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CAROLINA BALLET PAYS TRIBUTE TO GEORGE BALANCHINE FOR 15TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON’S SECOND PROGRAM RALEIGH, NC — During its first 14 seasons Carolina Ballet has introduced Triangle area audiences to 23 ballets choreographed by the legendary George Balanchine, founder and artistic director of New York City Ballet and mentor to Robert Weiss.  For this program that [...]

Long-time Ballet San Jose dancer Tiffany Glenn dead from cancer at age 33   Tiffany Glenn B. February 25, 1979 D. June 18, 2012 Longtime Ballet San Jose soloist Tiffany Glenn died Monday at the age of 33 following a six-year battle with cancer. Tiffany, who was born and raised in Washington, D.C., received her [...]

NEW YORK CITY BALLET ANNOUNCES 2012-2013 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THREE MUSIC FESTIVALS – STRAVINSKY, TSCHAIKOVSKY, AND AMERICAN MUSIC WORLD PREMIERE BALLETS BY PETER MARTINS, JUSTIN PECK AND CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON AND ORIGINAL SCORES BY MARC-ANDRÉ DALBAVIE AND SUFJAN STEVENS Twenty-One Weeks of Performances to Feature 65 Ballets and Scores by 44 Composers Four-Week Fall Season to [...]

Ballet Chicago Moving Forward May 5, 6, 2012 “Balanchine Masterworks” at The Harris Theater May 6 Lucia Mauro Panel May 31 From “Port to Pointe” Save the Date! In a major move to the beautiful downtown Harris Theater for Music and Dance, on May 5 and 6, 2012 Ballet Chicago will present “Balanchine Masterworks”, a program of [...]

Primrose Bakery supports Ballet News Cupcakes & Conversation with Quenby Hersh, Coryphée, Scottish Ballet What motivates you on a Monday morning?  My alarm! Why ballet?  I have been dancing my whole life.  After begging my parents, they signed me up for a ballet class. What are you looking forward to dancing this year?  Song of [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS ITS 2010-2011 Season Encore Performance Performance to include works by Balanchine, Caniparoli, Kylian, Stowell …and more!  Featuring the PNB Orchestra. ONE NIGHT ONLY! Sunday, June 12, 2011 – 6:30 pm Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109 SEATTLE, WA – Pacific Northwest Ballet wraps up its [...]

  Primrose Bakery supports Ballet News Cupcakes & Conversation with Kathryn Morgan, Soloist, New York City Ballet Kathryn and I share a passion for widening the reach of ballet; bringing ballet to people who, at the moment, just don’t see what ballet has to offer them or why it’s even relevant to their lives.  And [...]