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Tag Archives: Lexington Ballet
Video: Lexington Ballet’s ‘Snow White’
The last time the Lexington Ballet presented Snow White was 2006. Artistic director Luis Dominguez says his company has made some mighty strides forward since then and has put together a completely new production with new choreography and music by everyone’s favorite … Continue reading
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Tagged Lexington Ballet, Lexington Opera House, Luis Dominguez, Snow White
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Amphitheater open house
It’s almost time for the first full season of performances at the Moondance at Midnight Pass amphitheater behind Beaumont Center. Since it is still such an unknown quantity to many presenters in Lexington, LexArts is holding an open house at … Continue reading
Posted in ballet, Central Kentucky Arts News, dance, LexArts, Lexington Ballet, Theater
Tagged Actors Guild of Lexington, Andy Haymaker, Beaumont Center, Joe Artz, LexArts, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Chinese-American Association, Moondance at Midnight Pass amphitheater, Scott Sherman, Tim Haymaker
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Love at first sight for new Art League director
The first event Stephanie Pevec attended in Lexington after moving here from Wooster, Ohio, was the opening reception for the Lexington Art League’s Nude 2008 exhibit. “We were used to 50 people at an opening being a big crowd,” says … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Center, Contemporary Dance Collective, Habitat for Humanity, LexArts, Lexington Art League, Lexington Ballet, Stephanie Pevec, The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, The British Are Coming
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Things to watch for in the WEG opening ceremonies
Rehearsals for the opening ceremonies of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games moved to the outdoor stadium of the Kentucky Horse Park Thursday night. The semi-dress rehearsal started at showtime, 7 p.m., and clocked in right around three hours. With … Continue reading
Posted in Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, ballet, Classical Music, Country music, dance, Lexington Ballet, Music, Opera
Tagged Alicia McCorvey, Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Cherryholmes, Cynthia Lawrence, Dan James, Denyce Graves, Eitan Beth-Halachmy, Gregory Turay, Haitian Harmony, Jim Newberry, Lashelle Allen, Leo Delibes, Lexington Ballet, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Mario Contreras, Mark Schlackman, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, Ronan Tynan, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Stacy Westfall, Steve Beshear, Tanya Harper, The California Cowgirls Equestrian Drill Team, The Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls, Tommie Turvey, Vince Bruce, Woody Guthrie, Wynonna Judd
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Ballet executive going to Pennsylvania orchestra
Lexington Ballet executive director Joe Tackett has left the company to take the same position with the Reading Symphony Orchestra in Reading, Penn. Tackett came to the Ballet just over a year ago and helped the company re-launch its professional … Continue reading
Posted in Arts administration, ballet, Central Kentucky Arts News, Classical Music, dance, Lexington Art League, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Philharmonic, Music
Tagged Allison Kaiser, Joe Tackett, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Philharmonic, Peter Kucirko, Reading Symphony Orchestra
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Lexington Ballet announces 2010-11 season
The Lexington Ballet announced its 2010-11 season at performances of Hard Rock Ballet this weekend. It includes variations on hits like Hard Rock Ballet 2, a major classical work and a performance during the World Equestrian Games. Fabric of Dance: 3’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010-11 season, Lexington Ballet, Luis Dominguez
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Reinvigorating Downtown Arts Center is Job 1
LexArts’ decision to name a program coordinator for the Downtown Arts Center could be seen as a reaction to a drop in use of the 8-year-old facility since Actors Guild of Lexington pulled out. And that is correct, to an … Continue reading
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Tagged Actors Guild of Lexington, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Jim Clark, Leslie Beatty, LexArts, Lexington Ballet
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UK Opera Theatre is her outfit
In almost any opera, University of Kentucky costumer Susan Dudley Wigglesworth will have to create looks for at least one iconic character. For this weekend’s production of Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus, she’s creating a who’s who of opera icons. … Continue reading
Posted in Classical Music, Lexington Opera House, Opera, UK, video
Tagged Arena Stage, Berman’s and Nathan’s, Brünnhilde, Carmen, Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss II, La Traviata, Lady Macbeth, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Shakespeare Festival, Lucia di Lammermoor, Macbeth, Pagliacci, Richard Kagey, Richard Wagner, Ring Cycle, Susan Dudley Wigglesworth, Tannhäuser, The Crucible
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2009: The year in Central Kentucky arts
New Year’s Day 2009, I assumed by New Year’s Eve I would have written about at least one Lexington arts group closing its doors. The economy was buried nose-first in the ground and theaters and other arts organizations were closing … Continue reading
Posted in Actors Guild of Lexington, Arts administration, Balagula Theatre, ballet, Central Kentucky Arts News, Classical Music, Current Affairs, dance, LexArts, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Opera House, Lexington Philharmonic, Lexington Singers, LexPhil conductor search, Music, Opera, Singletary Center for the Arts, Studio Players, Theater, UK, Visual arts, Woodford County Theatre
Tagged A Bluegrass Tapestry, Actors Guild of Lexington, Always Patsy Cline, Balagula Theatre, Bob Edwards, Heather Parrish, James Archambeault, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kentucky Humanities Council, Kim Shaw, LexArts, Lexington Ballet, Lexington Children's Theatre, Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, Lexington Singers, Long Time Travelling, Lorne Dechtenberg, Luis Dominguez, Norton Center for the Arts, Our Lincoln, Paragon Musisc Theatre, Richard St. Peter, Robyn Peterman-Zahn, Scott Terrell, Studio Players, The Christmas Presence, The Infamous Ephraim, The Koln Concert, The Last of Mrs. Lincoln, The Magical Tales of Beatrix Potter, The Woodford Theatre, Token of Affection, University of Kentucky Opera Theatre, University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
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