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Two weeks until opening night of "Giselle" and our 65th Season! Don't miss this hauntingly beautiful tale from October 14-23 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Want to learn more about this classic tale? Visit the #linkinbio for a synopsis of "Giselle".
📸 KC Ballet Dancer Amaya Rodriguez. Photography by @kennyphotokc
Reminder! HOPE IN BLACK AND WHITE is tomorrow, October 1 at 7pm.
Join the KC dance community for a screening of the documentary “Bill T. Jones: A Good Man” and a discussion with an esteemed panel of artists about choreographer Bill T. Jones. The panelists will share their perspectives about race and dance in America, and field questions from the audience.
Saturday, October 1, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Location: Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral (Founders' Hall) - 415 W. 13th Street, KCMO. Parking is free and on-site.
FREE. No registration required.
Panel:
Gary Abbott, Professor of Modern Dance, UMKC Conservatory
Tyrone Aiken, Chief Artistic Officer, Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey
April Berry, Director of Community Engagement and Education, Kansas City Ballet
Karen Brown, Assistant Professor of Dance, UMKC Conservatory
Jennifer Owen, Co-Founder & Artistic Director, Owen/Cox Dance Group
📸 Bill T. Jones. Photo Credit: Maria Baranova
Our production of Giselle is coming to life (or afterlife) in our studios with floating tutus and a romantic score. Enjoy a peek into the company rehearsals. Prepare to be mesmerized in a few short weeks.
Showing Oct. 14-23 | Kauffman Center
Tickets at the #linkinbio
📸: 1-4 - KCB Dancers in rehearsal w/ Devon Carney. 5 - KCB Dancers Amaya Rodriguez and Paul Zusi. 6 - KCB Dancers Kaleena Burks and Andrew Vecseri. 7 - KCB Dancer Cameron Thomas. 8 - KCB Dancers (L-R) Amaya Rodriguez and Kaleena Burks.
Photography by Elizabeth Snell
🥳✨🧁 Happy Birthday to KC Ballet Company Dancer Gabriel Lorena! 🥳✨🧁
📸 Gabriel Lorena. Photography by @BrettPruitt.
Dance Speaks is tonight at the Bolender Center! Watch a live company rehearsal of Giselle and then stay for an engaging discussion with KCB Artistic Director & Giselle choreographer Devon Carney, KCB Company Dancer Kaleena Burks and Giselle Guest Coach Elaine Bauer.
5:15-6:00 p.m. | Giselle Rehearsal
6:00-7:00 p.m. | Dance Speaks Panel
🎟 Tickets are $12 at the #linkinbio.
📸 1- KCB Dancers Kaleena Burks and Andrew Vecseri rehearsing the roles of Giselle and Albrécht, Duke of Silesia. 2- KCB Dancer Amanda DeVenuta with Company Dancers. Photos by @lizstehling.
🖤 Giselle is only three weeks away! 🖤 Need to get the scoop on this hauntingly romantic ballet? 👀 Read our blog post "10 Facts to Know About Giselle" as you prepare for your evening at the Kauffman Center. See the #linkinbio.
$34 tickets are still available! Order only at KCBALLET.ORG
📸 Dancer Angelina Sansone with KC Ballet dancers by photographer Steve Wilson.
Introducing the newest trainees for Kansas City Ballet's 2022-2023 Season! Congratulations to these artists. We can't wait to see them on stage in Giselle!
📸 In order of appearance: Hannah Arnold, Aysia Bates, Natalie Boese, Troy-Monger Levin, Katie Shipp, and Grant Gonzalez.
Learn more about our trainees at the #linkinbio.
📸: @brettpruitt
Introducing the newest Second Company dancers for Kansas City Ballet's 2022-2023 Season! Congratulations to these artists. We can't wait to see them on stage in Giselle!
📸 In order of appearance: Promoted KCB Trainees Ian Anderson-Conlon, Malerie Moore, and Gillian Yoder; former KCB School student Lauryn Brown; and 2022 Youth America Grand Prix finalist Trinity Santoro.
Learn more about our artists at the #linkinbio.
📸: @brettpruitt
Introducing the newest company apprentices for Kansas City Ballet's 2022-2023 season! Congratulations to these artists. We can't wait to see them on stage in Giselle!
📸 In order of appearance: Olivia Jacobus, Brock Maye, and 2021-2022 KCB II Dancers Sophie Hod and Autumn Steed.
Learn more about our artists at #linkinbio.
📸: @brettpruitt
Introducing our new company dancers & promotions for Kansas City Ballet's 2022-2023 Season! Congratulations to these artists. We can't wait to see them on stage in Giselle!
📸 In order of appearance: Isaac Allen, Alladson Barreto, Gabriel Lorena, Gwen Vandenhoeck, Andrew Vecseri, Brian Warkentien, and 2021-2022 KCB Apprentices Georgia Fuller and Joshua Kiesel.
Learn more about our artists at #linkinbio.
📸: @brettpruitt
✨🧁🥂 Happy Birthday to KC Ballet Company Dancer Kelsey Ivana Hellebuyck! ✨🧁🥂
📸 Kelsey Ivana Hellebuyck pictured with Kaleena Burks and Humberto Rivera Blanco in Serenade. Choreography by George Balanchine. Photography by @BrettPruitt.
📸✨ That’s a wrap on our photo shoot today! 📸✨ Next season will be announced this winter!
Stay tuned for the exciting news!
🎂🎉🎶 Happy Birthday to KC Ballet Company Dancer Brian Warkentien! 🎂🎉🎶
📸 Brian Warkentien. Photography by @BrettPruitt.
🌹🍁🍎 Happy Birthday to KC Ballet Company Dancer Amanda DeVenuta! 🌹🍁🍎
📸 Amanda DeVenuta in The Wizard of Oz. Choreography by Septime Webre. Photography by @BrettPruitt.
New Dance Partners was a hit! Thank you to everyone that made it to the performances this year!
📸 KC Ballet artists bow after “Life Within A Letter” by Stephanie Martinez. The NDP choreographers with artists onstage behind. Photos by Luke Gilmore.
🇺🇸🩰👟Happy National Dance Day! 🇺🇸🩰👟Celebrate dance of all forms today! Take a look back to our 2019 performance of “In the Upper Room” by legendary American dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp. ❤️
📸 KC Ballet performs “In The Upper Room.” Copyright Twyla Tharp.
Congratulations to all of the New Dance Partners artists and choreographers on a terrific opening night! Only one more show!
📸 Thank you @whdance for this photo onstage of the artists of “Life Within a Letter” choreography by Stephanie Martinez and assisted by Noelle Kayser.
✨ Single tickets are on sale now to the Nutcracker Ball, Kansas City Ballet Guild’s 55th annual gala at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center on Saturday, December 3, 2022!
✨ You'll be immersed in The Land of the Sweets as we celebrate Kansas City Ballet’s 65th season, the Guild’s 55th gala, Executive Director Jeffrey J. Bentley’s 25th season and Artistic Director Devon Carney’s 10th season!
✨ The Westin offers a lovely setting with festive decorations, delicious cuisine, a Land of the Sweets-themed raffle, and after-dinner dancing with music by Lost Wax, featuring singer Eboni.
✨ Reserve your tickets now or become a Nutcracker Ball Benefactor. See the #linkinbio.
📸 KCB Dancers Taryn Mejia and Joshua Bodden. Photography by @kennyphotokc
📬 "...In a time of instant communication, I think back to how written correspondence shaped our lives and relationships. The anticipation of receipt and the intimacy of holding someone's words has a vastly different effect on a person than the alert of a text or email. Moments of humor, heartbreak, and the mundane - my work will make you wonder, 'What was in that letter?'" – Stephanie Martinez on her world premiere for New Dance Partners 2022.
💌 Don't miss it! New Dance Partners is showing this Friday 9/16 and Saturday 9/17 at 8pm only! Performances are held at the Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College.
Tickets start at $25. Visit the #linkinbio.
📸 KCB Dancer Sidney Haefs. Choreographer Stephanie Martinez. KCB Dancer Taryn Mejia with Stephanie Martinez. Photos by @lizstehling.
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