Hartt Community Division to Present the Ballet Snow White

Kathryn Manger as Snow White. Photo by Thomas Giroir.

The Hartt School Community Division (HCD) will present the ballet Snow White on Friday, June 14, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 15, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, June 16, at 2 p.m. All performances will take place in Millard Auditorium.

To purchase tickets, please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587, or visit www.hartford.edu/tickets.

Admission to each performance is $30 for adults; $15 for children 12 and under; and $20 for students and senior citizens with ID. Group rates may be available to organizations. Contact Amanda Kilpatrick, Hartt Community Division Dance Department, at 860.768.2491 for more information. 

University of Hartford discount rates of $10 per ticket (two tickets per University faculty or staff ID) are available on a space-available basis. To obtain discounted tickets, present your University ID at the University Box Office during normal business hours or at the venue prior to the performance.

HCD presents the familiar tale of Snow White, an old story that comes to life, in this new ballet with original music by Kermit Poling of Shreveport, Louisiana. Poling’s Snow White was commissioned and premiered by the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet in 2003. The work will premiere in Hartford with choreography by Samantha Dunster, artistic director and chair of the Dance Department at The Hartt School Community Division. Poling will travel to Hartford to conduct a live orchestra for the production.

Snow White features 154 dancers ranging from ages 5 to 17 from Hartt’s Pre-Professional, Foundation, and Children’s Ballet programs. HCD’s pre-professional trainees Kathryn Manger and Gabrielle Collins share the role of Snow White. Guest artist Eddy Tovar dances the role of the Prince.

Read more about soloists Kathryn Manger, Gabrielle Collins, and Eddy Tovar; Artistic Director Samantha Dunster; and composer Kermit Poling.

The Hartt School Community Division of the University of Hartford has been bringing dance performances to the families and communities of the Greater Hartford region for years. Recent productions have included the sell-out performance of Coppelia (July 2012) and The Nutcracker (December 2012). In June 2013, HCD begins a new tradition with Snow White, adding another fully staged production to its seasonal performances.