Storybook Tales
performance dates announced
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Mary LeGere named
Artistic Director Emeritus
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The Mary LeGere Company Fund:
A new giving opportunity
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Storybook Tales
December 11, 2021
2pm and 6pm
Featuring
The Dancing Princess
choreographed by RDT Founder Ann Vorus and
Fairy Doll
an old world ballet from the early 20th century new to the RDT repertoire after traditional choreography.
In-Person and Virtual Tickets Available Soon
Call 919-834-1058 or email: [email protected] for more information.
Board of Directors names Mary LeGere Artistic Director Emeritus
From 1994 to July 2021, RDT thrived under the leadership of Mary LeGere as Artistic Director. During her tenure, Ms LeGere guided a company that relied primarily on ticket sales and fundraising to an organization that more than doubled its operating budget by expanding the reach of RDT throughout the Triangle. Obtaining government, corporate, and private financial support, the company broadened its outreach by collaborating with (among others) the Girl Scouts- NC Coastal Pines; establishing the George W. Newton School Performance Initiative that reaches directly into schools; and cultivating the Leaping Readers program that brings literature to life at local libraries, bookstores and school assemblies. All the while, Ms LeGere worked to raise the levels of artistic and performance standards for pre-professional dancers.
We are grateful to Ms LeGere for her continuing support of RDT in her new role as Artistic Director Emeritus.
The Mary LeGere Company Fund
A new opportunity for giving
The Mary LeGere Company Fund was created for contributions that directly serve our dancers. The Fund will be handled in two ways:
To allow donors to contribute to special projects that don’t involve costumes, choreography, or music specifically. The little things that might include special “field trips” when we are at festivals, or a gathering to celebrate a milestone. It might include a set design project or a new curtain to hang in the studio so that we can more formally present or record in-studio.
Secondly, the fund will be a place that donors can choose to deposit funds to support dancers in need. To sponsor a dancer attending a festival or help fulfill their fundraising fees, we can now match sponsors to dancers anonymously and in a way that both sides are accountable.
Over the years, Ms LeGere has been instrumental in finding ways to support dancers in need. We feel that with the creation of this Fund, and with the support of our community, we honor the work Ms LeGere has done in her tenure. Thank you in advance for donating to this very special new RDT fund.
When you make your donation, please be sure to include direction of how you would like your funds distributed.