Ballet Memphis
There's No Place Like It
Now celebrating its 20th anniversary season, Ballet Memphis is a creative resource to the nation as a maker and interpreter of the Mid-South region’s cultural legacy through dance, production and training. Artistic Director Dorothy Gunther Pugh founded the company in 1986 as Memphis Concert Ballet with two professional dancers and a budget of $75,000. Today, Ballet Memphis employs 14 professional dancers and has a $2.8 million budget. The company performs at the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown Memphis, as well as at non-traditional venues throughout the city and on tour. Ballet Memphis also performs for and presents teaching artist sessions to more than 15,000 students annually.
Founder and Artistic Director Dorothy Gunther Pugh
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The Ballet Memphis school trains more than 600 students annually. Performance experience is provided through the Junior Company of Ballet Memphis. In addition, Ballet Memphis offers Pilates and movement instruction at the Hope and Healing Center. Ballet Memphis' Educational Enrichment program is made possible in part by the generous support of the Greater Memphis Arts Council. Ballet Memphis recently received the Commercial Appeal Reader's Choice Award for Best Dance Studio, in 2005-2006, the combined entities of Ballet Memphis-dance company, ballet school and Pilates program-served more than 75,000.
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"In Ways Ungraceful"
Choreographed by Garret Ammon
Photo: Christopher Reyes, Ninjacat
