At the beginning of Lore, John Welker appeared on a stage platform, a solo figure in a weathered, black vested suit and a wide-brimmed fedora. A Romani man’s vo...
Near the end of exstasis, the Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre debut last weekend at the Westside Cultural Arts Center, dancer and choreographer Tara Lee sank to ...
A year ago, five of Atlanta Ballet’s most prominent dancers began to plant the seeds to leave that landmark institution and form their own dance company. This w...
On a sultry Thursday evening in late April, only three weeks before the Atlanta Ballet season finale, five current and former company dancers gathered in an enc...
This weekend marks the symbolic end of the John McFall era at Atlanta Ballet. The company performs the ballet version of Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real, which ...
For John McFall, the joy of art comes from the process of its creation. It’s the artistic journey that matters as much as the art itself, and for 21 years, McFall’s artistic path helped elevate Atlanta Ballet into an internationally recognized company and touched the lives of thousands of kids who have taken classes at the ballet’s Centre for Dance Education....
In a move that dramatically changes the future face of Atlanta Ballet, 13 dancers -- almost 50 percent of the company -- will not be back for the 2017–18 season...
During an hour of rehearsals in Atlanta Ballet's Westside studios, John Welker and Nadia Mara made seemingly a thousand minor adjustments as they worked with ballet mistress Dale Shields on their pas de deux. The intensity as they prepared for Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker kicked up a notch when new artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin stepped into the room and joined the instruction, jumping up often from a folding chair on the side to demonstrate his nuanced suggestions....
Choreographing dance for an outdoor venue can present its own unique challenges, which Sean Hilton discovered as he created a piece that will make its world pre...
