Portland Public Library presents: Creative Movement with Portland School of Ballet‏

first Saturday of each month at 10:30am

In the Children’s Library

Portland, Maine - Portland Public Library presents a creative movement dance class for young children on the first Saturday of each month in the Sam L. Cohen Children’s Library. This class, is held in partnership with the Portland School of Ballet and will be taught by Morgan Brown Sanborn, the director of the schools’ Young Dancer Program. The first class will be held on Saturday, September 5th at 10:30 am.

The class, for 3-7 year olds will incorporate imagination, creativity, and games in a fun and exciting way in order to introduce children to ballet.

Over the last fifteen years Morgan has taught multiple dance styles to all ages and abilities at several local studios and schools. She is an ABT® (American Ballet Theatre) certified teacher who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through level 3 in their National Training Curriculum. Morgan graduated magna cum laude with a BFA in dance from Point Park University.  Her other roles at Portland School of Ballet are Assistant Principal and the Director of the Summer Division. She is also a dancer with the Portland Ballet Company.

Portland Ballet was founded in 1980 as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization by Eugenia L. O’Brien, who served as both Artistic and Executive Director. Portland Ballet’s mission is to enrich the community through training, performance, education, and outreach in classical and contemporary ballet.