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New Ballet Ensemble extends reach with grant (Memphis Daily News)
The New Ballet Ensemble and School is a first-time recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, money the Midtown-based school is using to create and perform an original dance work.
Black Swan: Local ballet scene welcomes diverse dancers (Lamplighter)
Profile of NBE student Nokomis Marr in Lamplighter.
Swan in Sneakers (The New Yorker)
Charles "Lil Buck " Riley's concert at Le Poisson Rouge featuring music by Yo-Yo Ma and the premiere of Philip Glass's piece "Orbit".
New Ballet Ensemble promises emotional experience (Commercial Appeal)
Article on the upcoming annual production of Springloaded.
New Ballet Educational Programs by Danielle Jones
Danielle Jones is a student at Rhodes College, and her internship with New Ballet is sponsored by the Rhodes College Center for Outreach and Development in the Arts.
New Ballet Dances New York
Student and professional artists from the New Ballet Ensemble (NBE) joined thousands of performing artists and companies in New York City January 12-14, 2013 for the APAP|NYC 2013, a global arts marketplace and conference.
Q & A with NBE student Harlan Hutton
The Baryshnikovs Of Jookin (NYTimes)
Spotlight on current and former NBE students in the New York Times. Written by Alastair Macaulay
New Ballet presents 9th Annual Nut ReMix
New Ballet Ensemble Presents 9th Annual Nut ReMix Beloved holiday performance features ballet, flamenco, Memphis urban dance style jookin’, Chinese dance and drums...
New Ballet students benefit from Franklin Method curriculum over the summer
Students enrolled in New Ballet’s summer session enriched their dance education with classes in the Franklin Method for the first time. New Ballet was pleased to host Carol Guidry, Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Santa Clarita Ballet and a Level 3 Certified Franklin Method instructor, as a guest teaching artist for the summer.
Dancers in Orange Mount Community Program sponsored by ArtsFirst (First Tennessee)
Young men from Orange Mound thrived this summer in New Ballet’s summer program. After attending a Redbirds RBI Baseball Camp, the boys, students at Dunbar Elementary, spent two weeks at New Ballet. Most of the boys attended classes at New Ballet throughout the past school year.
New Ballet wows crowd at the Levitt Shell
On a June Sunday evening, with high humidity and temperatures hovering just below a hundred, a crowd of thousands turned out to see Memphis’s own New Ballet Ensemble at the Levitt Shell. New Ballet Ensemble showcased a combination of student dancers and professionals in two ...
New Ballet welcomes Arthur Hart, pianist for Rhapsody in Blue at SpringLoaded
Arthur Hart will join New Ballet Ensemble and River City Concert band as the pianist for Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. You don't want to miss this ballet set to Gershwin's masterpiece performed with live music from River City Concert Band.
New Ballet Arts Education at Shelby County Schools
This semester, New Ballet Ensemble is partnering with the Arts Infusion program of Shelby County Schools to bring "3 Shoes and Bare Feet" to hundreds of students across the Memphis area.
Pilates Success Story (Commercial Appeal)
Pilates at New Ballet clients, Ted and Robyn Gibboney, share their success story with the Commercial Appeal. Each started Pilates at New Ballet to help with health issues and have continued their practice after finding an increased sense of body awareness.
Graduate Spotlight: Laura Cost
Laura graduated from Millsaps College in May 2011 with an honors degree in Sociology of Religion and English, and deferred acceptance to Boston University’s master’s program in Community and Global Engagement and Non-profit Management to stay in Mississippi and work with AmeriCorps...
TODAY Show Keeps Giving: Manassas High School
Thanks to generous donations from the TODAY show, we were able to pass on jazz shoes to the Manassas High School dance team. Congratulations girls!
