Ballet Western Reserve dancers in Spring Gala

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Ballet Western Reserve students will present their Spring Gala at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday at Liberty High School auditorium in Liberty.

The 130 students, who range in age from 3 to 18, are under the direction of BWR artistic director Stas Kmiec.

Tickets are available at tututix.com. Raffle tickets for a prize of one class for one semester at BWR (a $250 value) will be sold at Sunday’s events and until July 12, with the winning ticket drawn at the Summer Festival of the Arts at Youngstown State University .

Several BWR students also have been accepted to summer intensive ballet training programs, including:

Emilia Aey: American Ballet Theatre (Alabama)

Alyssa Armstrong: Dayton Ballet (Dayton)

Lexi Burdman: Orlando (Fla.) Ballet

Gracie Cummings: Dublin Dance (Dublin, Ohio)

Megan Delaney: Dance Institute at the University of Akron and Summer Intensive at New Castle Regional Ballet (New Castle, Pa.)

Cristina LaRocca: Orlando (Fla.) Ballet

Hunter Lombard: Point Park University International (Pittsburgh)

Charli Littleton: Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind.)

Katie Reilly: BalletMet (Columbus)

Ava Shapiro: Orlando (Fla.) Ballet

Samantha Smit: Dance Institute at the University of Akron

Dagmar Stahl: Youngs-town State University Summer Intensive

Sarah Veverka: Ballet in Cleveland “artEmotion”

Ballet Western Reserve also is conducting a three-week intensive program this summer from June 8-26. Participants can choose one week, two weeks, or attend for all three.

Reservations and fees are required, as space is limited. For information about registering, go to balletwesternreserve.org, or call 330-744-1934.