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- Nashville, TN 1985
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Events
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- The Nutcracker
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Friday, December 11 at 7:00pm - 2 Nutcracker Photo Opportunities
Nashville Ballet’s Martin Center f...
Monday, November 30 at 4:00pm - Ballet Ball Table Host Event
Home of Leah Sohr
Wednesday, November 18 at 11:30am - Emergence: The Studio Series
Nashville Ballet’s Martin Center fo...
Friday, November 13 at 7:30pm - Giselle
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Friday, October 23 at 8:00pm - Giselle
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Friday, October 9 at 3:25am - Tasti D'lite grand opening
Tasti D'lite on West End
Saturday, September 26 at 10:00am - Grand Opening of Tasti D'lite ...
Tasti D'lite on West End
Saturday, September 26 at 10:00am - Beer at the Ballet
Nashville Ballet Martin Center for ...
Friday, August 21 at 6:30pm - Summer Classes
Nashville Ballet
Tuesday, May 26 at 6:00pm
Jen Hey guys! Wondering when the next adult beginner class starts. My new year's rezzie is to bravely face the barre! Any info? :)
Nashville Ballet is hoping everyone is having a wonderful beginning to this new year. We wish you all hope, peace, and success this year.
Nashville Ballet is recuperating after such an amazing Nutcracker. We hope you all loved it.
Marsha D. I loveee the Nutcracker!!! My name is Marsha,and my sis Charity,Ama(our friend) were all in this amazing production a few years ago,I think it was in the 90's with Paul Vasterling was and still is the director.We love him.
Betsy The Nutcracker was amazing!
Nashville Ballet can't wait to see the Nutcracker this weekend, and hopes you'll be there, too.
Mandy Anderson Schmitt Will Sharyn be reading the story prior to this afternoon's matinee? If so, what time?
Tracy Will student rush tickets be sold for the Nutcracker assuming there are still tickets available 90 minutes before the show?
Nashville Ballet hopes everyone is having a fabulous holiday season. Don't forget to make The Nutcracker part of that! You'll be so glad you did. Opening weekend was amazing and you can still see it next weekend.
Nashville Ballet
2 Nutcracker Photo Opportunities
Rehearsals with Youth Cast and Store Window Display Contest entries
After nearly 20 years as Middle Tennessee’s favorite holiday entertainment, Nashville Ballet’s Nutcracker was completely redesigned! This revised production premiered last December and features all new sets and all new c...ostumes with updated choreography. This encore production with its “Tennessee Centennial” setting was inspired by the great Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897. Our 150-member youth cast is working with the professional dancers of Nashville Ballet this week to learn the final details before moving to the “big stage” at TPAC’s Jackson Hall.
Who: Nashville Ballet
What: Rehearsal with Youth Cast Members
When: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Monday, November 30th, Tuesday, December 1st, Wednesday, December 2nd, and Thursday, December 3rd
Where: Nashville Ballet’s Martin Center for Dance, located at 3630 Redmon Street, Nashville, TN 37209 (in the Sylvan Park area)
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Additionally, almost twenty businesses are participating in our first annual Store Window Display Contest featuring a Nutcracker theme. Each contestant was given a custom Nashville Ballet Nutcracker and a poster, along with a pair of tickets to a Ballet performance. Photos of competing entries will be placed on our website December 1st – December 10th for the public to vote on. The dancers of Nashville Ballet will pick the winner from the Top 3 on December 11th. Grand prize winner will receive a Dinner for Two from Midtown Café, a pair of tickets to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and a “Ballet Basket”. Some of these window displays are quite fun and creative…Stop by for a photo!
Please check out their displays (listed by area):
West End - AJ Martin, Boutique Bella, UAL, the UPS store, Ruth Chris Steakhouse
Hillsboro Village – Social Graces, Clothing XChange, Provence, Jackson’s, A Thousand Faces
Hill Center – Monkee’s, Billy Reid, J McLaughlin, Jigsaw, Provence
Cummins Station – Urban Sun, Vanity for Hair
Franklin – Not For Every Child, Naticakes, Main Street Toy Company
Rehearsals with Youth Cast and Store Window Display Contest entries
Time:4:00PM Monday, November 30th
Location: Nashville Ballet’s Martin Center for Dance and around town
Nashville Ballet
Nashville Ballet presents the encore season of the acclaimed Nashville-based Nutcracker December 11-20, 2009. If you were one of the few people who missed last year’s premiere, be sure to attend this year’s production. This unforgettable classic remains one of the most popular of “must-do” holiday traditions in Nashvil...le. With the Nashville Symphony, Tennessee Centennial setting, dazzling costumes, glittering sets, and brand-new choreography, audiences last year said it best… “Awe-inspiring no matter how old you are”… “It might just be the best present to give to your family this holiday season”… “What a fresh performance, so many ahhhhhh moments!”....“Exquisite from start to finish.”
Nashville Ballet traditionally includes area dance students to be a part of Nutcracker magic and this year is no exception. Over 200 youth cast members will be dancing in this season’s production. The coveted roles of Clara and Fritz will be danced by two casts who will alternate performances. The role of Clara will be danced by Elizabeth Graves and Anna Celeste Harrer, with Fritz being danced by Azro-Solar Akimoto and Brady Davis. “Being included in a professional production is such an honor and a privilege for these students. It gives them the experience of interacting with a professional company and experiencing the full spectrum of performing in front of thousands of people” states Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. Several youth cast members are coming from over 50 miles each way to for the opportunity to participate in this annual production: Julia Ridderhoof from Clarksville, TN, Russell Fernandez from Ft. Campbell, KY, Kasey and Gabi Broekema and Isabell Atella from Bowling Green, KY, Sarah Murray from Hartsville, TN and Callie Holloway from Sewanee, TN. Executive Director Andrea Dillenburg says, “It is so heartening to see the commitment that these parents, in fact, all of our parents, make in providing the opportunity for their child to dance with the best and achieve excellence. We’re honored.”
Nutcracker (with the Nashville Symphony) Jackson Hall at TPAC
Friday, December 11, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 12, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 13, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, December 18, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 19, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 20, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Single Ticket Information
Nashville Ballet tickets for all performances can be purchased in person at the TPAC box office downtown or at Davis-Kidd Booksellers in The Mall at Green Hills, or by phone at 615-782-4040. Single tickets can also be purchased online at www.nashvilleballet.com. Tickets are priced at $23 for Level 3, $56 for Level 2, $66 for Level 1, and $77 for Premium Level tickets. Groups of ten or more receive a discount. For information on group sales or to purchase group tickets, please call Meredith Benning at 615-297-2966, ext. 10.
Season Subscription Information
Season subscriptions are also available with subscribers receiving the best seats. Subscription packages range in price from $37 per person up to $234 per person. Options include a 3-show subscription (includes Nutcracker), and a 2-show subscription. Create your own Family Series subscriptions and children ages 4-17 receive a 50% discount on subscription tickets. For the ultimate children’s ballet experience, the popular “Ballet Buddies” program includes free valet parking and a scrumptious lunch at The Hermitage Hotel, a goody bag with special treats for each child, a learning experience about each ballet in a warm and friendly setting, and opportunities to meet, greet, and be photographed with the dancers. To order a Season Subscription or “Ballet Buddies” program, please contact Nashville Ballet at subscriptions@nashvilleballet.com or call 615-297-2966, ext. 10. New subscribers may order online at www.nashvilleballet.com.
Nashville Ballet is funded in part from grants made available through the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Ingram Charitable Trust. Additional funding is also provided by HCA Tri-Star, The Martin Foundation, Regions Bank, Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund, and the Andrew Woodfin Miller Foundation.
Time:7:00PM Friday, December 11th
Location:Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Betsy McNamara Wills Please let me know if you are interested in being a table host for the 2010 Ballet Ball! Further, make sure you email me at bwills@couragecap.com if you would like to be included on the invitation list! Betsy Wills
Nashville Ballet
As a special bonus to this impressive season, Nashville Ballet will present Emergence: The Studio Series, at the Nashville Ballet Martin Center for Dance November 13 – 14 at 7:30 pm. A fresh take on Nashville Ballet’s previously successful Emergence performances, the innovative new Emergence: The Studio Series allows a...udience members to select a “dance list” of performances to watch, much like one puts together a play list of songs on their MP3 players. By assembling their own evening of ballet, guests have the opportunity to choose from three separate studios throughout the initial 90 minutes of the evening’s events, with each individual performance lasting approximately ten minutes, featuring pieces choreographed by company members Kelsey Bartman, Robert Poe, Christopher Stuart, and Andrea Vierra. After making the “rounds” of these more intimate performances, all audience members will come together to watch the grand finale, a collection of ballets from renowned choreographers Salvatore Aiello, James Canfield, Nashville Ballet’s Artistic Director Paul Vasterling, and NYCB Choreographic Fellowship recipient Kimberly Ratcliffe.
Throughout this evening of dance, Nashville Ballet will celebrate all forms of artistic expression. Two of Nashville Ballet’s performances, Table for Four and Be There, will feature live music by local musicians Benita Hill and Cody Sluder, respectively. Vasterling’s preview of Macbeth, will showcase new music from Michael Kurek and include musicians from the Blair School of Music. Original artwork by Nashville artists Jason Facio, David Knudston, Shana Kohnstamm, Mandy Lawson, and Heather Thorne, will dress the walls of the Nashville Ballet Martin Center for Dance, further emphasizing the bonds between music, dance, and visual art and the value of creative expression.
Tickets for Emergence: The Studio Series can be purchased online at www.nashvilleballet.com. As performances will take place in a more intimate setting, tickets are limited. Act quickly as this popular series will sell out quickly. Nashville Ballet’s Martin Center for Dance is located at 3630 Redmon St. in Nashville, TN
Nashville Ballet is funded in part from grants made available through the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Ingram Charitable Trust. Additional funding is also provided by HCA Tri-Star, The Martin Foundation, Regions Bank, Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund, and the Andrew Woodfin Miller Foundation.
Time:7:30PM Friday, November 13th
Location:Nashville Ballet’s Martin Center for Dance
Nashville Ballet
A luncheon for Ballet Ball 2010 table hosts will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 from 11:30- 1:00 p.m. Almost forty Table Hosts are expected to attend the luncheon, hosted by Jennifer Frist and Leah Sohr, at the lovely home of Leah and Jim Sohr. Guests include longtime Nashville Ballet enthusiasts, former Ba...llet Ball chairs, Ballet Board members, and corporate supporters. Ballet Ball Co-Chairs Jennifer Puryear and Betsy Wills will also attend, along with Paul Vasterling, artistic director of Nashville Ballet, and Andrea Dillenburg, executive director of Nashville Ballet.
Ballet Ball 2010 will be held Saturday, March 6, 2010, at the brand new Hutton Hotel on West End Avenue. Ballet Ball 2010 features an Art Deco style designed in period colors of seafoam, daffodil, and steel grey. The look and feel of the Ball is inspired by the George Balanchine Ballet, Who Cares?, a tribute to the golden age of Broadway and a celebration of the unforgettable music of George Gershwin, featuring such hits as “I Got Rhythm,” “Strike Up the Band,” and ”Embraceable You.” Nashville Ballet will perform this work in its Winter Series, American Originals, on February 12 -14, 2010 in TPAC’s Polk Theater.
A Patrons’ party reception and an exclusive dinner to be held on March 5, 2010, will honor this year’s Paul Vasterling Award Recipient, Jacques d’Amboise. Ballet Ball Chairs Jennifer Puryear and Betsy Wills are particularly excited about this year’s Award Recipient, Jacques d’Amboise, one of the most outstanding and well-known classical dancers of our era. At age fifteen, Mr. d’Amboise joined New York City Ballet, and as a principal dancer, had many works choreographed specifically for him by George Balanchine, including Who Cares? Mr. d’Amboise went on to have an exceptional career with NYCB, on Broadway, and in such well known films as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Carousel. He has achieved international renown as a choreographer and as the founder of the National Dance Institute. He has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, received six Emmy awards, has received the National Medal of Arts and a MacArthur fellowship, and numerous honorary degrees.
Ballet Ball raises money for Nashville Ballet's Season programming, education and community engagement opportunities. In particular, funds from this event support the Ballet's mission to engage the community by integrating education and arts enrichment. Connecting learning and the creative arts, the Ballet broadens and enhances the quality of life for children, families, and seniors at schools, libraries, and community centers in a 15-county area. Dance Me A Story, Nashville Ballet's Children's Ballets are based on folk tales, set to original music and choreography, and include interactive dance.
For more information on attending Ballet Ball 2010, please contact Julie Eskind at 297-2966, ext. 30.
Time:11:30AM Wednesday, November 18th
Location:Home of Leah Sohr
