Grace Anderson, Studio Dance Conservatory’s pre-pro student, will perform the lead role in Colors 2017 full-length production of Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” on Saturday and Sunday at Jamestown Community College’s Scharmann Theatre.

The stage is set for a weekend of dancing to traditional and modern choreography at Jamestown Community College’s Scharmann Theatre.

Jamestown’s Studio Dance Conservatory will present its first full-length dance production, set to Stravinsky’s musical score of “The Firebird,” as part of its “Colors 2017” program at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

“The Firebird” is a famous ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine in 1910 for the Ballet Russe at the Paris Opera House. Studio Dance Conservatory is incorporating students of all ages into this production, using original choreography by Fokine and re-staging certain parts to adapt to the different dance disciplines that will be utilized. The ballet is 50 minutes in duration.

According to Libby Nord, Studio Dance Conservatory director, this is the first time the conservatory has staged a full-length ballet, though she feels the cast members have the talent to successfully pull it off.

“When we were deciding what our programming should look like for this year, we determined that the students we have right now were ready for a full-length production,” Nord said. “We’re going to have about 40 people on stage for the commencing scene of ‘The Firebird,’ and it’s been really exciting to piece this together. It’s kind of like making a patchwork quilt, and the excitement is really high because all of our dance groups are coming together as a big group.”

Grace Anderson, a pre-pro student and finalist in this year’s “Chautauqua’s Got Talent” competition, will perform the lead role of the Firebird. Guest artist Daman Holland will perform the lead role of Prince Ivan Tsarevich, Jennie Cross will perform the lead role of Princess Tsarevna and Alexis Singleton will perform the role of the immortal evil magician, Koschei.

Nord said Anderson’s grandmother, Geri Anderson, spent 80-100 hours with Sandra Mangusing fashioning Grace’s Firebird costume.

“The costume alone is worth coming to see,” she said.

The minions will be portrayed by the conservatory’s hoop dancers and the evil spirit monsters are performed by the conservatory’s hip-hop dancers. Creative Movement dancers, ages 3-4, will open the ballet as Sprites. Ballet I are cast as angels, and Ballet II and III, ages 7-10, are cast as fairies. Ballet IV and V dancers, along with the contemporary dancers, will comprise the eight princesses, with Jennie Cross performing as the lead princess.

Also being showcased is a hip-hop number performed by the conservatory’s young hip-hop dancers, as well as ballet and contemporary solos by the conservatory’s more advanced dancers.

Gabriella Demorest, Olivia Allen-Fiedler and Alex Gren will perform a dance trilogy of three dolls that come to life in a magical playroom. Maisy Chang, Mychaila Philbrick, Josephine Corey, Zoe DiVincenzo and Cecelia Eklum will perform contemporary solos choreographed by Nord.

Anderson will perform a piece she choreographed for her final round of “Chautauqua’s Got Talent,” and Jennie Cross will present a piece that she has choreographed herself. Cross recently won a Kenny Award for Best Choreography due to her involvement with Maple Grove High School’s production of “Anything Goes.”

The Studio Dance Conservatory’s adaptive dancers will be featured in the “Colors 2017” opening number. The studio has worked with The Resource Center’s special needs dancers for the second year in a row. Joining them on stage will be one of their caregivers, Angela Rounds, and Studio’s contemporary and hoop dancers.

“I was approached by The Resource Center a couple of years ago to see if I would offer an adaptive program, and that ended up being the most well-received piece at the recital in which the program debuted,” Nord said.

Nord said the adaptive piece will be staged to the music of area musicians John Cross and the late Steve Swanson.

Tickets are available pre-sale and at the door for $10, general admission; $5, youth 12 and under. The event is open to the public.