannah Ballet Company relocated to Hilton Head Island in 1985.
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  "That's the goal," Lazar said."But it doesn't happen overnight."
  
  Indeed, Lazar will begin slowly by producing four programs at the Lucas Theatre, starting on Oct. 1, and featuring dancers already available to him from LazarBallet, his troupe based in the Big Apple.Over time, he hopes to build enough interest locally among supporters, patrons and enthusiasts to hire dancers from around the world - Germany, Brazil, Columbia, Korea, Israel and the U.S. - to relocate to Savannah.
  
  "I have a personal commitment to the art and a strong commitment to seeing this happen," Lazar said.
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  Elie Lazar: the profile
  
  He was born in Israel and began ballet training at age 17 with the Israel National Ballet Company.
  
  He has appeared with the Israel National Opera, the Haifa Ballet and the Inbar Dance Company.
  
  He is director of the LazarBallet in New York City.
  
  He founded and directed the Joffrey Ensemble Dancers, the performance group associated with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City.
  
  He was a principal dancer with the New Jersey Ballet Company for 14 years.
  
  He has received commissions to choreograph ballets for the New Jersey Ballet Company, the Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater, Japan's Kumamoto Ballet and Atlanta's Georgia Youth Ballet.
  
  He founded, directs and supervises the Joffrey Ballet Summer workshop in Milledgeville.

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  Lazar spent the afternoon conducting a class audition for the company's Summer Intensive Seminar, which will be June July in Montgomery.Local barbershop chorus does well in competition.The Lion King holds auditions in Atlanta.Users of this site agree to the.
  
  Andres duany Ballet artistic director Elie Lazar wasn't hunting for Easter eggs Saturday he was hunting for dancers.She started dancing when she was years old and loved it.Is scheduled for churches and malls throughout the Garden State, beginning March.And it's good for the students of the Montgomery Ballet School to understand the process of auditioning, said Lazar, who directed the girls through a series of movements and walked through the group, adjusting feet and arms.

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  http://www.troycable.net/announcements/event view.php?event id=60231 2008-09-22T07:53:55-06:00 A Troy University Celebration GALA welcoming DANCE into the College of Communication and Fine Arts an evening of DANCE-MUSIC-ART-DESIGN Featured performances by The Montgomery Ballet under the direction of artistic director Elie Lazar, formerly of the Joffrey Ballet the new TROY Dance Repertory Ensemble along with the John M. Long School of Music and the Department of Theatre and Dance

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  Published on: 12/2/2007    Last Visited: 12/2/2007  

  The Montgomery Ballet's new artistic director, Elie Lazar, has also had dreams of "The Nutcracker" and created fresh choreography for this year's production.
  
  "It doesn't have to be the most innovative in terms of modern concepts, but this production is exciting in terms of new patterns and movement," Lazar said.
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  But Suzanna takes the role seriously and consulted Lazar about her timing following the rehearsal.
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  When Lazar first announced his casting plans and explained that many of the dancers who were accustomed to certain roles would be working on new roles this year, a few were disappointed.But he urged them to wait and see his plan in action -- and everybody seemed to be excited about the new challenge, he said.
  
  "I am working to bring professional company and ballet school together," he said."During the first run-through, they told me that it was so motivating.They were motivated to jump higher, move better."
  
  He, too, has been motivated by the dancers and their parents, who are so dedicated to making "The Nutcracker" successful year after year.Lazar is already thinking about next year's production and what he'd like to add.His plans include possibly bringing in an orchestra.
  
  As for this year, it's been a positive experience for dancers of all ages, he said.
  
  "I think the children have learned a lot from all this, working as an ensemble when they are so accustomed to working individually," he said.

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  Lazar spent the afternoon conducting a class audition for the company's Summer Intensive Seminar, which will be June July in Montgomery.Local barbershop chorus does well in competition.The Lion King holds auditions in Atlanta.Users of this site agree to the.
  
  Andres duany Ballet artistic director Elie Lazar wasn't hunting for Easter eggs Saturday he was hunting for dancers.She started dancing when she was years old and loved it.Is scheduled for churches and malls throughout the Garden State, beginning March.And it's good for the students of the Montgomery Ballet School to understand the process of auditioning, said Lazar, who directed the girls through a series of movements and walked through the group, adjusting feet and arms.
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  Although Saturday's auditions were mainly for the school, Lazar also has been searching for professional level dancers to join the Montgomery Ballet family.

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  The story of young Clara, her Prince, Uncle Drosselmeyer, the Sugar Plum Fairy, mice and soldiers comes to life in Montgomery Ballet's new production directed and choreographed by artistic director Elie Lazar. Mr. Lazar's choreography has made its mark on the dance scene in Alabama and generated much excitement from audiences, critics, and theatres world-wide.

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