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'Ballet Arkansas'

Ballet Arkansas's 'Great Gatsby' is full of duet work and fringe

How would ballet dancers — whose movements we expect to be grand and long and sweeping — grapple with stuff like the Lindy Hop or the Charleston, which so often incorporate wild movements of the arms and legs in minimal square footage? (The answer: beautifully!) 
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This weekend: Nia Renee, Bonnie Montgomery and Greg Spradlin, Emily Wolfe, Ballet Arkansas

The clouds are clearing and there's a lot going on in Little Rock this weekend.
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Ballet Arkansas gives free performance at Southwest Community Center in October

“Movement in the Parks ensures all within our community have access to world-class dance performances in stunning outdoor settings, free of charge,” said Michael Fothergill, Ballet Arkansas’s executive and artistic director.

Ballet Arkansas and SoNA collaborate for virtual 'Sleighride Together'

Ballet Arkansas is teaming up with Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA) for two world premieres choreographed by Ballet Arkansas's Executive and Artistic Director Michael Fothergill and contemporary choreographer Madison Hicks.
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Ballet Arkansas teams up with ASO for a free outdoor Sunday afternoon concert

Featuring a 4,300-square-foot mural, Ballet Arkansas and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.

Ballet Arkansas, Opera in the Rock and Arkansas Symphony Orchestra pay artists amid canceled performances

Canceled performances and lost revenue mean big pivots for arts organizations in Little Rock, several of which are scrambling more furiously than ever to be sure their performers get paid and that their organizations stay afloat.  
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Five dances, five moods in Ballet Arkansas’s “Debut”

Orson Welles once said that the enemy of art is the absence of limitation. Perhaps Michael Fothergill had a similar adage in mind when he drew up the rules for Ballet Arkansas’s most recent evening of new works.

Ballet Arkansas's "Sleepy Hollow" is angular, ghoulish

In this alternative telling of "Sleepy Hollow," there is no main event, only a satin pointe shoe covering a bloodied toe. It’s an image that carries its own kind of gore.
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Dancer Michael Fothergill with Catherine Fothergill suspended in air above him

For Catherine and Michael Fothergill, ballet is both art and business

A Q&A with Ballet Arkansas's co-directors.

Home for Christmas

Ballet Arkansas returns to Robinson with Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker.'
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Ballet Arkansas moves to Creative Corridor

In a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning, Ballet Arkansas celebrates its move to a new studio space at 520 Main Street along the Creative Corridor, and begins rehearsals for “The Nutcracker” and "Paquita" in the space only a half hour later.

Ballet Arkansas announces winner of choreographic competition

Ballet Arkansas names Jimmy Orrante, longtime dancer at Ballet Met, the winner of the company's 3rd annual Visions Choreographic Competition.
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