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♦️❤️♦️Rubies is the second ballet in George Balanchine’s Jewels, but what is Emeralds all about? ♦️❤️♦️
Guest Stager Vicky Simon and Kansas City Ballet Dancer Kelsey Ivana Hellebuyck answer that question!
Kansas City Ballet will present #GeorgeBalanchine’s iconic Jewels May 10-19 at the @kauffmancenter and at every show, one audience member will walk away with a piece of jewelry.
🩰Presented by VanBrock Private Jewelers with special support of the Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation, Wendy & George Powell Family Fund, and the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts (Commerce Bank, Trustee).
Tickets are available NOW at KCBALLET.ORG – witness the glitz and glamour of Jewels!✨🎟️
🎥: Video By Beeh Becvar
Calling all young dancers, get ready for a summer filled with dance and fun! ☀️ 🌴
LEVEL 3 - AGES 10 & UP 👯
📍 Bolender Center • July 8-August 1
Students will focus on mastering their technical foundation through ballet, jazz, and conditioning in our Level 3 summer classes. These classes meet three times a week and students may pick their enrollment for a 2 week session or 4 week session.
3-DAY LEVEL 3 WORKSHOP
📍South Campus • July 22-24
Classes will include ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, and conditioning, along with seminars covering topics such as dance history and music.
🔗 Secure your child`s spot at the #linkinbio
📸 by Beeh Becvar.
After 10 amazing seasons at Kansas City Ballet, Company Dancer Joshua Bodden is retiring.🌟
Your spirit will continue to dance on in the hearts of all who have been touched by your extraordinary talent.
Thank you for sharing your gift with us and the world. You will be deeply missed, but your legacy will live on forever. Congratulations on a truly remarkable career. 🩰✨ We wish you nothing but the best in this next chapter!
💎You can watch Josh take his final KCB bow in George Balanchine’s Jewels showing May 10-19 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available NOW at the #linkinbio.
🖥️ Learn more about Josh’s career at the #linkinbio.
NEXT WEEK Kansas City Ballet sparkles with “Jewels” a George Balanchine masterpiece!💎
Balanchine paired the fiery beauty of precious gems with the incredible music of three very different composers to create a ballet in three unforgettable acts. Each is distinct in both music and mood.
🩰Jewels is considered one of Balanchine’s greatest works and is a beloved piece in the repertoire of many ballet companies around the world.
George Balanchine’s Jewels showing from May 10-19 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. | Presented by VanBrock Private Jeweler.
🎟️Tickets are available at the #linkinbio.
🎥: Videography by Nicole Dolan and Beeh Becvar. Edited by Nicole Dolan.
Happy Asian American, Native Hawai’ian, and Pacific Islander Heritage (AANHPI) Month🌺 We wanted to take a moment to appreciate our AANHPI artists, dancers, supporters and staff! We can`t wait to celebrate you all month.❤️
Up first: Naomi Tanioka🪭🇯🇵
From Sapporo, Japan, Naomi started her training with Chida Toshiko Ballet Studio and joined KCB in 2019. You may have seen her as Cinderella in Devon Carney’s Cinderella, Lucy in Michael Pink’s Dracula, Sugar Plum and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker!
See Naomi perform in George Balanchine`s Jewels May 10-19!💎✨Purchase your tickets today at the #Linkinbio.
📸: Kansas City Ballet Dancer Naomi Tanioka with Amira Hogan in Haley Kostas and Caroline Dahm`s Circle Back, with Gavin Abercrombie in Devon Carney`s The Nutcracker, with Andrew Vecseri in Devon Carney`s Cinderella, Alexander Ekman`s Cacti; All photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios.
#aapi #aapihistorymonth #aapiheritagemonth #aapimonth #stopasianhate
#asianamerican #celebrateaapi
Kansas City Ballet presents the glamorous production of George Balanchine’s Jewels NEXT FRIDAY!➡️➡️
We can’t wait to share one of Balanchine’s greatest works with you at the stunning Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts!⭐️
George Balanchine’s Jewels SHOWING May 10-19 on the Muriel McBrien Theatre stage at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. | Presented by VanBrock Private Jeweler.
🎟️Tickets are available at the #linkinbio.
🎥: Kansas City Ballet Dancers rehearsing George Balanchine’s Rubies. Videography by Nicole Dolan.
Dance into summer with our Ballet Camps for Kids! 🔆
AGES 3-5 & 5-7 👯
📍 Bolender Center • June 10-13: Alice in Wonderland
📍South Campus • June 24-27: Carnival of the Animals; July 8-11: Alice in Wonderland
Children will revel in the magic of exploring stories from popular ballets! Along with dance instruction, the creation of props and art projects will bring your child’s imagination to life. On the final day of the camp, parents will be invited in for a brief demonstration.
🔗 Secure your child`s spot at the #linkinbio
📸 by @brettpruitt
✳️💚❇️ Emeralds is the first ballet in George Balanchine’s Jewels, but what is Emeralds all about? ✳️💚❇️
Guest Stager Jenifer Ringer and Kansas City Ballet Dancer Amanda DeVenuta answer that question!
Kansas City Ballet will present #GeorgeBalanchine’s iconic Jewels May 10-19 at the @kauffmancenter and at every show, one audience member will walk away with a piece of jewelry.
🩰Presented by VanBrock Private Jewelers with special support of the Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation, Wendy & George Powell Family Fund, and the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts (Commerce Bank, Trustee).
Tickets are available NOW at KCBALLET.ORG – witness the glitz and glamour of Jewels!✨🎟️
🎥: Video By Beeh Becvar
“Just as our bodies tire from demanding roles, our pointe shoes wear down. A new pair can truly transform our performance!” -Kansas City Ballet Dancer Kaleena Burks 🌸
Pointe shoes are the tools dancers use to soar, leap and pirouette across the stage. Yet their life can be brief, which is why the Ballet must invest an astonishing $90,000 in pointe shoes each year! 🩰
💝 Please consider making a gift today by visiting the #linkinbio
You can help preserve the beauty of ballet, one pointe shoe at a time!
🎥 Dancer Kaleena Burks. Filmed by Anna Walters.
Happy #InternationalDanceDay 🩰✨
These ballets transported us all over the world!🌎🌟 Which one was your favorite?
📸: Kansas City Ballet Dancers in Septime Webre`s ALICE (in wonderland). Photography by Steve Wilson; Lila York`s Celts. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios; André Prokovsky`s The Three Musketeers. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios; Todd Bolender`s An American in Paris. Photography by Don Middleton; Bruce Wells` A Midsummer Night`s Dream. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios; Irene Rodriguez`s Amor Brujo. Photography by Mark Strong.
💍😉Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, you know?
Kansas City Ballet presents #georgebalanchine Jewels showing May 10-19 at the @kauffmancenter!
💍One lucky audience member will walk away with a piece of stunning @vanbrockjewels jewelry after each performance.
🎭Presented by VanBrock Private Jewelers with special support of the Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation, Wendy & George Powell Family Fund, and the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts (Commerce Bank, Trustee).
🎟️Tickets are available NOW at the #linkinbio – you won’t want to miss this.
🎥: Videography by Beeh Becvar and Nicole Dolan. Edited by Nicole Dolan.
💍 Believe giving your mother Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds is out of reach? Think again. Treat her to tickets for #GeorgeBalanchine`s radiant Jewels this Mother`s Day! 💍
Jewels sparkles on stage May 10-19 at the @kauffmancenter and at every show, one lucky audience member will walk away with a piece of @vanbrock jewelry. 💎
🩰 Presented by VanBrock Private Jewelers with special support of the Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation, Wendy & George Powell Family Fund, and the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts (Commerce Bank, Trustee).
Tickets are available NOW at the #linkinbio – experience the splendor of Jewels!✨
📸 Dancer Amaya Rodriguez. Photo by Kenny Johnson.
We are thrilled to have Jenifer Ringer, former New York City Ballet and stager for George Balanchine’s Emeralds with us in the studio!🤩
Here chats with Kansas City Ballet Dancer Amanda DeVenuta to discuss what makes the production of Jewels so unique and what they are looking forward to the most!💎
Kansas City Ballet will present #GeorgeBalanchine’s iconic Jewels May 10-19 at the @kauffmancenter and at every show, one audience member will walk away with a piece of jewelry.
🩰Presented by VanBrock Private Jewelers with special support of the Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation, Wendy & George Powell Family Fund, and the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts (Commerce Bank, Trustee).
Tickets are available NOW at KCBALLET.ORG – witness the glitz and glamour of Jewels!✨🎟️
🎥: Video By Beeh Becvar.
Which ballet are YOU most excited to see? Vote now
📆 TONIGHT join us for Second Company @Home!
Witness classical and contemporary works performed by Kansas City Ballet’s Second Company. 🩰✨It’ll be an evening you won’t forget!
🎟️ Tickets are going fast, buy yours TODAY at the #linkinbio.
🎥: Kansas City Ballet Second Company. Videography by Anna Walters. Edited by Nicole Dolan.
What *is* Jewels anyways?🧐
Kansas City Ballet Dancers and guest stagers answer that question!💎💍
Kansas City Ballet will present #GeorgeBalanchine’s iconic Jewels May 10-19 at the @kauffmancenter and at every show, one audience member will walk away with a piece of jewelry.
🩰Presented by VanBrock Private Jewelers with special support of the Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation, Wendy & George Powell Family Fund, and the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts (Commerce Bank, Trustee).
Tickets are available NOW at the #linkinbio – witness the glitz and glamour of Jewels!✨🎟️
🎥: Video by Beeh Becvar. Kansas City Ballet Dancers Elliott Rogers, Kelsey Ivana Hellebuyck & Amanda DeVenuta; guest stagers Victoria Simon & Jenifer Ringer.
📣TOMORROW📣
Get ready to be dazzled on April 25! Witness the magic of our Second Company from the comfort of your home. Whether you`re a fan of classical or contemporary ballet, we`ve got you covered.🌟🩰
🎟️ Tickets are going fast, buy yours TODAY at the #linkinbio.
📸: Kansas City Ballet Second Company. Photography by Anna Walters.
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Under the direction of interim School Director Kimberly Cowen, the School offers a complete, professional curriculum for our Academy students. With locations in downtown Kansas City and Johnson County, the School maintains a faculty of over 50 instructors. The School’s Open Division attracts teens and adults who wish to pursue recreational dance instruction in a supportive and encouraging setting.
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A history of Excellence
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Founded in 1957, Kansas City Ballet is a 30-member professional ballet company under the direction of Artistic Director Devon Carney and Executive Director David Gray.
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