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Ballet Misha

Professional Dance Company Affiliated with Dimensions in Dance, Manchester, NH

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Rori Dawes

Photo by Matthew Lomanno

Rori Dawes is a native of the Lakes Region and first fell in love with the art of movement at the age of six when she started taking Highland dance classes. Two years later she switched to tap, jazz, and ballet at Cantin Dance Studio under George Cantin and Joan Frates. After moving to Greensboro, NC with her family, she chose to focus primarily on ballet, studying with Emily Adams–a former dancer with New York Repertory Ballet Company–at Ballet Arts Studio and with Patricia Tarter Moore of Frates Creative Arts Center upon returning to New Hampshire. She attended Hamilton College in Clinton, NY where she studied ballet and various modern techniques under Leslie Norton, Elaine Heekin, and Bruce Walczyk and was invited to perform in multiple original choreographic works featured in semester showcases. Rori has since performed and taught with ARTSFEST Company in Laconia and has appeared on stage in Boston Ballet productions of Ivan Liska’s “Le Corsaire” and Sir Frederic Ashton’s “The Sleeping Beauty”. She has also choreographed for the Winni Players Community Theatre production of “Nunsense II”. Rori joined Ballet Misha in 2011; some of her favorite roles with the company have been Rosebud in “The Nutcracker,” Starling in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, and the Swan Corps in “The Wild Swans.”

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Upcoming Performance

Ballet Misha’s The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 19th, 2020 at 11am and 6pm

Photo by Larry Gray

Ballet Misha’s professional production of The Nutcracker is a magical experience for the whole family, and we need joy and magic now more than ever before!  Ballet Misha’s production of The Nutcracker won the 2019 Hippo Press award for “Best Dance Performance of the Year” in NH.  The ballet is performed by professional dancers and students of Dimensions in Dance, recipient of “The Best Dance studio in NH” award for the past decade.  Join us on Saturday, December 19th for this wondrous holiday tradition.

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Recent News

  • Nutcracker 2020 canceled
  • Ballet Misha to perform at the Fells Estate September 26th, 2020
  • Auditions for The Nutcracker September 27th, 2020
  • Ballet Misha to perform March 14th
  • Grant work with GHS!

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