Ellen Tharp took her first ballet step at the early age of 3. When she was 7, she accompanied her father to her first live ballet, at the old Paramount Theatre on Bay Street.
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At the SI Ballet Silver Anniversary Gala, are from left, Deputy Borough President Ed Burke, and Paul and Ellen Tharp. The most exquisite art form in the world of dance was celebrated Saturday evening when the Staten Island Ballet hosted its 25th annual galla at the Richmond County Country Club.
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Did you know it takes a quarter-century to make a ballet four-miles long?
It would, if all the dancers and students of the Staten Island Ballet in the past 25 years lined up -- arms outstretched -- the distance would span about 4.2 miles, the ballet calculates.
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The Staten Island Ballet gave a scholarship to Layna Mamoni. After dancing for just two years, she has come so far. ...
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