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Workshopping in the studio ASMR🎧😌
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
Supported by The Jeffrey J. Bentley Fund for Innovation & Creativity and the William T. Kemper Foundation.
🎥: Choreographer Elaine Kimble with Company Dancers. Video by Nicole Dolan.
👀✨ We are hard at work in the studios prepping for opening night next week!! Don`t miss this opportunity to see the future of dance up close!
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
Supported by The Jeffrey J. Bentley Fund for Innovation & Creativity and the William T. Kemper Foundation.
📸 New Moves Choreographers Olivia Jacobus and Amira Hogan in rehearsals with Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers Marissa DeEtte Whiteman, Elliott Rogers, Georgia Fuller, and other Company Dancers. Photography by Beeh Moynagh.
@natashaadorlee returns to KCB for New Moves 2025! Get your seats now and prepare for a performance that will leave you inspired.✨🌌
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
🎥: Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers in Natasha Adorlee’s Komorebi in New Moves, 2024. Video by Nicole Dolan.
Kansas City Ballet offices are closed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.🇺🇸🙏🏾
Offices will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 21
☎️If you are interested in purchasing tickets to our performances, you can reach the KCB Box Office by phone only at 816.931.8993 from 10am-5pm.
🎨: Art by Lee Knox.
Week 1 of New Moves rehearsals👀🌀Don`t miss Natasha Adorlee`s piece in New Moves 2025 showing Jan. 30 - Feb. 2
📍Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
🎟️Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
Supported by The Jeffrey J. Bentley Fund for Innovation & Creativity and the William T. Kemper Foundation.
📸 New Moves Choreographer Natasha Adorlee and Kansas City Ballet Dancers Angelin Carrant and Naomi Tanioka rehearsing for New Moves 2025. Photos by Beeh Moynagh.
🌟 Don’t miss this year’s New Moves! It’s the perfect opportunity to witness never before seen works up close!
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
🎥 Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers in Parrish Maynard’s Secret Places. Video by Nicole Dolan.
Week 1 of New Moves rehearsals👀 Don`t miss Elliott Rogers` piece in New Moves 2025 showing Jan. 30 - Feb. 2
📍Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
🎟️Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
Supported by The Jeffrey J. Bentley Fund for Innovation & Creativity and the William T. Kemper Foundation.
📸: New Moves Choreographer Elliott Rogers with Kansas City Ballet Dancers rehearsing for New Moves 2025. Photos by Beeh Moynagh.
Craving the new era of dance? Check out New Moves showing at Kansas City Ballet’s Bolender Center!👀🪩
🎹This year we are also thrilled to present a piano solo by @yourboycammyt and a performance by @opus76quartet
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
🎥 Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers in Haley Kostas and Caroline Dahm’s Circle Back. Video by Nicole Dolan.
💫🌀New Moves opens in TWO WEEKS!
Come see our Kansas City Ballet artists and emerging choreographers discover bold new ways of expression and feel the athleticism, beauty, power, and passion of never-before-seen dance creations!
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
Supported by The Jeffrey J. Bentley Fund for Innovation & Creativity and the William T. Kemper Foundation.
📸 Kansas City Ballet Company Dancer Emily Mistretta.
Photography by Kenny Johnson.
🌟 Have you been to New Moves? It’s our very unique production filled with never before seen works by up and coming choreographers!
🎹This year we are also thrilled to present a piano solo by @yourboycammyt!
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
🎥 Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers in Cameron Thomas’ Rather Lively, Very Rhythmic. Video by Nicole Dolan.
✨🎊Happy Birthday KCB Company Dancer Isaac Allen!🎊✨
Join us in wishing Isaac a very happy birthday in the comments below. ⬇️
📸: KC Ballet Dancer Isaac Allen and Taryn Pachciarz in @movingartsco “Grace Under Pressure” 2024 ‘I’m still here’ by Colby Damon. Photography by @veritography
Happy #throwbackthursday!📸
Elliott and Amira (with her co-choreographer Olivia of course!) are some of our amazing New Moves choreographers this year!🤩Check out their works Jan. 30 thru Feb. 2 at the Bolender Center!
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
🎥 Kansas City Ballet Dancers Emily Mistretta. Amanda DeVenuta, Whitney Huell, Amira Hogan, Elliott Rogers. Video by Nicole Dolan.
See fresh, never-before-seen works come to life at Kansas City Ballet. 🪩✨
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
Supported by The Jeffrey J. Bentley Fund for Innovation & Creativity and the William T. Kemper Foundation.
🎥 Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers in New Moves 2024. Video by Nicole Dolan.
✨ New Moves is more than a performance—it’s an experience! Join Kansas City Ballet for an intimate showcase of cutting-edge choreography that will move and inspire you.
🌀💡With works by a talented lineup of choreographers, this is your chance to witness the beauty and power of contemporary ballet like never before.
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
Supported by The Jeffrey J. Bentley Fund for Innovation & Creativity and the William T. Kemper Foundation.
📸 Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers Taryn Pachciarz in Morgan Sicklick`s I am, lost to all but this. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
💡 Ready to experience the future of ballet? New Moves brings together an exciting mix of choreographers and dancers for a limited-run event you won’t forget.
See fresh, never-before-seen works come to life at Kansas City Ballet. Feel the energy, passion, and creativity of emerging artists as they push boundaries and explore new ways of storytelling through dance.🪩✨
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
Supported by The Jeffrey J. Bentley Fund for Innovation & Creativity and the William T. Kemper Foundation.
📸 Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers Amira Hogan and Naomi Tanioka in Haley Kostas and Caroline Dahm`s Circle Back. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
"I always like my contemporary ballet seasoned with a large dollop of existential angst, maybe to compensate for some of the neatness of classical ballet, so we got that here in spades. " - Hilary Stroh from @bachtrack writes about Gabriel Lorena`s Under My Skin.📝
📰🚨Read more from Hilary at the News tab from the KCB website!
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to witness the evolution of dance and see emerging artists in action. Get your tickets now and be a part of the future of ballet.
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Get tickets at KCBALLET.ORG.
📸 Kansas City Ballet Second Company Dancers in Gabriel Lorena`s Under My Skin. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
🎂 Happy Birthday to our founder Tatiana Dokoudovska! 🎂
Kansas City Ballet was founded in 1957 by Tatiana Dokoudovska with the goal of establishing a regular presence for ballet in the city. She served as Kansas City Ballet`s Artistic Director from 1957-1976.
📸 Images of Tatiana Dokoudovska courtesy of Kansas City Ballet.
🌟 Don’t just watch the future of dance—be part of it!
Kansas City Ballet’s New Moves showcases the creativity of up-and-coming choreographers in an intimate and powerful setting. Featuring works by Natasha Adorlee, Peter Chu, and more!
Get your seats now and prepare for an evening that will leave you inspired.
New Moves | Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 | Get tickets at the #linkinbio!
📸 Kansas City Ballet Company Dancers Olivia Jacobus and Andrew Vecseri in Natasha Adorlee`s Komorebi. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
Our School
Under the direction of School Director Oliver Till, the School offers a complete, professional curriculum for our Academy students. With locations in downtown Kansas City and Johnson County, the School maintains a faculty of over 50 instructors. The School’s Open Division attracts teens and adults who wish to pursue recreational dance instruction in a supportive and encouraging setting.
A history of Excellence
A history of Excellence
Professional Ballet Company and School
Founded in 1957, Kansas City Ballet is a 30-member professional ballet company under the direction of Artistic Director Devon Carney and Executive Director David Gray.
Through its professional company, its second company (comprised of KCB II and Trainees), its ballet school, and its many community programs, Kansas City Ballet seeks to nurture and develop our artists, audiences, and students in the values inherent in the creativity, diversity, and joy of dance.
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