Search Results
Showing 277 results for: "spring dance festival "
-
Backstage
Louisville Ballet Welcomes Seasoned Duo as Artistic Directors
...Jones and during the tenure of Bruce Simpson, she worked her way up to principal dancer in 2004 and since 2010 has taken on the role of Senior Ballet Mistress... -
Backstage
NEWS: Louisville Ballet Announces First Season of Illumination Digital Performances
...would be closed, they would be taking dance to the next stage, giving audiences safe, on-demand access to cinematic, digital Louisville Ballet performances. “When we first began planning for this... -
Backstage
Leslie Smart named Executive Director of Louisville Ballet
...the University of Louisville Dance Academy. Smart danced in many Louisville Ballet Nutcrackers along with her sister, Lisa Hayes Matthews, and both would go on to join Louisville Ballet in... -
Backstage
“Growing the Hard Way”: Stage + Studio by Annie Honebrink
...myself for the step onto stage, but then a voice in the back of my head says you’re being silly. It is dress rehearsal—listen to your body! Dancers don’t like... -
Backstage
Stage + Studio, A Louisville Ballet Blog: Ben by Annie Honebrink
...foreshadowing and introduction at the beginning of the ballet, the dancer slides and rolls around in the turf while the other dancers form a semi-circle standing around him. Wetzel’s limbs... -
Page
Moving Stories
...audience on a journey into the world of dance through a ballet class demonstration and a short ballet performance, along with an opportunity for select students to join the dancers... -
Backstage
Remembering Bonnie Dance Thornton
Louisville Ballet remembers Bonnie Dance Thornton, our first prima ballerina from 1952. Bonnie Dance, known today as Bonnie Thornton, has left her mark with Louisville Ballet. She performed Fokine’s The... -
Backstage
Stage + Studio, A Louisville Ballet Blog: Imagination by Annie Honebrink
This week, we take a look into Louisville Ballet’s Annie Honebrink’s mind and what imagination means to her in the scope of dance. The world of make-believe has always fascinated...