Glenelg, Mercy and Curley High School students showcase talent in the arts

October 22, 6:50 PMBaltimore Private Schools ExaminerMeredith Bower

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Mercy's Dance Troupe in master class with member of Moscow Ballet

Mercy dancers and the Moscow Ballet
Mercy High School's Dance Troupe was recently treated to a master class given by Nataliya Miroshnyk, from the Moscow Ballet’s cast of The Nutcracker. Miroshnyk is a graduate of the Kiev Academic Choreographic School in Ukraine has toured the world with the Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in such productions as Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, Don Quixote and of course, The Nutcracker.

Mercy freshman Rebecca Leary will be dancing with the touring Moscow artists in the Baltimore production of The Nutcracker along with Maria Pielert, a 2009 graduate of Mercy and a former member of Mercy’s Dance Troupe. Matinee and evening performances of the Nutcracker will be performed at the Lyric Opera House December 19 and 20, 2009.  

Glenelg students to perform original play, Einstein's Playground  Students at Glenelg Country School will perform Einstein's Playground, an original play written by the school's director of performing arts, Carole Graham Lehan.  Einstein’s Playground will debut at the Mulitz Theater at Glenelg Country School October 22 and 23 at 7:00 p.m. Performances are free and open to the public.

In Einstein’s Playground, Lehan explores how the millennial generation is more globally connected than any other in history and how they must balance information overload with imaginative play. The story’s central focus is a student’s journey in continuing to ask questions in pursuit of something greater under the guidance of Einstein in the twenty-first century. Lehan connects the idea that Einstein’s theories came from daydreaming and places the dramatic action on a playground setting. Lehan was inspired by her coursework in the “Mind, Brain and Teaching” certificate program in which she is enrolled at Johns Hopkins University.

Photo by Archbishop Curley student Conor Lynch

 Archbishop Curley student artwork on display

Art students at Archbishop Curley High School are currently displaying their work in two Baltimore venues.

An exhibit at the Contemporary Museum, 100 West Centre Street in Baltimore, called "Fax" includes a section called "TeenFax" in which the student's work is displayed. Participating artists were asked to fax in their art so that what is displayed is the fax, not the original work. “Aside for the economical aspect of this show, one never knows what effect the fax will have on the art,” said Dr. Robert Haywood, deputy director of the museum.

Curley's photography students are exhibiting their work in display entitled "CityScapes/City Life" at the Law Offices of Kowitz, Wise & St. Laurent. The exhibit will open October 31.