Ballet Arizona Prima Circle Members Enjoy Exclusive Appreciation Evening
On Jan. 29, more than 100 of Ballet Arizona’s Prima Circle members enjoyed an exclusive evening filled with educational content provided by Ib Andersen, artistic director, dinner catered by Tarbell’s […]
The New York Times: “Ballet Arizona performs ‘Round’ in a Dreamy Desert Ambience”
“For centuries, ballet has focused all of its stage deportment on one specific arc of space, through a proscenium arch to a large audience. Yet this is such a three-dimensional […]
Ballet Arizona Sets Stage for 31st Season
Ballet Arizona continues to excite and inspire audiences with its artistic blend of classical and contemporary dance. Now approaching the 2016-2017 season, nationally recognized Artistic Director, Ib Andersen, promises not […]
Phoenix New Times: “Ballet Arizona’s ‘Innovations’ is Ib Andersen’s Legacy in the Making”
For many decades, major performing arts organizations including ballet companies have followed a fairly predictable path: presenting well-known repertory in large venues, while expecting contemporary audiences to sit through lengthy […]
Phoenix New Times: “Ballet Arizona Presents ‘Today’s Masters,’ Premieres Two New Works”
“It’s been more than a decade since Ib Andersen, artistic director for Ballet Arizona, wowed us with his choreography and set design for Mosaik, which premiered in phoenix in 2004, […]
The New York Times: “Striving for Steps that Look Effortless”
“‘If you love the warm of the sun…go.’ These words, which you might find in a tourist brochure about this desert city [Phoenix], actually come from the 19th-century Danish ballet […]
The New York Times: “Ballet Arizona’s ‘Napoli’ Embodies a Culture of Exuberance”
“Naples, a city I adore, and its encirons burst to life onstage in “Napoli,” a ballet choreographed in 1042 by August Bournonville. When the curtain rises on Act I, the […]
The New York Times: “Royal Danish Ballet Brings Bournonville Back to New York”
“For more than half a century, Americans have felt a kind of fascination for Danish dancers. The attraction datse at least to the 1950s, when a small group from the […]
The New York Times: “Discovery and Rediscovery”
“…More remarkably, thought, on Feb. 12, Ballet Arizona in Phoenix will become the first American company ever to perform Bournonville’s exuberant three-act ‘Napoli’ (1842); its artistic director is Ib Andersen, […]
