Mary Grace Herrington, a fundraising executive with a deep media background, is the new chief advancement officer for the Atlanta Ballet.
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Miss Dorothy
This week, it’s an origin story that results in unintended consequences. A loving reminder that a life in pursuit of one’s passion is a life well-spent. We’ll visit a woman who touched Atlantans well beyond what she might have imagined for herself. To this day, her influence contributes significantly to the grace and style of […]
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BALLET ON THE MOVE
Is Ballet Hardwired for Touring? By Arturo Jacobus, President & CEO, Atlanta BalletBallet is quite possibly the most mobile large-scale art form in the world.Through the decades, ballet companies such as Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Dance Theater of Harlem have had a business model at some point in […]
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One Plus One = Three
Photo above: Dancers Michaela Perdue, Will VanMeter (KSU Dance Company) Photo by Robert Pack By Dr. Ivan Pulinkala, Chairperson, Department of Dance at Kennesaw State University Over the past decade, I have experienced Atlanta’s art community grow in density, complexity, and sophistication, against a landscape ripe with opportunity, discourse, and challenge. An ever increasing populous of promising […]
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Atlanta: A Growing Dance City…but How to Sustain?
By Angela Harris, Executive Artistic Director, Dance Canvas, Inc.This is an exciting time for dance in metro Atlanta! 2017 allowed Atlanta to witness new dance companies kicking off inaugural seasons, major dance organizations making leadership and location changes, long-standing dance companies celebrating milestone anniversaries, colleges creating new dance departments and growing new dance partnerships, and dance public […]
