Page 14 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • May 15, 2013 Area Petrov Ballet School will hold its Fifth Annual Spring Gala May 18 at 7 p.m. and May 19 at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. The gala will feature the studio’s ballet and character students and professional guest artists. All performances will be held in the Sharp Theater in the Berrie Center for the Arts at Ramapo College, 505 Ramapo Valley Road in Mahwah. This year’s gala performance will include “Vivaldi Concertos,” an original ballet; “The Wizard of Oz,” a ballet for younger children depicting a famous story; and character dances. A number of guest artists associated with professional ballet companies will be performing alongside the pupils from Petrov Ballet School. This combination of professionalism and young talent on the rise makes the Petrov Ballet Gala a must-see experience. Petrov Ballet’s advanced students will Petrov Ballet hosts Fifth Annual Spring Gala perform “Vivaldi Concertos,” which features Antonio Vivaldi’s compositions and choreography by Petrov Ballet School Artistic Director Eugene Petrov. “Wizard of Oz, which premiered in 2005,” was also choreographed by Petrov. This segment depicts this well-loved story with all its famous characters. This year, the performance will be enhanced by new sets and lighting design. Performing alongside Petrov Ballet’s students will be professional guest artists Raul Peinado, Alfredo Solivan, and Alexander Glaz, who will portray the energetic Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and the Cowardly Lion. Returning to Petrov Ballet for a second year is Therese Miyoshi Wendler, who will perform as Dorothy. Also featured will be Petrov Ballet School’s signature Character Dances Divertissement. This year’s performance Police apprehend man (continued from page 7) Elementary School left their purses in their cars when they visited the school for brief amounts of time. The women each discovered, later in the day, that someone had entered their cars and removed credit cards and cash from the purses. Surveillance video tapes from stores later revealed that the same person was seen using the credit cards to make purchases. The continuing investigation reportedly showed that the person using the credit cards was the Bronx man, who had an extensive record of credit card thefts and had been arrested in Wyckoff alone four times since 2002. Police report that the suspect spends considerable time in northern New Jersey, where he reportedly roams the parking lots of churches, schools, and stores looking for unlocked cars with visible purses or wallets. He reportedly limits his thefts to cash and credit cards. Because the thefts are unnoticed for several hours, he has frequently evaded detection. Police Sergeant Michael Musto charged the New York resident with two counts of burglary from an auto, theft, and illegal use of a credit card on April 22 and a warrant was issued by Wyckoff Municipal Judge Russell Teschon. Police sent out an alert describing the vehicle he is known to drive and he was stopped on Route 208 on May 5 without incident. Therese Miyoshi Wendler performing in Petrov Ballet Gala 2012. (Photo courtesy of Karen Petrov-Bosch.) will include breathtaking Mountain Dervish, Hora Tov, an Israeli folk dance, and a fast-moving, energetic Belorussian dance, Mikita. Tickets are $30. For further information about the performance and Petrov Ballet School, call (201) 445-4499 or email info@petrovballet.com.