Hampton Ballet Theatre to Present "Peter and the Wolf"

The Hampton Ballet Theatre School will celebrate seven years of dance on the East End with two special performances of “Peter and the Wolf.” The first performance will take place at the Children’s Museum of the East End on August 5, beginning at 6 p.m. The second performance will take place on August 7, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation.

Both shows will feature music by the Hampton Festival Orchestra and narration by a surprise “celebrity.”

The Hampton Ballet Theatre School (HBTS) performances have been choreographed by the school’s director, Sara Jo Strickland, and costumes have been designed and made for the dancers, who range from ages 4 to 18, by Yuka Silvera.

The 25-piece Hampton Festival Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Andrew Perea, will perform the score composed by Sergei Prokovfiev in 1936. All of the musicians are professional musicians who live on the East End.

For more information please call the Hampton Ballet Theatre School at 631-237-4810 or e-mail hbts07@optonline.net. Tickets for the Children’s Museum show are $15 for members, $17 for nonmembers and $20 at the door, to reserve tickets in advance please call the Children’s Museum at 537-8250. Tickets for the Montauk Playhouse showing are $15. Please call the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation to reserve your tickets now at 668-1124. Group rates are available.