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to forget about the opportunity,” Wall said.
“We’re just really excited that we came up
with this idea of a way to get people down-
town and something for free that they can
win prizes out potentially and still be exposed
for free to the arts and ballet.”
This is one of the few times the Liberty
Theatre has opened its doors since the pan-
demic shutdown, another thing to celebrate at
art walk, Wall said.
The Astoria School of Ballet opened its
doors on the second floor of the Liberty The-
atre after Wall and her husband moved from
the Midwest.
“We knew we wanted to move out west
and be by water and mountains,” she said.
“We picked out a map, found a studio online
and we pretty much packed up. We were
young and naïve and brave. We moved across
the country and started up a ballet focused
dance studio. It seems crazy to me now that
we did that but we didn’t have much to lose.”
“La Boutique fantastque,” showcases
music composed by Ottorino Respighi,
which first premiered in 1919. Wall per-
formed in the ballet when she was a stu-
dent herself, she said.
“The ballet itself is really kid and fam-
ily friendly,” Wall said. “People will rec-
ognize the characters because they are all
storybook characters — Humpty Dumpty,
Jack and Jill, Little Bo Peep, Red Rid-
ing Hood … You don’t need to be knowl-
edgeable about ballet or classical music to
enjoy it.”
Prizes are gifted by Street 14 Cafe,
Gaetano’s Market & Deli, Los Andes
Shop, BerhoBros LLC, Sparrow Dance
Co. and Clatsop Economic Development
Resources. They include gift certificates
for businesses like Frite & Scoop, Gimre’s
Shoes, M&N Workwear and Lucy’s Books.
“It is a joyful ballet,” Wall said. “I think
it is a great, free way to be exposed to the
performing arts, and to be able to have fun
with the scavenger hunt.”
Students watch an example during a rehearsal.
Dancers rehearse at the Liberty Theatre.
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