Fuel up for the Father/Daughter Valentine Dance with Heartland Home Foods! As part of its Sponsor Spotlight series, Charlottesville Ballet features different Corporate Sponsors to share a little bit about what the ballet means to them. This month’s featured corporate sponsor is Heartland Home Foods! Questions below are answered by Heartland Home Foods staff: How […]
Choreographer Spotlight: Tom Mattingly
This Saturday, Charlottesville Ballet will premiere “Anonym,” a new work by choreographer Tom Mattingly. Tom was most recently a Principal with Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Utah, and now freelance dances and choreographs in Chicago, Illinois. Co-Director Emily Hartka commissioned Tom to create a new piece for Charlottesville Ballet as part of its […]
Meet the Artist | Nanae Matsushima
Meet Nanae Matsushima, one of Charlottesville Ballet’s Company Artists! You might recognize her as the “Sugarplum Fairy” in a pink and gold tutu from The Nutcracker, but this March she’ll be in a black tutu performing as the vivacious “Kitri” in Don Quixote + New Works! 1. When did you first start dancing? I started […]
Choreographer Interview with Dinah Gray
CB Artistic Associate Dinah Gray shares her background and inspiration for her new work “Bright Days of Little Sunlight.” Charlottesville Ballet is delighted to continue collaboration with composer Peter Swendsen (www.Swendsen.net) and premiere this contemporary ballet in the Mainstage Two Performance on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 4pm. Check out her choreographer interview on […]
Welcome, Ali Brent!
We are delighted to announce a new staff member at the Charlottesville Ballet: Ali Brent has joined the organization as the new Assistant Principal of Charlottesville Ballet Academy. You’ll see her when you waltz in the door at the CBA studios and she’ll be here to greet you with a smile! Ali will be the […]
“Meet the Artist” | Guest Choreographer Jason Ambrose
Meet Charlottesville Ballet Guest Choreographer Jason Ambrose, who discusses his new work for the Mainstage Two Performance on February 14 & 15 at PVCC. Don’t miss the world premiere of Jason Ambrose’s piece For Now I Am… on Friday 2/14 at 8pm or Saturday 2/15 at 3pm in the V. Earl Dickinson Building at PVCC. […]
Our Monthly “Meet the Artist” Series: Cristina Page
Meet new company artist Cristina Page, who just began her first season with the Charlottesville Ballet. THE BASICS Name: Cristina Page Age: 23 Astrological Sign: Gemini Hometown: Salem, Virginia Role in C’ville Ballet: Company Artist Check out this video of Cristina’s recent photo shoot for a project with local photographer Guillermo Ubilla of GXU Images: FAVORITES… Food: Mmm…peanut butter Color: Purple […]
Digital Program | Mainstage One Performance
Go Paperless with our Digital Program! Click the button below to access the program for our Mainstage One Performance on Saturday, October 26 at PVCC. Charlottesville Ballet is a Virginia Green business and we are delighted to offer all program information online– saving resources for both our sponsors and the planet! Click Here For the […]
Our Monthly “Meet the Artist” Series: Eryn Richard
Our “Meet the Artist” Series is back for the 2013-14 Season! Meet new company artist Eryn Richard, who just began her first season with the Charlottesville Ballet. THE BASICS Name: Eryn Richard Age: 22 Astrological Sign: Sagittarius Hometown: Spokane, Washington Role in C’ville Ballet: Company Artist FAVORITES… Food: Peanut Butter–can’t live without it! Color: Navy Blue Book: Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind […]
Meet the Artists of the 2013-14 Season!
Charlottesville Ballet is delighted to begin the professional company’s 6th performance season in the beauty of our new Charlottesville facility! Hannah Deveny Hannah Deveny is originally from Akron, Ohio and began dancing at the age of three. She studied at the Dance Institute of the University of Akron for eight years primarily with […]