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Meet Ms. Isabella Andrews!
Isabella has trained at Briarwood Ballet since she was three years old. She spent her high school years dancing with Ballet Exaltation, their student ballet company. While a member of Exaltation, she served as a teaching assistant and taught dance camps during the summers at Briarwood Ballet. In 2023, She had the privilege of dancing internationally with Ballet Exaltation during a mission trip to Peru. During her time with Ballet Exaltation, Isabella has enjoyed opportunities to work with guest choreographers such as Kevin Jenkins and Jiri Voborsky. She considers this a great privilege as it has helped shape her as a dancer in so many ways. Isabella is currently in her sophomore year at Samford University. She is thrilled to be one of the first students to graduate with a dance degree from Samford, and is also a member of the Samford Dance Company. Upon entering her first year of teaching, she is so excited to start pouring into her students and sharing her love of worshipping the Lord through dance.
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Come celebrate with us!
During our 45th Anniversary Festival, our Fellowship Celebration will gather Briarwood Ballet family, friends, and alumni to celebrate the Lord’s faithfulness at Briarwood Ballet.
11.02.24
VENDORS:
Grab from Chick-fil-A for only $10/person! Pre-order your meal by October 30th through the link below.
Need coffee to keep up with the celebrations? Baba Java Coffee has you covered!
Try a delicious dessert from Popbar!
Enjoy some beautiful flowers from the Wild Honey Flower Truck!
MERCH & MORE:
Grab some new Briarwood Ballet swag at our merch pop-up shop! Cash or check only.
Calling all alumni! Visit our alumni tent to mingle with other Ballet alumni and enter a special giveaway
Festival tickets and boxed dinners are available through the link below 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
briarwood.org/ballet/festival/
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Meet Mr. Tucker Edwards!
Tucker is from Spokane, Washington where he started his ballet training at the age of six under Dodie Askegard and continued with Sara Donally at Spokane Ballet Studio. During this time, Tucker attended summer intensives at American Ballet Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet Chicago, Ballet West, and Pacific Northwest Ballet all on scholarship. In 2018, he was accepted as a trainee at Ballet West on full scholarship. While a trainee, he performed in Gerald Arpino’s Viva Vivaldi, Ballet West Family Classics, Beauty and the Beast, and Snow White, as well as performing alongside the main company in Swan Lake and Giselle. During this time he guested with North Star Ballet in Fairbanks, Alaska in principal and soloist roles in The Nutcracker, and Cinderella. After completing the two-year trainee program at Ballet West, Tucker joined Alabama Ballet as an apprentice in 2020. In 2021, he was promoted to company dancer. While at Alabama Ballet he enjoyed dancing Lead Spanish in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Caller in Rodeo, and Betrothal Couple in Coppelia. Tucker also had the opportunity to guest with The Dance Foundation last winter where he performed the Le Corsaire Pas De Deux. In June 2024, Tucker retired from dancing professionally and has since been pursuing other interests. He is excited to pass on his knowledge and experience to the next generation of dancers at Briarwood Ballet.
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We are excited to announce “To God Be The Glory”, the matinee performance for our 45th Anniversary Festival!
“To God Be The Glory”
November 2nd, 3:30 p.m.
The Barbara B. Barker Auditorium at Briarwood High School
While our school has grown and changed over the past 45 years, our mission remains the same: to teach our students to use their gifts to glorify God, and to share the love of God through dance. Performed by several of our upper level classes, “To God Be The Glory” is a worshipful experience that captures the heart of Briarwood Ballet. We hope you can come and be blessed by this offering of praise!
In addition to some beautiful worship pieces choreographed by our incredible faculty, Ballet Exaltation will debut a new work “Crowned” by Jiri Voborsky that shares the gospel in a vivid and encouraging way.
Festival tickets are available for $12 and will go on sale Saturday, October 12th at 8 a.m.
“To God be the Glory,
Great Things He has Done,
So Loved He the World
That He Gave us His Son,
Who Yielded His Life as Atonement for Sin
And Opened the Life-gate that All May Go In”
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