Charlotte Ballet

JORDYN RUSSELL - STAFF WRITER Chautauqua School of Dance alumni Isabella LaFreniere and Preston Chamblee, both currently with the New York City Ballet, rehearse for their Sunday performance in the Alumni All-Star Ballet Gala Friday

Charlotte Ballet Company dancers Sarah Lapointe and Juwan Alston perform in "Stepping Over" in the company’s opening performance of the season in the Amphitheater on Wednesday June 28, 2018. HALDAN KIRSCH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER For Charlotte Ballet’s

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 wonder. Anna Gerberich and Peter Leo Walker, former principal dancers

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 festivities came from the new Amphitheater, with long-awaited and better