Carolina Ballet

Carolina Ballet
General information
Name	Carolina Ballet
Local name	Carolina Ballet
Previous names	Raleigh Dance Theatre Carolina Ballet Theatre
Year founded	1997
Principal venue	Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts Raleigh, North Carolina United States of America
Website	Carolina Ballet
Artistic staff
Artistic Director	Robert Weiss
Other
Formation	Principal Soloist Corps de Ballet Apprentice

Carolina Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1997 which performs primarily in Raleigh, North Carolina and throughout the state. It has toured to New York City, Hungary and China. Robert Weiss, the artistic director, danced for George Balanchine for sixteen years at New York City Ballet and attained the rank of principal dancer. Lynne Taylor-Corbett is principal guest choreographer. One of Carolina Ballet's most popular performances, The Nutcracker, is performed annually. Carolina Ballet currently has about 35 dancers.

History

Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, primary venue for Carolina Ballet

Carolina Ballet, Inc. was founded in 1984 as Raleigh Dance Theatre, Inc. by Ann Vorus, owner of the Raleigh Dance Theatre. As a student company, its purpose was to provide performance opportunities for students of the school. Over several years, both the school and the company grew in reputation and stature in its metamorphosis as Carolina Ballet Theatre, a pre-professional regional company under Ms. Vorus and her successor as Artistic Director, Mary LeGere. Performances of the company began to attract favorable notice from area dance critics. In the fall of 1993, Raleigh lawyer Ward Purrington suggested to Ms. Vorus and the Raleigh Dance Theatre board that the company aspire to professional status. Market research suggested a professional dance presence in the Triangle region was not only needed but desired as well.

Robert Weiss, former principal dancer with New York City Ballet and past artistic director of Pennsylvania Ballet, was selected in April 1997 as the founding artistic director of the new professional company, known as Carolina Ballet, Inc.

Notable productions

Handel's Messiah, choreography by Robert Weiss, premiering in 1998
Beethoven, Janáček, J. Mark Scearce The Kreutzer Sonata, based on the Tolstoy novella, 2000
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana, choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, first performed in 2001
Poulenc, Debussy, Chausson Monet Impressions, 2006
Paul Moravec, Tempest Fantasy, based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, 2007
Robert Weiss, "Cinderella," music by Karl Moraski

Dancers

Dancers of the Carolina Ballet, as of April 2010:^[1]

Principals

Jan Burkhard
Lilyan Vigo Ellis

Richard Krusch
Marcello Martinez
Lara O'Brien

References

↑ "Dancers". Carolina Ballet. Retrieved 27 April 2010.

External links

Carolina Ballet Website

Dance companies in the United States

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Other	Ice Theatre of New York The LXD The Rockettes

Ballet companies

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North America	American Ballet Theatre Anaheim Ballet Atlanta Ballet Ballet BC Ballet Des Moines Ballet Magnificat! Boston Ballet Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Carolina Ballet Cleveland Ballet Cincinnati Ballet Cuban National Ballet Dayton Ballet Houston Ballet Joffrey Ballet Los Angeles Ballet National Ballet of Canada National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico New Jersey Ballet New York City Ballet Oklahoma City Ballet Oregon Ballet Theatre Pacific Northwest Ballet Pennsylvania Ballet Pittsburgh Ballet San Francisco Ballet Tulsa Ballet Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Oceania	The Australian Ballet Queensland Ballet Royal New Zealand Ballet West Australian Ballet

South America	Ballet Municipal de Lima Chilean National Ballet Colon Theater Ballet Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

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