STREAMING MAY 19 – JUNE 30, 2021

Featuring new works by guest choreographer Danielle Rowe and Louisville Ballet Artists,
including Justin Michael Hogan, Sanjay Saverimuttu, Natalie Orms, and Brandon Ragland. 

Cinematography + Post Production by KERTIS
Producers: Aaron Mikel & Sawyer Roque
Videographers: Aaron Mikel & Alan Miller
Editors: Kaylee Everly, Tobias Van Kleeck, & Wesley Bacon

Lighting: Jesse Alford
Costume Design: Alexandra Ludwig
Stage Manager: Kim Aycock
Technical Director: Brian Sherman

READ OUR DIGITAL CHORSHOW 2021 ÉTOILE HERE
for Choreographer’s Notes, Contributing Artists, Cast Details, and more.

Louisville Ballet would like to thank our generous donors
for making this production possible.

Additional Special Thanks:

Blue Grass MOTORSPORT
Brown-Forman Corporation
Lexus of Louisville
Louisville Gas & Electric / KU

View our full list of Donor, Foundation, and Corporate Support

Louisville Ballet would also like to thank The Fund for the Arts for its generous investment in our Organization and support for our fellow arts organizations across the state. We also deeply appreciate the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, which provides operating support to Louisville Ballet with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as significant advocacy on behalf of Louisville Ballet
and our fellow arts organizations across The Commonwealth.

WORKS + CASTS

(in order of appearance)

“The Misfits”
Choreography by Danielle Rowe

CAST

The Counselor
Stacey Blakeman

Drosselmeyer
Nicholas Bentz

Myrtha
Kelsey Cordor

Rothbart
David Senti

Carabosse
Addison Mathes

“A l’œuvre on connaît l’artisan”
Choreography by Justin Michael Hogan

CAST

Ashley Thursby

Leigh Anne Albrechta and Elizabeth Abbick
Ryo Suzuki and Aleksander Schroeder
Brienne Wiltsie and John Aaron Brewer

“The Movement”
Choreography by Sanjay Saverimuttu

Screenplay by Allie Fireel

Voice Direction by Ariadne Calvano

CAST

Emerson
Cris Eli Blak (writer)
Jahi Bogard (voice, dance, choreography)

Brent
Allie Fireel (voice)
Ryo Suzuki (dance)

Annie
Mollie Murk (voice)
Elizabeth Abbick (dance)

Cat
Izzy Keel (voice)
Emmarose Atwood (dance)

Dani
Sarah Elston (voice)
Tyler Ferraro (dance)

“Circadian”
Choreography by Natalie Orms

CAST

Sarah Bradley

Courtney Ramirez
Kaleigh Western
Sarah Ray
Emma Fridenmaker
Isabella Sumera

“I Am”
Choreography by Brandon Ragland

CAST

Poets
Isiah Fish
Hannah Drake
Lance G Newmann II

Dancers
Natalia Ashikhmina
Lexa Daniels
Erica De la O
Erin Langston Evans
Mark Krieger
Minh-Tuan Nguyen
Kateryna Sellers
Shelby Shenkman
Phillip Velinov

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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