— a dance concert —

Saturday, May 29th, 2021

COME JOIN US!! We’re presenting an Outdoor, Downtown Dance Concert! Dancers ages 2 thru adult will dance for you. Edwards Drive & Bay Street between Hendry & Jackson Streets. Bring your chairs and sit together with Family and Friends. Admission Free!

6:30 Youngest Dancers

8:00 Older Dancers

Thank you to Florida Repertory Theatre for their outdoor space, support and vision.

Proposed Mid-May outdoor performance.  Downtown Fort Myers in collaboration with Florida Reperatory Theater:-)  Come See Us Dance!

Send an email ….. Register now to hold your place in class.  Regular schedule of classes begins August 17th.  Check out our classes page for all our offerings.

See our Dance Bochette FaceBook Page for NEW 2021 Proposed Schedule or Drag and drop this schedule to view it on your own device.

Information Coming Soon!

New Hope Presbyterian Church  10051 Plantation Rd, Fort Myers, FL 33966

Festival of Dance this year is Honoring Jeanne Bochette, featuring local dancers as well as professionals from the Gainesville-based Dance Alive National Ballet. Enjoy their dancing in a classroom-style demonstration dedicated to the 60 plus years Jeanne Bochette shared her love of dance training scores of dancers.  Dance Alive principal dancers Carla Amâncio and Fhillipe Teixeria. Amâncio and Teixeria will also perform classical pas de deux Romeo & Juliette as well as modern works.

Area master tap teacher Ron Fucci draws inspiration from Broadway’s Barnum in his piece “Come Follow the Band” and “Out There” and from Kander and Ebb’s hit “Caberet” in “Sitting Pretty.” And Dance Bochette co-director Alyce Bochette, a former member of the Mark Morris Dance Group, highlights her modern dance expertise with a tribute to her mother in “Moonlight Sonata”choreographed for March 5 Celebration of Life and will introduce students to Nancy Lushington who will set May O’Donnell’s classic Dance Energies on young dancers studying O’Donnell technique.

Founded by Jeanne Bochette in 1951, Dance Bochette continues to innovate each year while celebrating its roots as Fort Myers’ historic dance school. The studio today welcomes its third generation of dancers, in some cases educating the children and grandchildren of one-time students.

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Festival of Dance

Sunday, June 24, 12 p.m. Brunch 2:00 Matinee
The Broadway Palm, 1380 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, 33907
Reserved Seating: $35 Adult $25 Children under 12                                                                                                    Call: (239)278-4422

For more information: (239) 334-3274

Don’t forget to mark your calendar for this year’s Festival of Dance on May 26, with rehearsal on May 24.

Monday dancers should plan on attending class on Saturday, September 1, for make up.

Please stay safe during this storm!

Our Academic Year starts with Registration on August 9-11 and classes meeting on Monday, August 13. A full schedule and policies appear here on our website.

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Robin Cornett, who has photographed our shows for the past five years, is moving at the end of June, which means that this year, she is not offering prints for sale, just digital files. All images are available with a limited print release, which gives you permission to have prints made at your convenience, for your personal use only. The images will print up to 8×10; for wall and specialty prints, please contact Robin directly.

The gallery is available until July 15. Please use access code sylvia.

Thank you for supporting Dance Bochette and Gulfcoast Dance!