Bakersfield City Ballet wraps up Books in Motion program
The Bakersfield City Ballet performed in multiple libraries in kern county and say that they look forward to next year’s Books in Motion.
Transcript
00:00 While the current dance alliance has wrapped up their seventh annual books
00:04 in motion program made to improve literacy in our youth through dance
00:07 with more than 30 performances by nine dance groups across the county. 23
00:11 abc's Ava Kirshner is live in studio to introduce us to one of those groups in
00:16 this week's books in motion spotlight. Ava. Yeah, that's right guys. The
00:19 current dance alliance just spent the last month performing in libraries and
00:23 telling stories through their choreography and the group were
00:26 shining a light on this week, kept it classic story wise and dance wise.
00:30 Bakersfield City Ballet is a pre professional ballet company that aims
00:40 to inspire and enrich our community through performances and foster a love
00:44 for the arts through dance. The Bakersfield City Ballet just wrapped up
00:48 their performances of Swan Lake, one of the most famous stories often told
00:52 through ballet. But despite the fact that the story is a classic, the
00:56 dancers still made it new again for books in motion. I think what's really
00:59 special about books in motion is that it's held in a library. So unlike in
01:04 our usual performances, we get to interact with the people and um
01:10 performances aren't really what you'd expect to see in a library. So I think
01:13 that just heightens the excitement in the room and just makes it so much
01:17 better by having dancers perform the books. It takes away the boundary of
01:21 having to read the words and lets the child experience the story. I love
01:26 books in motion because it gives them another way to interact with the book
01:29 instead of just having to read it and it gives them a chance to think about
01:33 it in other ways. The dancers telling me that readjusting one's perspective to
01:37 reading is the key showing that once you get behind the words, you can enjoy
01:42 the real story. I think a lot of people have a personal stigma against reading
01:46 where they think that if you read it will be boring. And so this kind of
01:50 shows that reading isn't boring and reading is so many other things than
01:54 just sitting down and looking at words. There's a whole story to go with the
01:59 words that you're reading. These dancers have been working hard performing
02:02 across Kern County libraries and worked even harder trying to teach me their
02:07 ballerina moves. Sit back and flutter. Yeah. Okay. I have not done ballet in a
02:12 long time actually. Now that I realize it, is that it? Yeah. Okay, cool, cool,
02:17 cool. I can do that.
02:19 Mhm.
02:19 High five. That was pretty good.
02:32 That was a fun one. The Bakersfield City Ballet performed in multiple
02:38 locations here in Kern County and they tell me they look forward to next year's
02:41 books in motion. As for our final spotlight, tune in next week to meet
02:45 the last groups of dancers who have worked so hard to bring the books to
02:48 life. Live in studio. Ava Kirshner, 23 abc News connecting you. Yeah, well she
02:54 was missing with the outfit. Yeah, just for several hats. She does a bit of
02:57 everything. She drinks ballet singing woman of many talents. All right.