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“Growing the Hard Way”: Stage + Studio by Annie Honebrink
March 16, 2018 ...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... -
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Review: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Shows Louisville Ballet’s History, Progress
April 9, 2017 ...Jones created for the Louisville Ballet in 1987. Former principal dancer Helen Starr staged it. And Jones’ sets and costumes (the latter co-designed with Peter Farmer) have been carefully restored... -
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Stage + Studio, A Louisville Ballet Blog: Ben by Annie Honebrink
February 26, 2017 ...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... -
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Review: Mixed Program Opens Louisville Ballet’s 65th Season
September 19, 2016 ...with a year-long celebration. The programming kicked off this weekend with “Stars and Stripes,” which included the works of American-adopted Balanchine, modern dance icon Twyla Tharp and a world premiere... -
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Review | Ballet’s ‘Stars + Stripes’ eye-popping
September 19, 2016 ...to a new level in a dance Friday on the stage of the Kentucky Center’s Whitney Hall. But that melding of design and dance also figured into the company’s first... -
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REVIEW- Dance imparts emotion of The Bard’s sonnets
August 18, 2016 Courier-Journal, Elizabeth Kramer- August 11, 2016 For the first time, the Louisville Ballet danced an outside concert on the Central Park stage, illustrating the works of Shakespeare with enthralling new... -
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Bonnie Dance in Fokine’s ‘The Dying Swan’ from Louisville Ballet’s first production
July 7, 2016 Our performance story began on March 16, 1952 as Bonnie Dance danced Fokine’s The Dying Swan for our first audience. As dance writer George Hubbard wrote about the experience, “There... -
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BEHIND THE SCENES: Sleeping Beauty Costume + Scenic Designs
March 24, 2022 ...ballet classic – an all-new production with sets and costumes influenced by mid-century fashion, art, and design – this whimsical, lush production is the perfect spring treat for audiences of...