Accessibility is a top priority for upcoming production at the Aronoff, April 7-10
Cincinnati, OH (April 5, 2022) – Cincinnati Ballet is pleased to share every performance of our Family Series: Snow White will be ASL (American Sign Language) interpreted. The Saturday, April 9 performance at 11 am will also be audio-described for patrons who are visually impaired. “Every child and dance lover should have the opportunity to enjoy this beautiful artform,” said Scott Altman, Cincinnati Ballet President and CEO. “Cincinnati Ballet is committed to providing a quality entertainment experience for our deaf, hard of hearing and vision impaired guests.”
Cincinnati Ballet’s Family Series: Snow White returns to the Aronoff Center, April 7-10. The Family Series is an hour-long, narrated ballet performed by the Second Company – CB2 and Cincinnati Ballet Otto M. Budig Academy students, staged by Second Company – CB2 Director Suzette Boyer Webb. We are so pleased to welcome families back to the Aronoff for an interactive dance performance created with children in mind. Snow White is the third installment of our Family Series, a regional premiere co-commissioned by Cincinnati Ballet and Ballet West. Snow White features magic elements – the poisoned apple and talking mirror – that audiences know from the classic story. Young dancers from the Otto M. Budig Academy perform the roles of Snow White’s trusted friends – the Seven Dwarfs and woodland animals – who guide her on her journey to find true love. The production, choreographed by Pamela Robinson Harris, is also narrated by actors playing the Brothers Grimm, making the story easy for even the youngest members of your family to understand and enjoy. The production runs a little over an hour and includes free, fun, fairy-tale themed lobby games and activities before performances.
Tickets start at $20 and are on sale now. For more information visit cballet.org.
Audiences are no longer required to wear face coverings or show proof of vaccination for Cincinnati Ballet performances at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. All Cincinnati Ballet dancers and Academy students are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and will perform without face coverings. Please refer to cballet.org for the very latest Covid-19 health and safety guidelines.
WHO: Cincinnati Ballet
WHAT: Family Series: Snow White
WHEN:
- Thursday, April 7 and 7:30 pm
- Friday, April 8 at 7:30 pm
- Saturday, April 9 at 11 am & 2:30 pm
- Sunday, April 10 at 11 am & 2:30 pm
WHERE: Aronoff Center for the Arts – 650 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio
TICKETS: Call 513.621.5282 or visit cballet.org
Cincinnati Ballet 2021-2022 Season Sponsors:
- Victoria Morgan’s 25th Anniversary Season presented by PNC
- Rhonda & Larry A. Sheakley, Margaret and Michael Valentine, ArtsWave, Mercy Health, Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund, Ohio Arts Council, The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation
About Cincinnati Ballet
Since 1963, Cincinnati Ballet has been the cornerstone professional ballet company of the region, presenting a bold and adventurous array of classical, full-length ballets and contemporary works, regularly with live orchestral accompaniment. Under the artistic direction of Victoria Morgan, Cincinnati Ballet has become a creative force within the larger dance community, commissioning world premiere works and exploring unique collaborations. With a mission to enrich, expand, and excel in the art of dance through performance, a high-caliber academy, and impactful education and community engagement in local to global communities, Cincinnati Ballet reaches beyond the stage in programs that allow every person in the region to be part of the continued evolution of dance. To that end, Cincinnati Ballet presents exhilarating performances, provides extensive education and community engagement programs, and offers top-level professional ballet training at Cincinnati Ballet Otto M. Budig Academy.
CINCINNATI STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
Sheila Arnold is a Professional Storyteller, Character Interpreter and Teaching Artist. Through her company, History’s Alive!, Sheila has provided storytelling, character interpretation and professional development programs at schools, libraries, professional organizations, museums and churches in 41 states since 2003. Sheila has been a featured Storyteller all across the United States including at the National Storytelling Festival (Jonesborough, TN); Paris Storytelling Festival (Paris, KY); Connecticut Storytelling Festival; Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival and many more. She also has been a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, TN. Sheila collaborates with storyteller, Darci Tucker, to produce the Tucker-Arnold Storytelling Concert and Retreat in Williamsburg, VA featuring nationally known Storytellers. She is a graduate of UNC-Charlotte with a B.A. in African-American & African History. 
Adam Booth‘s original stories blend traditional mountain folklore, music, and an awareness of contemporary Appalachia. As a nationally touring artist his professional telling appearances include premiere storytelling events across the United States, including the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, the International Storytelling Center, the National Storytelling Festival, the Appalachian Studies Association Conference, the National Storytelling Conference, the National Academy of Medicine, and as a Spoken Word Resident at the Banff Centre (Alberta, Canada). He is a member of the Recording Academy and his recordings have received a Parents’ Choice Gold Award, two Parents’ Choice Silver Honors, and four Storytelling World Awards and Honors. He is a four-time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Contest. Adam is the inaugural Storyteller-In-Residence at Shepherd University. 
Paul Strickland has been a Cincinnati Favorite since moving here in October of 2014. Most of Paul’s stories were told to him by his Ain’t True and his Uncle False, who live in Big-Fib Cul-de-sac, a small trailer park just off the coast of Factual in the mythical American south. His hilarious and heart-felt tall tales have won “Best of Fest” over fifteen times at Fringe Festivals in the U.S. and Canada. Strickland has performed at theaters, festivals, comedy clubs, and more, including two prisons, where he was not an inmate at the time. Selections from his show Levels of Difficulty can be heard on XM Sirius radio. 
The purpose of the Cincinnati Music Theatre Scholarship Program is to encourage and promote the study of theater arts at the collegiate level, particularly musical theater, in both performance and production. Importantly, the CMT Scholarship Program is intended to give back to the Greater Cincinnati area through the support of academic study in recognition of the years of dedicated public interest and support of CMT productions.
The Mason Community Players have a new and permanent home at 5529 Mason Rd. in Mason, OH. This home, affectionately named the Mason Community Playhouse, thrives with a vibrant new energy. The group continues to work tirelessly on renovations to create the best possible theatre experience for the Mason community. They have just completed performances of their first show in the 2022 season, Belles, which ran during March and are excitedly anticipating the rest of this year’s season.
April 9 – May 7, 2022
