News & Announcements
2016
Sponsor a Set or Costume in Ballet West’s new Nutcracker
Play a part in the building of 24 monolithic sets, 268 dazzling costumes, and hundreds of new of props!
2016
DON’T MISS BALLET WEST II THIS WEEKEND!
“Ballet West II is ready to rock on the center stage!” -Salt Lake Tribune
2016
BALLET WEST ANNOUNCES COMPANIES FOR NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL
Ballet West and Four Renowned Dance Companies to Unveil Groundbreaking Works at Eccles Theater Ballet West will host four of America’s most esteemed ballet companies in Salt Lake City as part of its inaugural National Choreographic Festival, May 19—27, 2017. Over two weekends, and with two completely different programs, the event will celebrate new works
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2016
BALLET WEST TO PERFORM THIS FALL AT INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL IN HAVANA, CUBA
Ballet West to be one of the first U.S. ballet companies to dance in the Festival since relations have been restored with Cuba SALT LAKE CITY – August 25, 2016 – The International Ballet Festival of Havana, one of the oldest and most prestigious events in the world of dance, has invited Ballet West to
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2016
Encouraging the Next Generation
The Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy announced scholarship recipients recently. Congratulations to all the young dancers, and thank you to our donors who make these scholarships possible. Click to see the recipients! Scholarship in honor of Recipient Mr. C Kenedy Kallas Bené Arnold Emma Merrill Peggy Bergmann Eve Sosnowski Mark Goldweber Jonas
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2016
BALLET WEST ACADEMY OPENS PEGGY BERGMANN PARK CITY CAMPUS
The Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy, one of the most prestigious ballet schools in the country, opened a fourth campus in Park City on Thursday, August 18th with a ceremony and ribbon cutting. Located at Kimball Junction, the public was welcomed into the new state-of-the-art facility which has four expansive studios in a serene mountain
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2016
Sleuthing Dancers’ Summer Schedules
There was no such thing as ‘downtime’ for most Ballet West dancers. “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy,” so goes the song by Ella Fitzgerald. For a few Ballet West dancers, those words may ring true, but for many, summer is a busy, chaotic few months of navigating around the world to visit family,
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2016
Ballet West Academy hosts dancers from around the globe for Summer Intensive
More than 750 ballet students from all over the world converged upon the Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy this summer for its annual Summer Intensive. If you have images of a summer dance camp, think again. The dancers were on a regimented schedule that had them waking up before 6:00 a.m. so they could
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2016
PRINCIPAL SELECTED FOR SALT LAKE CAMPUS
Artistic Director Adam Sklute and Academy Director Peter LeBreton Merz announced the hiring of respected dance instructor, Nadia Pavlenko, as the Principal of the Ballet West Academy Salt Lake City campus. Pavlenko has been teaching ballet for more than 17 years, and was recently recognized by the Youth American Grand Prix as an Outstanding Teacher. She
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2016
First Nutcracker Designs Unveiled!
New opulent, whimsical look will take the stage in 2017 During a recent press conference, members of the Ballet West Artistic Staff unveiled a bevy of renderings and 3-D models that show the design direction of the new production of Willam Christensen’s The Nutcracker, which will premiere in the winter of 2017. This major update
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