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Maria A. Konrad returns to the New Moves stage with the Second Company🩰
Maria`s last work was "Canopy" which premiered in 2023. We`re thrilled to welcome her back and see her newest work come to life!
🌀New Moves showing Jan. 29-Feb. 1 at the Bolender Center
🎟️ Tickets are only available at KCBALLET.ORG. Buy yours today!
📸: Kansas City Ballet Second Company Dancers with Choreographer Maria A. Konrad. Photography by Beeh Moynagh.
NEXT WEEK New Moves opens at our home studio at the Bolender Center🤩
New Moves brings visionary choreographers and passionate dancers together for an unforgettable evening in an intimate setting. Meet us at the Bolender Center!
🗓️Showing Jan. 29 - Feb. 1
🎟️Get tickets ONLY at KCBALLET.ORG.
📸 Kansas City Ballet Dancers Kelsey Ivana Hellebuyck and Andrew Vecseri in Elliott Rogers` "Stages." Photo by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
🩰Kansas City Ballet School alumni Durante Verzola describes his piece as romantic and passionate, blending classical vocabulary with immediacy.
“I want to make work that showcases technique and individuality,” he says. “Live music enriches everything.”🎶
Durante’s world premiere is set to the first and last movements of Dvorák’s Piano Quintet No. 1, performed live by Company Pianist and Principal Academy Pianist Jordan Voth. 🎻 He will be joined by nationally recognized Kansas City-based string quartet Opus 76, returning to New Moves for the fifth consecutive year.
🌀New Moves showing Jan. 29-Feb. 1 at the Bolender Center
🎟️ Tickets are only available at KCBALLET.ORG. Buy yours today!
📸: Kansas City Ballet Dancer Kaleena Burks with Choreographer Durante Verzola Photography by Beeh Moynagh.
Cameron Thomas` piece for New Moves is centered on Alexander Scriabin`s compositions — paired perfectly with live piano accompaniment by Jordan Voth🎶🎹
👀If you love music and want to Kansas City Ballet like never before, don`t miss Cameron`s piece in New Moves showing Jan. 29-Feb. 1 at the Bolender Center!
🎟️ Tickets are only available at KCBALLET.ORG. Buy yours today!
📸: Kansas City Ballet Dancers Naomi Tanioka, Gavin Abercrombie and Cameron Thomas with Company Pianist/Principal Academy Pianist Jordan Voth. Photography by Beeh Moynagh.
Second Company Dancers had the joy to perform at King Elementary, part of Kansas City Public Schools🩰
"This morning’s informance at King was a great experience for our students, many of which have never been to a ballet or seen `a real life ballerina,`" 💬 says Zandra Winfield-Jones, Manager of Student Experience.
With narration throughout, events like this informance offer a behind-the-scenes look at the artistry and discipline of ballet, with plenty of opportunities for audience participation.
🔗Don’t miss out on this exciting blend of education, performance, and fun! Learn more at the #linkinbio.
"How do we prepare ourselves for the unfamiliar? I remember reading a line from a well-known interior designer to the effect that one should always include at least one antique in a space because it grounds everything else," 📝 Hilary Stroh for Bachtrack writes. "I feel much the same way when watching contemporary ballet."
New Moves is for the adventurous! Come on a contemporary journey with us Jan. 29 - Feb. 1 at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity🌀
🎟️Get tickets ONLY at KCBALLET.ORG.
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🎥: Kansas City Ballet Dancers. Video by Beeh Moynagh.
Kansas City Ballet offices are closed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day 🤎 Both Academy and Open Division classes are also canceled.
We will reopen on Tuesday, January 20.
🌀We open New Moves next weekend on Thursday, January 29! To learn more about this incredible production (or snag your ticket!!), check out our website at KCBALLET.ORG.
📸: Photography by Beeh Moynagh.
Need weekend plans? Come support local #kansascity artists and see New Moves!⛲️
By hosting this program in our home studio at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity, we`re able to offer an intimate experience of dance and live music to our patrons. We can`t wait to share these brand new works with you!🌀
🗓️New Moves showing Jan. 29 - Feb. 1
🎟️Get tickets ONLY at KCBALLET.ORG.
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📸 Kansas City Ballet Dancers Sidney Haefs and Alladson Barreto in Peter Chu`s "And I`m In Way Over My Head Here"; Angelin Carrant and Naomi Tanioka in Natasha Adorlee`s "glōam"; Georgia Fuller and Paul Zusi in Olivia Jacobus and Amira Hogan`s "you can`t control the wind, but you can adjust your sails." Photo by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
Let`s turn back time for a sec😉 It`s time to romp like it`s the Roaring 20s all over again at @barre.kc`s Gatsby-inspired Soirée🥂
🗓️SAVE THE DATE | April 18, 2026
⏰ 6:30 PM
📍Union Station
🎷All proceeds support Kansas City Ballet’s Reach Out And Dance (R.O.A.D.) program, bringing free dance education to nearly 1,000 third and fourth graders across Kansas City each year.
🎟️ Tickets go on sale on Feb. 2! Interested in a sponsorship? Check out the #linkinbio.
📸: Kansas City Ballet Dancers Marisa DeEtte Whiteman and Kelsey Ivana Hellebuyck. Photos by Mark McDonald.
New Moves is all about innovation and pushing boundaries🌀
This program has something for everyone. Take your date to New Moves and bond over which dance work resonated with you most! Bring your friends and share something new! The New Moves experience is one you don`t want to miss.
📍We`ll see you at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
🗓️Showing Jan. 29 - Feb. 1
🎟️Get tickets ONLY at KCBALLET.ORG.
🎥: Video by Beeh Moynagh.
This year`s New Moves is allllll about live music🎼🎶
We`re so excited to welcome back Opus 76 for its fifth consecutive New Moves. 🎻 Two of Kansas City Ballet School’s resident accompanists, Jordan Voth and Jacob Thomas, will also be performing throughout the program! 🎹
📍Meet us at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
🗓️Showing Jan. 29 - Feb. 1
🎟️Get tickets ONLY at KCBALLET.ORG.
📸: Photography by Beeh Moynagh and Nicole Dolan.
✨🎊Happy Birthday KCB Company Dancer Isaac Allen!🎊✨
Join us in wishing Isaac a very happy birthday in the comments below. ⬇️
📸: Kansas City Ballet Company Dancer Isaac Allen with Company Dancers in Septime Webre`s ALICE (in wonderland), 2024. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
Are you ready for an experience you`ll never forget? 😱 Kansas City Ballet is thrilled to share never-before-seen dance works with the industry`s upcoming choreographers in New Moves!
This program is perfect for anyone who loves the arts, self-expression, and supporting local artists. So if you`ve been meaning to come to a Kansas City Ballet performance — we`d love to see you at New Moves🌀
📍Todd Bolender Center
🗓️ Showing Jan. 29-Feb. 1
🎟️ only available at KCBALLET.ORG.
🎥: Kansas City Ballet Dancers in Haley Kostas and Caroline Dahm`s "Circle Back" (New Moves 2024). Video by Beeh Moynagh.
2️⃣ WEEKS until the opening night of New Moves!
If you`re into new, contemporary, ballet re-imagined type of works... this is the program for YOU🙂↕️🫵🏽.
📍Meet us at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
🗓️Jan. 29 - Feb. 1
🎟️Get tickets ONLY at KCBALLET.ORG.
📸 Kansas City Ballet Dancers Naomi Tanioka and Angelin Carrant in Natasha Adorlee`s "glōam." Photos by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
New Moves, one of Kansas City Ballet’s most anticipated performances, offers a captivating showcase of contemporary ballet! 🩰
🏡Set in the 180-seat Frost Studio Theater at the Bolender Center, New Moves offers an up-close experience for both dancers and viewers.
🔥Don’t miss the chance to witness our talented artists and emerging choreographers push the boundaries of expression through bold, athletic, and passionate new dance works!
📍Todd Bolender Center
🗓️ Showing Jan. 29-Feb. 1
🎟️ only available at KCBALLET.ORG.
🎥: Kansas City Ballet Dancers Amaya Rodriguez, Keaton Linzau and Amanda DeVenuta in Elaine Kimble`s "Everything is Temporary." Video by Beeh Moynagh.
🇺🇸🐴A milestone deserves a masterpiece. Kansas City Ballet brings you three extraordinary works in honor of our nation’s 250 years.
Stars and Stripes (featuring 3 short dance works) is showing March 20-29 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts | 🎟️ only at KCBALLET.ORG.
Supported by Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts and the Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund.
📸: Artists of Ballet West in STARS AND STRIPES, Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photography by Beau Pearson.
Kansas City Ballet is proud to feature live music throughout our productions🎶🎹 This year’s New Moves highlights two of Kansas City Ballet School’s resident accompanists, Jordan Voth and Jacob Thomas, alongside Kansas City-based @opus76quartet!
Kansas City Ballet presents New Moves showing Jan. 29-Feb. 1 at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity🌀 Get your tickets ONLY at KCBALLET.ORG.
📝 Read more about Jordan and Jacob on our blog at the #linkinbio.
📸: Photos by Mark McDonald and Beeh Moynagh.
New Moves opens in 🌀10 DAYS🌀
We cannot wait to share ALL BRAND NEW choreography with all of you. If you`re an avid arts lover – especially local #kansascity talent — New Moves is the program for you.
🏡See Kansas City Ballet perform in our home studio at the Bolender Center! It`ll be an intimate dance experience you`ll never forget.
🗓️Showing Jan. 29 - Feb. 1
🎟️Tickets are ONLY available at KCBALLET.ORG.
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📸 Kansas City Ballet Dancer Chase Hanson in Elliott Rogers` "Stages" Elliott Rogers and Georgia Fuller in Amira Hogan and Olivia Jacobus` "you can`t control the wind, but you can adjust your sails," Gavin Abercrombie and Alladson Barreto in Peter Chu`s "And I`m In Way Over My Head Here." Photos 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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