“Music is Love”: An Étoile Original by Annie Honebrink
I can still feel the way the notes used to move me. It didn’t matter where I was — surrounded by people in a crowded mall or alone in my … Continued
Tag: Robert Curran
The Return of Robert Curran
BY ERICA RUCKER Louisville Ballet Artistic + Executive Director Robert Curran is tired of cashmere sweaters. It isn’t the sweaters, exactly. It is what the sweaters represent. After finding himself … Continued
“Retrospect”: Stage + Studio by Annie Honebrink
Sometimes I don’t realize that I am missing something until I have it back—like when I loan Star Wars: Episode V to a friend and get it back months later … Continued
Stage + Studio, A Louisville Ballet Blog: “Magic” by Annie Honebrink
Christmas is magic. It sweeps me away. Back to childhood. Joy. Innocence. Nutcracker is Christmas. It sweeps me away. Into imagination. Into a new world—but a familiar one. For as … Continued
Stage + Studio, A Louisville Ballet Blog: “Learning the Other Side” by Annie Honebrink
Most of ballet is fun. Like the music and the costumes and the pink slippers. Even the not fun parts like the sweating and sore muscles and remembering steps and … Continued
Stage + Studio, A Louisville Ballet Blog: “Hope” by Annie Honebrink
Funny how much we can learn from children. How they can remind us how to love. How to look. How to laugh. Funny how they can see with their hearts … Continued
Louisville Ballet tackles love and loss through visual arts
by Elizabeth Kramer for Courier-Journal When Australian choreographer Lucas Jervies flew into Louisville almost six weeks ago, it was a homecoming of sorts. He first came to here in 2015 to create … Continued
Louisville Artists at the Louisville Ballet
by Eileen Yanoviak of Burnaway.org In April 2015, the then relatively new Louisville Ballet director Robert Curran initiated a series of collaborations with Louisville artists to produce scenery and costumes … Continued
Louisville Ballet’s ‘Human Abstract’ is a challenging and multidisciplinary exploration of love
By Eli Keel for Insider Louisville Curran wants the work to challenge both the audience as well as the dancers. “I’m so proud of the work, it’s so confronting — there’s … Continued
Swan Lake re-imagined: Meet the artists
As part of their 65th Anniversary Season, Louisville Ballet premiered a new Swan Lake – a classical ballet now re-imagined as virtual reality – in the fall of 2016. Artistic … Continued