Ballet Wichita returns with spring performance and Wichita Grand Opera collaboration
Christmas often is the time most people associate with Ballet Wichita, but the company is returning with a spring performance this year along with a special appetizer of sorts.
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AMERICAN THEATRE | Dancing Toward Change
Morgan McEwen (center) workshops a lift with dancers Dustin James and Lauren Treat. (Photo by Meredith Lawrence)
Throughout her career as a...
Dispatch From Kyiv: Ballet in a Time of War
A man passes by a monument honoring Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko, covered with sandbags to protect from the Russian shelling, near the National Opera building in central Kyiv, Ukraine,...
Alessandra Ferri: ‘Dancing with Nureyev, I swear he had an energetic aura around him’ | Dance
Born in Milan in 1963, Alessandra Ferri was a principal with the Royal Ballet at 19, and two years later was invited by Mikhail Baryshnikov to join American Ballet...
Why Adults Are Rediscovering the Joy of Ballet
As a child studying at the School of American Ballet, I supplemented my formal training with open ballet classes all over Manhattan. These studios were populated by a mix...
