Ballet Florida - The Legacy

02/14/2021

01/01/2021

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Looking back, 2020 has been a trying, and difficult year..Often scary to say the least. It certainly has been hard live a “normal” life with masks on and social distancing. We all must keep moving forward while having a positive attitude today and better outlook for tomorrow.

As we have said before, Mrs. Hale’s official memorial, has had to be put on hold due to the pandemic. It is challenging to plan such a huge event not knowing when it can take place. It has been wonderful to see all the thoughts and memories pour in after her passing.

However in the meantime, thank you Jean-Hugues Feray, the Founder and Director of Paris Ballet and Dance and Paris Ballet Conservatory, and Deborah Marquez Founder and Director of Ballet Arts Dance Company. Their dedications and tributes were wonderfully thoughtful and very much appreciated.

ALSO
Thank you EVERYONE for always remembering and fostering the legacy of Marie Hale, and the Original Ballet Florida.

WE WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY, BETTER AND GREAT 2020.
Please, stay safe and healthy!

12/24/2020

12/14/2020

Thank you Paris Ballet and Dance and Paris Ballet Conservatory and Founder and Director Jean- Hugues Feray. This past weekend’s performances of their production of “The Nutcracker” as well as future performances, were dedicated to in loving memory of Marie Hale.
(Rehearsals were held in The Marie Hale Studio at Paris Ballet and Dance which Mr. Feray dedicated in August 2020.)

12/10/2020

12/07/2020

Thank you Ballet Arts Company and Artistic Director Deborah Marquez for presenting their beautiful and exciting Tribute Performance in honor of Marie Hale this past weekend. Thank you to those who attended, as well!

Please, look for the Official Memorial for Mrs. Hale when this pandemic starts to calm down a bit.

11/26/2020

11/18/2020

Ballet Arts Dance Company Presents GALA "Viva La Danza" A Tribute to Marie Hale | Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

VIVA LA DANZA
TRIBUTE TO MARIE HALE!
Ballet Arts Dance Company
December 4 and 5, 2020
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida

Limited seating, Purchase now!
https://www.kravis.org/events/galaballetartsdanceco/

Founder and Director Deborah Marquez of Ballet Arts Dance Company was a former dancer with the Original Ballet Florida. She performed in many roles while dancing works by major choreographers.

After Ballet Florida closed in 2009, Ms. Marquez founded the School of Ballet Arts in Lake Worth, Florida. Within just ten years, she has expanded and moved her school to a larger space while creating a professional company with incredible dancers. Ballet Arts Dance Company is quickly becoming a known and established professional ballet company serving South Florida.

Home>Performance Calendar Ballet Arts Dance Company Presents GALA “Viva La Danza” A Tribute to Marie Hale Run Time: 45 minutes/ 20 minutes intermission/ 30 minutes Parental Guide: n/a Audience Advisory: None Dec 4, 2020 - Dec 5, 2020 |Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse Experience an exhilarating ...

11/11/2020

10/31/2020

10/06/2020

Thank you for all the tributes, comments here (and through the Ballet Florida – The Legacy Site), and the cards sent to her daughter Irma – from everyone in honor of Mrs. Hale.

Ballet Florida The Legacy website, page (hopefully soon, Instagram) were originally created to celebrate the great legacy which Marie Hale and the original Ballet Florida left behind. It was sad Mrs. Hale left us so soon. However, she was able to see the website the week before she passed. She smiled from ear to ear and reminisced about EVERYTHING...And we all NOW she could tell a story!

This page was designed for the great professional artists who danced with the original Ballet Florida to share where they are and what they are doing now. It would be fun to know where you went on, where you teach, your families, businesses, and endeavors and accomplishments etc. Please, include personal non-copyrighted photos. It would also be fun to share back stage and tour photos when you were with the Company.

THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO MISS AND CONSTANTLY ASK ABOUT YOU!

So, we encourage you (past professional dancers of the Company) to Facebook Message your wonderful stories or email them to: [email protected]

Thank you. Hope to hear from you soon!

09/22/2020

Marie Hale, Founder and Artistic Director of the Original Ballet Florida, Has Died

Thank you Dance Magazine Online for publishing Mrs. Hale's "memory."

It appeared on the Home Page and as a separate article.

Marie Hale passed away on Friday, August 21, 2020, at home in West Palm Beach, Florida. She was 87. She was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, on January 29, 1933. Growing up in Greenwood, Marie studied dance from the age of 2. She trained in the studios of Whitford Price and Jean Pepper, and taught he...

09/03/2020

Mrs. Hale had a lovely send off. Her daughter Irma found a bright red casket which was – HER – color. She traveled to the cemetery in a horse-drawn hearse named Belle, pulled by an Amish horse named Jet, driven by a lovely man named Allen. Marie always said she was never going to die so there was no idea what her wishes would be, but at one point she did tell Ed (her husband) that she wanted
NO talking, NO eulogy, NO anecdotes..Only music.

And, she requested the "Hallelujah Chorus" and "I Could Have Danced All Night." So Irma (Marie’s daughter), found a brass band to play in the cemetery. Somehow they played EVERYTHING requested. All who attended had a lovely visit with one another and
enjoyed the music. It was a lovely send off.

Please vivit Ballet Florida The Legacy website to see some more photos: https://balletfloridathelegacy.com/in-memory

08/26/2020

Marie Hale, who founded and reigned over Ballet Florida for 26 years, has died

Mrs. Hale's Obituary in today's edition of the Palm Beach Daily News.

Marie Hale, who grew a dance school into Ballet Florida, has died. She reigned over the West Palm Beach-based company until it folded in 2009.

08/23/2020

There is now a page to view and send messages, condolences and wishes for Mrs. Hale on the Ballet Florida the Legacy website.
You may also post them here and we will transfer them to that page.
Thank you!
>>> https://balletfloridathelegacy.com/in-memory

08/21/2020

MARIE HALE
January 1933 – August 2020

It is with a heavy heart we have to announce Founder and Director of the Original Ballet Florida has peacefully passed away today Friday, August 21, 2020.

We will be posting her formal obituary when available and later, information about memorial services which will be when everything “settles down” from the pandemic.

Please visit our website to view Biography: https://balletfloridathelegacy.com/director-marie-hale

08/18/2020

Ballet Florida - The Legacy updated their website address.

Ballet Florida - The Legacy updated their website address.

08/18/2020

The Original Ballet Florida (1986 - 2009) welcomes you!

From 1986 to 2009, over twenty years, Ballet Florida was at the very core of the Performing Arts world of the vibrant City of West Palm Beach. As an ambassador for the city, the Company embraced a truly global attitude, drawing talent from around the world for both its dancers and creative staff. Blazing new trails and never afraid of a challenge, Ballet Florida brought the very best of dance to its audiences, from the most classical of ballets up to cutting-edge avant garde works from some of the brightest talents making dances in the modern world.

Ever since the tragic demise of the Company in 2008, barely a week goes by without somebody online lamenting its loss. Patrons will remember outstanding programming, and the beautiful dancers from all over the world who called Palm Beach County their home.