AZ Foothills: Ballet Arizona and Arizona Opera Partner in Bringing Students Music Movement Breaks
Ballet Arizona and Arizona Opera have combined forces to produce a free nine video series whose purpose is to get students moving in both virtual and in-person classroom settings. With arts programs in […]
Gilbert Sun News: Kids with disabilities learn dance from Ballet Arizona
Children and teens with Down syndrome are learning the discipline of ballet through a unique program sponsored by Arizona Ballet. Since 2014, Arizona Ballet’s Adaptive Dance for Down Syndrome Program […]
KTAR News: 2 Valley youth arts organizations unite to showcase Swan Lake
PHOENIX — The School of Ballet Arizona and Phoenix Youth Symphony Orchestras are teaming up to present a unique performance at the Desert Botanical Garden. The groups will bring the […]
The Ballet Herald: ‘Gillmer Duran: Solidarity Toward a Brighter Future’
Despite the ups and downs he has endured personally as well as those that accompany a global pandemic, Gillmer Duran is still positive about the future of the dance industry. […]
KJZZ: Ballet Arizona Is Hosting In-Person And Virtual Spring Shows
After a season of canceled in-person performances, Ballet Arizona is returning to the stage with two upcoming performances titled “ENERGY” and “Balanchine.” They come after a long process of enforcing COVID-19 […]
The Ballet Herald: ‘The Professional Ballet Community Adapts in a Pandemic World’
As we are pretty much at the one year mark for which the world was turned upside down, I got to wondering how artistic leadership and dancers of professional ballet […]
Phoenix Business Journal: ‘The Show Must Go On’
Despite staff cuts, donor pullouts and relief funds quickly drying up, many organizations didn’t do a final curtain call. They innovated and transitioned to remote environments, from Ballet Arizona producing […]
Paradise Valley Independent: ‘Ballet Arizona welcomes Marquez, Felix as new directors’
Independent Newsmedia Ballet Arizona hired two new directors, Leslie Marquez as marketing director and Karina Felix as its finance director. “We are thrilled to bring Leslie and Karina on board […]
KJZZ: ‘Phoenix, Tucson And Flagstaff Groups Get National Arts Grants’
More than a million dollars in federal coronavirus relief funds will help 16 nonprofit arts groups in Arizona. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the awards to help organizations […]
