News

 

PRESS RELEASES

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September 19, 2024: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn to premiere Charles’ Carol, a new work by Marla Hirokawa

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March 21, 2024: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn to host its second annual Cocktail Caper fundraiser event

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September 29, 2023: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn’s Beloved Orphan Train Returns to the Stage 

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June 16, 2023: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn Academy Students culminate 35th Anniversary year with Pointing the Way to the Classics community performance

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April 5, 2023: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn celebrates 35th Anniversary
with its first Cocktail Caper

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October 20, 2022: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn pays tribute to Japanese American veterans of World War II with free online viewing of The Nisei Project
 

September 7, 2022: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn celebrates 35 years of inspired dance education and performance in South Brooklyn

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August 3, 2022: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn students perform in The Harlem Project

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July 25, 2022: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn students to perform Bach to the Streets at Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street
 

June 6, 2022: Sonia Jones named Executive Director of Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn

 

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FEATURE ARTICLES

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September 26, 2024: South Brooklyn ballet company to debut 'Charles' Carol' - a unique spin on a timeless classic - Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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May 23, 2024: 'Bach to the Streets': South Brooklyn ballet company melds dance with some of the greatest music ever written - Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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March 25, 2024: South Brooklyn ballet company hosts its second annual “Cocktail Caper” - Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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November 3, 2023: Ballerina to return Nov. 9 as lead dancer in 'Orphan Train' - Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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October 23, 2023: Brooklyn's extraordinary Covenant Ballet Theatre brings back a beloved classic to downtown Brooklyn stage - Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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April 19, 2023: Brooklyn's Covenant Ballet Theatre celebrates 35th with a 'Cocktail Caper' - Brooklyn Eagle online

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March 24, 2023: Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn celebrates 35 years of success - Courier Life, Camille Sperraza (Page 23)

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December 10, 2022: Covenant Ballet Theatre students perform excerpts from 'The Nutcracker' at Sheepshead Bay library event - News12 Brooklyn, Julia Joseph

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August 8, 2014: Telling the Japanese American WWII Experience - JapanCulture-NYC, Susan Miyagi Hamaker

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July 3, 2014: The Nisei Project - Discover Nikkei, Nancy Matsumoto

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September 9, 2013: Dance School Works to Get Back on it's Feet - Wall Street Journal, Nancy Matsumoto

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August 12, 2013: Covenant Ballet Saved! - NY Daily News, Tanay Warerkar

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June 26, 2013: Donald Trump Donates to Covenant Ballet Theatre

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April 28, 2011: no Light, no Life - Van Gogh Project, The Dance Enthusiast

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July 2, 2003: The Nisei Project 2003, Honolulu Star Bulletin

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July 9, 2003: The Nisei Project 2003, The Garden Island, Kendyce Manguchei

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May 20, 2001: Living Memorial - The Brooklyn Paper, Paulanne Simmons

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REVIEWS

 

Orphan Train: FringeNYC - Oscar E. Moore

 

Orphan Train: FringeNYC - The Dance Enthusiast, Lawrence Lam

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Orphan Train: FringeNYC - Financial Times, Apollinaire Scherr

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Nisei; The Unsung Heroes of WWII, Hi! Drama, Mark Savitt

 

Nisei Embraces American Sense of Unity In Spirit - John Berger

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Nisei: FringeNYC - Theatre is Easy, Jason Rost

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Nisei: FringeNYC - Dan Bacalzo

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Nisei: FringeNYC - The Dance Enthusiast, Lawrence Lam

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The Secret Garden - Patch.com, Valerie Damon

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Original Art in Southern Brooklyn? - Robert Fernande​

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MENTIONS

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Amsterdam News: ABT Project Plie

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Dance Magazine: Goodbye New York, Stephanie Wolf

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New World Encyclopedia (Charles Loring Brace) - Legacy

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Wikipedia (Charles Loring Brace) - In Popular Culture

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Wikipedia (Children's Aid Society) - In Popular Culture

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Loving Hawai'i book: Nisei Project, Marla Hirokawa

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