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First Position
Choreography: William Whitener
Music: Glazounov

Based on the tradition of classical ballet, First Position was created in honor of the Company’s 50th anniversary and dedicated to Kansas City Ballet Founder Tatiana Dokoudovska and Artistic Director Emeritus Todd Bolender.  Mr. Whitener describes the ballet as “a reminiscence based on my memories of encountering the world of classical ballet as a young boy in the 1950s.  The title of the ballet acknowledges the placement of the body at the beginning of each ballet class: First Position”.

PHOTO CREDITS
Photographer Steve Wilson.