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The Dayton Ballet is a ballet company based in Dayton, Ohio. The Dayton Ballet was founded in 1937, making it the second oldest regional ballet company in the United States. Dayton Ballet seasons typically comprise four works—familiar traditional ballets, such as The Nutcracker , as well as new and innovative works—and over 40 performances.
Blunden began her dance training at the age of six at the Linden Center, a recreation center in the African-American community of West Dayton, Ohio. In 1948, a number of African-American mothers approached the Schwarz School of Dance, later to become The Dayton Ballet School, about providing opportunities for their children to enroll in the school.
Apr. 1—Today's Dayton Ballet took its first steps when two sisters pushed aside their living room furniture to make room for young performers. As young girls, Josephine Schwarz and her older ...
The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company was founded in 1968 by Jeraldyne Blunden as a performance outlet for students at Jeraldyne's School of Dance. Blunden picked students from her school for the dance company, acquiring twelve female dancers by 1972.
Oct. 23—When Karen Russo Burke took over as the artistic director of the Dayton Ballet 10 years ago, one of the first pieces she choreographed was "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Now, as Burke ...
The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance is a nonprofit performing arts association located in Dayton, Ohio and composed of three performing arts groups: the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dayton Opera, and the Dayton Ballet [1] and incorporated as a 501(3)(c) nonprofit organization.
Downtown Dayton is the home of the Dayton Ballet, one of the oldest professional dance companies in the United States. [14] The Company runs the Dayton Ballet School, the oldest dance school in Dayton and one of the oldest in the country. It is the only ballet school in the Miami Valley associated with a professional dance company. [15]
Ballet schools in the United States (1 C, 48 P) Pages in category "Dance schools in the United States" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.