Conejo Civic Ballet Co's

Snow White

Three Performances

Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Scherr Forum Theater

May 23, 2008 - Friday 7:00pm
May 24, 2008 - Saturday 2:30pm
May 24, 2008 - Saturday 7:00pm

There have been many productions of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. However, we are aware of only one in which the score was composed specifically for the story of Snow White. A ballet libretto for Snow White was written by Witold Borkowski and Stanislav Piotrowski following the Grimm's fairy tale. Bogdan Pawlowski composed a delightful musical score for the ballet which had its premiere performance at the Janacek Theatre in Czech Republic on May 30, 1973 with the choreography by Witold Borkowski. The ballet continues to be performed in Eastern Europe but remains unknown to U.S. audiences.

Conejo Civic Ballet Company introduced the Southern California community to this charming ballet that is accessible to audiences of all ages. Our choreography was been adapted from that of Witold Borkowski by Eva Pokorny, Artist Director of CCBC, and Brett Weidlich, CCBC choreographer.

Snow White was performed in recital at Moorpark College Auditorium on May 29 and 30 of 1999. The first full performance was at the Scherr Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza on January 21, 2000 with a repeat performance on January 22, 2000. Snow White is now established in the repertoire of the CCBC and has been performed many times.

Our last performance was in 2003 and we thought it time to reintroduce this delightful story ballet to the community with choreography revisited by Brett Weidlich from the original Pawlowski score. Below are a few selected clips from the 2003 performance to whet your appetite for our upcoming 2008 performances.