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Tiny dancer, prima ballerina and pioneer: Maniya Barredo is Every Woman

Gail O'NeillMay 1, 2019

Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man. – Aristotle Maniya Barredo, née Josephine Carmen Imutan Barredo, was seven years old when a ph...

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Atlanta Ballet nods to history and diversity with 2019–20 season

Cynthia Bond PerryMarch 21, 2019

Beginning next September, Atlanta Ballet’s 90th-anniversary season promises impressive variety, with nods to the company’s rich history and a turn toward divers...

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Review: Atlanta Ballet’s “Return to Fall” offers a mixed bag of the old and the new

Cynthia Bond PerrySeptember 19, 2018

Last weekend, Atlanta Ballet’s Return to Fall, the company’s first main stage fall production in seven years, offered a bit of the familiar, historic and histor...

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Atlanta Ballet’s “Return to Fall” marks first autumn performance since 2011

Candice ThompsonSeptember 11, 2018

Atlanta Ballet’s 2018–19 season opens Friday at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre with Return to Fall. Featuring a special guest performance by the Czech Natio...

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Breaking news: the Modern Atlanta Dance Festival announces its 2017 lineup

ARTS ATL StaffJanuary 18, 2017

The Modern Atlanta Dance (MAD) Festival, which annually casts a spotlight on local choreographers and dancers, has announced its lineup for the festival’s 23rd ...

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Obituary: Atlanta dance and arts icon Ginger Rich Barnett dies at age 82

Scott FreemanJuly 13, 2016

Virginia “Ginger” Rich Barnett, a major force in Atlanta’s dance and arts communities for decades, died in Asheville, North Carolina, last Saturday at the age o...

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Atlanta’s dance renaissance gets national exposure in Dance Magazine

Cynthia Bond PerryJanuary 12, 2010

This month’s issue of Dance Magazine, a leading national publication in the field, features a package I wrote on the Atlanta dance scene -- and the articles may...

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