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Darla Hoover Is Working to Meet Legendary High Standards at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet

Darla Hoover was at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s studios running a rehearsal in 2014 with director Marcia Dale Weary. Hoover had just returned the day before from staging a ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia. Jet-lagged, she mixed up her words when giving a correction. Weary took Hoover’s hand and gently said, “Honey, you work too […]

The Loss of a Legend: Remembering Marcia Dale Weary

“At every possible opportunity, I hope to instill in children a love for the arts and for classical music,” said Marcia Dale Weary, beloved teacher and founder of Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. “Along with that, I hope to help them develop self-discipline, generosity and the ability to focus.” Weary passed away at the age of […]

NYCB’s Gonzalo Garcia joins BAE Faculty

Gonzalo Garcia in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments Manhattan’s Ballet Academy East announces its newest faculty appointment in the pre-professional division: Gonzalo Garcia, New York City Ballet principal. The school’s pre-professional division, where Garcia will teach partnering, technique and men’s classes, is directed by Darla Hoover with a curriculum based on the teachings of Marcia […]

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