Stage + Studio, A Louisville Ballet Blog: “Words” by Annie Honebrink

Words are a haven. A rest for the soul. A release for the spirit. Healing for brokenness.  

Words are power. Power to heal, soothe, forgive. Power to anger, rile, incite. Words can bring people to their knees—hurting, healing, rejoicing, rebuilding.

Funny how sometimes the words not said are the ones that hurt the most. The silence where pretty lines once stood. And danced.  

Words flow from the pen onto the page.  Emotion leaking from the ink like blood. Curling, twisting into language. How to write the heart. How to say that which is felt. How to translate this tight knot of feeling into the lines and loops of letters. How to capture the words of the soul. How to see the wind. How to taste the sun. How to hear the silent grieving in the hearts of all. The old man holding the door at the mall for the young mother and child. The moody teenager sitting alone in the corner of the library. The smiling father swinging his baby around in the air at the family Christmas party. With what words do their souls quietly ache? Perhaps if I find them in myself, I can find them in others.  Art is the translator of feeling; the interpreter of emotion. Without art, how could we feel?  How could we see?  

SWAN LAKE

November 11-14 2021
The Brown Theatre
Choreography by Robert Curran
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchakiovsky

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The Brown-Forman Nutcracker

December 11-23, 2021
Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center
Choreography by Val Caniparoli
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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ChorShow

January 12-22, 2022
Louisville Ballet Studios

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Spotlight Series: Impressionism to Jazz

March 3-5, 2022
The Brown Theatre
A mixed repertory evening featuring:

Emeralds

Choreography by George Balanchine

Music: "Pelléas et Mélisande" + "Shylock" by Gabriel Fauré

In G Major

Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Music: "Piano Concerto in G Major" by Maurice Ravel

World Premiere Work

Music by Louisville-based Jazz Composer and Musician, Dick Sisto

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Sleeping Beauty

March 31 - April 2, 2022
The Brown Theatre
Choreography by Adam Hougland
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchakiovsky

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