There are 10 article(s) tagged New Ballet Ensemble:

• November 2024

  • ‘NutRemix’ dancers pirouette from the wings to center stage

    This twist on a classic is the tradition two performers have known for their entire lives. They’ve danced nearly every role in the show, from mice to toy soldiers.

    By Laura Testino 41 minutes ago

• March 2024

  • Giving it a twirl: More Memphis schools offer ballet classes

    “If I wanted to have a sophisticated school, I would have ballet,” Principal Louis Padgett said. “I want (the) boys and girls to be more sophisticated than myself. I said I’d never leave this school until it had ballet.” 

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    New Ballet’s new leader brings ‘talent, aspiration, hope’ to young dancers

    By Sarah Dassinger March 27, 2024

  • New Ballet’s new leader brings ‘talent, aspiration, hope’ to young dancers

    “No matter what I’m doing, I spend (time) investing in kids and neighborhoods. At New Ballet, I get to do it in a way that’s fresh and exciting.”

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    Giving it a twirl: More Memphis schools offer ballet classes

    By Sarah Dassinger March 27, 2024

• May 2023

  • New Ballet brings back ‘Springloaded’ for 20th year

    According to founder and CEO Katie Smythe, “Springloaded” is “important to Memphis because it places these ballets here, in the context of our lives in Memphis.”

    By Blair Kinsey May 02, 2023

• December 2022

  • The Sidebar interviews Lil Buck on ‘Memphis Jookin,’ the 20th anniversary of Nut Remix

    Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes interviews Lil Buck and Katie Smythe, the CEO and Artistic Director of New Ballet Ensemble and School, on The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes December 01, 2022

• December 2020

  • Coming to a screen near you: ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet

    Ballet Memphis produced an hour-long film of the classic holiday ballet, which will be offered free on the company’s website. The New Ballet Ensemble and Children’s Ballet Theater will screen films of their “Nutcracker” performances at Malco Summer Drive-in. 

    By Peggy Burch December 10, 2020

• November 2019

  • At 17, ‘Nut Remix’ still tells Tchaikovsky the news

    New Ballet' "Nut Remix" resets the story of the "Nutcracker" ballet on Beale Street, and mixes in a little Booker T. & the MG's and Duke Ellington with the familiar Tchaikovsky music. This year's performances are Nov. 15-17 at the Cannon Center.

    By Jill Johnson Piper November 11, 2019

• April 2019

  • The Weekly Memphian: Lucero Family Block Party, Record Store Day, Ballet Memphis/New Ballet Ensemble and more

    The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers April 10-16.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 14, 2019

• December 2018

  • Lil Buck talks transition to film

    While Charles “Lil Buck” Riley rehearsed for this year’s edition of "Nut ReMix" at New Ballet Ensemble & School on Monday afternoon, a crew of two filmed him for an upcoming television dance docuseries.

    By Elle Perry December 14, 2018

  • How a Swiss ballet company founder became ‘Nut ReMix’ Snow Queen

    The Snow Queen in New Ballet Ensemble & School’s 2018 performances of “Nut ReMix” comes all the way from Zurich. But how she came to perform with the group actually begins in Italy.

    By Elle Perry December 12, 2018