In order to prepare for their performance at Chautauqua Institution, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre spent the past month rehearsing for six hours per day, five
After a summer full of classes, rehearsals and performances, the Festival and Workshop dancers in the Chautauqua School of Dance will take the stage one
This season of dance at Chautauqua Institution has featured an array of well-known choreographers, from Alvin Ailey and George Balanchine to Sasha Janes and Ólafur
And then the audience said, looking to their programs, “Will they return?” — speaking about two of Chautauqua’s favorite dancers for the past decade. No
For professional dancers who’ve come through Chautauqua Institution’s School of Dance, returning to the grounds for a one-night performance is much more than that —
Ballet does not always have to be about tutus and pointe shoes. Charlotte Ballet’s Dance Innovations performance at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Amphitheater proves
Although the Chautauqua School of Dance Student Gala highlights the dancers, behind the scenes it is the collaborative effort, energy and expertise of the staff
Tuesday night at the new Amphitheater was a celebration in so many ways of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, himself a Chautauqua “institution.” The first part of the
Hope Muir, the Charlotte Ballet’s incoming artistic director, hasn’t been formally introduced to the Chautauqua community just yet. In her first week at Chautauqua Institution,
Tuesday night’s performance will be, in its own way, a pas de deux. The Charlotte Ballet, under the direction of its outgoing artistic director, Jean-Pierre
Throughout his entire career with Charlotte Ballet (formerly North Carolina Dance Theatre), first as a principal dancer for eight years beginning in 2003, then as
The remodeled Amphitheater with its better sight lines and larger stage isn’t the only thing new about this summer’s dance offerings at Chautauqua. For the