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Inman Park Dance Festival to offer tastes of local scene

Sydney BurrowsApril 23, 2019

The vibrant Atlanta dance scene is saturated with different styles, but it is rare for audiences to see multiple companies on one bill, let alone in a performan...

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EVOLVE | atlanta to strengthen bonds, create shared dance community vision

Cynthia Bond PerryApril 11, 2019

All too often, local dance company directors face the day-to-day challenges that leave little time to partner with other Atlanta-based companies. Potential bene...

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Q&A: Ballethnic’s Nena Gilreath on The Leopard Tale and the will to survive

Cynthia Bond PerryMarch 7, 2019

It’s a story of survival – not just for animals on the West African savanna but also for a multicultural ballet company preparing to celebrate, in 2020, three d...

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Ballethnic Dance Company, Georgia Ballet offer fresh variations on the classic “Nutcracker”

Rachel HellwigNovember 21, 2018

'Tis the season for Nutcracker, and the local dance scene offers a generous serving of the holiday classic. Atlanta Ballet's much anticipated new production --...

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Our guide to this season’s best “Nutcracker” productions in and around Atlanta

Cynthia Bond PerryNovember 21, 2018

From Atlanta Ballet’s mega-production at the Fox Theatre to a performance at the high school in Fayetteville, Atlanta is flush with productions of The Nutcracke...

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The acclaimed Dance Theatre of Harlem to perform two shows at Cobb Energy Centre

Jewel WickerOctober 9, 2018

Dance Theatre of Harlem, the national and international touring group founded in 1969 and known for its blend of neoclassical and contemporary dance styles, wil...

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Ballethnic’s “Urban Nutcracker” comes full circle with this year’s return to King Chapel

Rachel HellwigDecember 6, 2017

This Nutcracker season, Ballethnic Dance Company’s beloved Urban Nutcracker will return to Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, the ...

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Even with a 25-year track record, Ballethnic still turns obstacles into opportunity (Part 3 of 3)

Cynthia Bond PerryNovember 19, 2015

Nena Gilreath and Roscoe Sales in the Spanish dance. (Photo by Kris Roberts) (Editor’s note: As East Point’s Ballethnic Dance Company celebrates its 25th ye...

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Ballethnic’s 25-year lineage stretches back to legendary George Balanchine (Part 1 of 3)

Cynthia Bond PerryNovember 17, 2015

Ballenthic co-founders Nena Gilreath and Waverly Lucas in Lovers Trilogy from 2013. (Photo courtesy of SirKPhotos.com) (Editor’s note: As East Point’s Balleth...

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Year in Review: Star-crossed lovers, Spano/Stallings mark exciting diversity of Atlanta dance

ARTS ATL StaffJanuary 2, 2015

Alessa Rogers and Christian Clark in Atlanta Ballet's smoldering Roméo et Julliette. (Photo by Charlie McCullers) From a Shakespearian tragedy to a survival s...

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