Upcoming Events
Nutcracker Tea
Saturday, December 12
2:30 p.m.
At the Livingston Depot Center
Delicious refreshments
Silent Auction
Entertainment
A storytelling version of The Nutcracker with select pieces performed
by Nutcracker dancers.
The Nutcracker
December 19th and 20th
4:30 p.m.
Performance at Sleeping Giant Middle School
Tickets available at Conley's Books and Music in Livingston
For more information, please visit our Events Page
Pinnochio
World Premiere in 2010 with original music sponsored
by the Montana Cultural Trust.
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About the Yellowstone Ballet School
Teacher/Director Kathleen Rakela has performed with Sacramento Theatre Ballet and Pacific Ballet before
opening the Yellowstone Ballet School in Livingston in 1987.
She has studied music, art, theater, and design at Sacramento State University and has a degree in Media and
Theater Arts from Montana State University. Her ballet training has mainly been with Marguerite Phares and David
Howard. She also studied with the Martha Graham School, Harkness House and the Joffrey Ballet in New York City and
at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Canada.
Kathleen received her teacher training under Sheila Darby FISTD. In 1982 she completed her teacher training at the Royal
Academy of Dancing, London, England and obtained a teaching credential in the Cecchetti Method of Ballet. She holds an
Associate Degree with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, London, England and has been teaching ballet for over twenty years.
She was the recipient of the Montana Dance Arts Association Fellowship in 1995 and the Montana Arts Council Fellowship
for the Performing Arts in 1998. Her choreography has been recognized internationally and her original ballet Romeo & Juliet of the
Rockies was chosen for presentation at festivals in Amsterdam and Germany in 2000.
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