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New Ballet Presents 9th Annual Nut ReMix

November 5th, 2012

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

July 27th, 2012

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 ...

Dancers in Orange Mound Community Program sponsored by ArtsFirst (First Tennessee)

July 27th, 2012

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

July 24th, 2012

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

April 17th, 2012

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. Click here for tickets. Mr. Hart is a graduate ...

New Ballet Arts Education at Shelby County Schools

March 8th, 2012

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

February 27th, 2012

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. Read more in the Commercial Appeal.

Graduate Spotlight: Laura Cost

February 6th, 2012

(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 ...

NBE Initiates the Dunbar Elementary School Girl's Residency Program

February 6th, 2012

Memphis, TN - New Ballet Ensemble & School began a Girl’s Residency Program at Dunbar Elementary School in the Orange Mound neighborhood sponsored by the Briggs Foundation. The program will run from January 2012 to April 2012. 

TODAY Show Keeps Giving: Manassas High School

February 6th, 2012

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!