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March 16, 2022 · 1:58 pm

Dance Theatre of Harlem | May 17-18 | Aronoff Center

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Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall

CINCINNATI, OH – The Cincinnati Ballet and the Cincinnati Arts Association are proud to present New York City’s acclaimed Dance Theatre of Harlem for two performances only – Tuesday, May 17 and Wednesday, May 18, 7:30 PM, at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall.

Tickets are on sale now at www.cballet.org, www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. Group discount tickets for ten or more are available by calling (513) 977-4157.

Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) tours nationally and internationally, delivering a powerful vision for ballet in the 21st century. The multi-ethnic company performs forward-thinking repertoire of treasured classics, neoclassical works by George Balanchine and resident choreographer Robert Garland, and innovative contemporary works that use the language of ballet to celebrate Black culture. In addition to performance, DTH activities carry a message of empowerment through the arts by engaging the community through educational activities for audiences and youth.

In 1969, at the height of the civil rights movement, Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook founded Dance Theatre of Harlem. Shortly after the assassination of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mitchell was inspired to start a school that would offer children – especially those in Harlem, the community in which he was born – the opportunity to learn about dance and the allied arts. Now in its sixth decade, Dance Theatre of Harlem has achieved unprecedented success, bringing innovative and bold new forms of artistic expression to audiences in New York City, across the country, and around the world.

For more information, visit www.dancetheatreofharlem.org.

CALENDAR INFORMATION

WHAT:                 Dance Theatre of Harlem

WHEN:                Tuesday, May 17 – 7:30 PM

Wednesday, May 18 – 7:30 PM

WHERE:               Aronoff Center for the Arts – Procter & Gamble Hall

PRICE:                  $104.00 | $89.00 | $74.00| $57.00| $44.00| $34.00. Additional service fees may apply.

INFO:                   Founded in 1969, at the height of the civil rights movement, Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) tours nationally and internationally, delivering a powerful vision for ballet in the 21st century. The multi-ethnic company performs forward-thinking repertoire of treasured classics, neoclassical works by George Balanchine and resident choreographer Robert Garland, and innovative contemporary works that use the language of ballet to celebrate Black culture

TICKET INFORMATION – on sale now

www.cballet.org
www.CincinnatiArts.org
(513) 621-ARTS [2787]
Aronoff Center Ticket Office
Group sales (10 or more): (513) 977-4157

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS

CINCINNATI BALLET – 2021-22 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

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION – SEASON SPONSORS: AMERITAS (Founding Season Sponsor), FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner), CINCINNATI-NORTHERN KENTUCKY HONDA DEALERS, LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV, The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATON – SEASON PRESENTING SPONSORS:  21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati Herald, CityBeat, Fairfield Inn & Suites Cincinnati Uptown/University Area, Graphic Village, Heidelberg Distributing, Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Cincinnati Downtown, Pepsi, Skyline Chili, TriHealth

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March 8, 2022 · 11:48 am

SNOW WHITE Runs April 7-10

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Cincinnati Ballet
April 7-10
Aronoff Center Procter & Gamble Hall [Downtown]

Who’s the ‘fairest of them all?’ Find out this season in a regional premiere of our Family Series: Snow White. It’s the treasured fairy tale of a jealous Queen, her beautiful stepdaughter, and a kiss from a handsome Prince. Snow White is just over an hour long, narrated, fun, fully-staged ballet, featuring Cincinnati Ballet Second Company – CB2 dancers. It’s the perfect introduction to dance, even for the youngest members of your family.

3/8/22 – Covid-19 Policies

  • Thu-Fri, April 7-8 at 7:30pm
  • Sat-Sun, April 9-10 at 11am & 2:30pm

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March 4, 2022 · 9:35 am

Cincinnati Ballet Announces 2022-2023 Season

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Cincinnati Ballet proudly presents Septime Webre’s Alice (in wonderland), Nicolo Fonte’s Carmina Burana, Alejandro Cerrudo’s Extremely Close, and the second year of the dynamic Bold Moves Festival — PLUS return of The Kaplan New Works Series, The Nutcracker, and the annual Family Series

CINCINNATI, OH (March 3, 2022) – Cincinnati Ballet is pleased to announce today the repertoire slated for the 2022-2023 Season. The Season opens September 8 – 18, 2022 at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theatre with The Kaplan New Works Series. Experience innovative dance including a world premiere from Cincinnati choreographer and DANCEFIX phenom Heather Britt and a Cincinnati premiere by award-winning British choreographer Cathy Marston. The Kaplan New Works Series also features premieres from Cincinnati Ballet dancers Daniel Baldwin, Taylor Carrasco, and Melissa Gelfin De-Poli.

Audiences can look forward to a double bill full of power and purpose at Music Hall’s Springer Auditorium November 4 – 6, 2022 that features the return of Nicolo Fonte’s Carmina Burana and Alejandro Cerrudo’s visually captivating Extremely Close. Carmina Burana will be accompanied by live music from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the May Festival Chorus. Carmina Burana is based upon a rediscovered manuscript dating back to the 11th century that was found by a Bavarian librarian in a monastery in 1803. Twenty-four of the poems were then set to music by Carl Orff in 1936. Nicolo Fonte illuminates the evocative score bringing these poems to life in new and unexpected ways.

Part art installation and part movement drama, Cerrudo’s Extremely Close creates a sense of restlessness throughout as dancers negotiate their way through a perpetually shifting environment. Propelled by changing landscapes, Cerrudo weaves a mesmerizing spell of movement punctuated by fleeting moments of intense intimacy with music by composers Philip Glass and Dustin O’Halloran. The piece evokes a haunting and irrevocable sense of separation, that sometimes home is the brief connective peace you find before the world shifts again.

2023 will begin with a trip down the rabbit hole and the long-awaited return of choreographer Septime Webre’s wildly popular ALICE (in wonderland). Don’t be late for this important date at Music Hall, February 10 – 19, 2023. Cincinnati audiences fell in love with ALICE when it was last performed during our 2014-2015 Season. Webre’s colorful, humorous interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s trippy story is a visual feast with spectacular sets and over-the-top costumes, accompanied by a buoyant score from composer Matthew Pierce performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Follow the White Rabbit into Springer Auditorium and meet the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat but watch out for the Red Queen or it’ll be off with your head!

Cincinnati Ballet’s annual Family Series returns to the Aronoff Center, April 13 -16, 2023 with a tale as old as time, Beauty and the Beast. The hour-long, narrated ballet, performed by Cincinnati Ballet Second Company – CB2 dancers is the perfect introduction to dance, even for the youngest members of your family. With choreography from Pamela Robinson Harris and Peggy Dolkas, it also features Professional Training Division dancers and young performers from Cincinnati Ballet Otto M. Budig Academy. Tickets for the performance start at just $20 and include fun lobby activities at the theater.

Join us for Cincinnati Ballet’s immersive dance experience — Bold Moves Festival –at the Aronoff Center, June 9 – 18, 2023. With two diverse programs, the Festival is truly a bold exploration of dance that features multiple works from world-renowned choreographers, including Cincinnati Ballet resident choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s SIT, Val Caniparoli’s Ibsen’s House, William Forsythe’s In the middle, somewhat elevated, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Written and Forgotten and Garrett Smith’s Façades. The production also includes a to be determined work that will be programmed by Cincinnati Ballet’s incoming Artistic Director Jodie Gates. William Forsythe’s In the middle, somewhat elevated was commissioned by Rudolf Nureyev and created for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1987 and was hailed immediately as a masterpiece and has become Forsythe’s most famous ballet worldwide as it redefined the direction of contemporary ballet. Jennifer Archibald’s SIT was a fan favorite when it premiered during New Works in the 2014-2015 Season. With movement that challenges Company artists to push outside their comfort zones, it was both a dancer and audience favorite. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Written and Forgotten is a dynamic and colorful reverie about the perception of the world through the eyes of a child. Garrett Smith’s Façades revised ballet uses abstracted Baroque references to address ideas of reflection.  Val Caniparoli’s Ibsen’s House is a tour de force ballet takes on Victorian repression through five female characters from plays by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

Subscriptions on sale now for the 2022-2023 Season. For more information 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.

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February 17, 2022 · 11:17 am

CINDERELLA Opens Tonight at Music Hall

Cincinnati Ballet Presents the Classic Fairytale, Feb. 17-27

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Cincinnati, OH (February 7, 2022) –
Have a ball and fall in love with CINDERELLA February 17 – 27, 2022. CINDERELLA returns to Music Hall with choreography by Artistic Director Victoria Morgan, as we continue the celebration of her 25th and final season as the Company’s artistic leader. The modern take on the classic story includes puppetry, magic illusions, and Sergei Prokofiev’s buoyant score performed live by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Carmon DeLeone. The plucky heroine’s good deeds awaken a magical love story thanks to a little help from her Fairy Godmother. “Of course, we all know the premise of this rags-to-riches story – a humble yet plucky heroine who finds her true place in the world! While there are obstacles along the way, in the end, her dreams do come true,” said Victoria Morgan. “When I choreographed Cinderella, I was drawn to the archetypal elements of the centuries-old story — tiny mice who act as friends and confessors for our heroine, the villainous, but humorous stepsisters, and the benevolent fairy godmother. The storytelling resonates will so many of us because we recognize these characters and elements in our own lives.” Laugh out loud with the riotous Stepsisters and marvel as an ordinary pumpkin transforms onstage into a spectacular carriage. Cinderella also has some pint-sized companions – her well-known mice friends will accompany her on stage as puppets ‘danced’ by Second Company CB2 artists. Several dozen young performers from Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy will also perform in the production, making it the perfect fit for entertaining families.

Based on the 1697 story by Charles Perrault, Cinderella tells the story of young woman whose hard work and good deeds go unrecognized by her stepmother and stepsisters. She remains hopeful, despite her odds, until one day she is visited by her Fairy Godmother who magically makes her dreams come true.

All Cincinnati Ballet dancers and Cincinnati Ballet Otto M. Budig Academy young performers appearing in the production are fully vaccinated. Due to health and safety guidelines, performers may wear face coverings during the production.

The health and safety of our patrons, artists and staff remain Cincinnati Ballet’s top priority. All ticket holders aged 12 and above are required to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination for entry into Cincinnati Music Hall. Proof of a negative COVID test will also be accepted in lieu of proof of vaccination. The negative test can either be a PCR test taken within 72 hours of the performance or an antigen test by a healthcare or pharmacy provider within 24 hours. In addition, all guests regardless of age or vaccination status are required to wear face coverings at all times while inside the venue, including while seated in performance spaces. This policy will remain in effect until further notice. Cincinnati Ballet, along with our venue partners, will continue to closely monitor the rate of Covid-19 transmission in Hamilton County and assess and adjust accordingly. Additional Covid 19-related health protocols and requirements may be in effect at the time of future events. Cincinnati Ballet will communicate any changes via email prior to all affected performance.

Tickets are on sale now. For more information visit cballet.org.

WHO: Cincinnati Ballet

WHAT: Cinderella

WHEN:

  • Thursday, February 17 at 7:30 pm
  • Friday, February 18 at 8 pm
  • Saturday, February 19 at 2 pm
  • Saturday, February 19 at 8 pm
  • Sunday, February 20 at 1 pm
  • Thursday, February 24 at 7:30 pm
  • Friday, February 25 at 8 pm
  • Saturday, February 26 at 2 pm
  • Saturday, February 26 at 8 pm
  • Sunday, February 27 at 1 pm

WHERE: Cincinnati Music Hall – 1241 Elm Street, 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.

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February 10, 2022 · 1:41 pm

WHO DEY! Cincinnati Ballet Dancers Celebrate Bengals with Special Dance

CB_BengalsCincinnati, OH (February 10, 2022) – Cincinnati Ballet has Who Dey fever! Main and Second Company dancers donned their best Bengals gear and orange and black dancewear for Company Class this week. Cincinnati Ballet is celebrating the Cincinnati Bengals’ trip to their first Super Bowl trip in 33 years! While they haven’t mastered the choreography of the famous Icky Shuffle, CB artists created a dance to share good vibes with their fellow Cincinnati athletes before Super Bowl 56 in Los Angeles against the Rams on Sunday. The Cincinnati Ballet Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills is also illuminated orange, joining organizations and buildings across the Queen City showing their pride for the home team. Go Bengals!

Click here to watch the video on Facebook

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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.

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