Greensboro Ballet

Greensboro Ballet
General information
Name	Greensboro Ballet
Local name	Greensboro Ballet
Previous names	Greensboro Civic Ballet, Civic Ballet Theatre
Year founded	1964
Principal venue	Carolina Theatre of Greensboro Greensboro United States of America
Website	Greensboro Ballet
Artistic staff
Artistic Director	Maryhelen Mayfield
Other
Associated schools	The School of Greensboro Ballet

Greensboro Ballet is a ballet company directed by Maryhelen Mayfield which performs primarily in Greensboro, North Carolina at the Carolina Theatre of Greensboro. It is the only ballet company in the Piedmont Triad.^[1] Greensboro Ballet has presented works by George Balanchine. The company also has performed a number of works made especially for the Greensboro Ballet by Rick McCullough, Jill Eathorne Bahr, Leslie Jane Pessemier, and Emery LeCrone. Maryhelen Mayfield has choreographed over twenty-five works for the company.^[2] Megan Blake is on the board of directors for the ballet company.

History

In 1964 the Greensboro Civic Ballet was formed. The original focus was on providing local dancers with annual performances. In the 1970s the Greensboro Civic Ballet was reorganized under the name Civic Ballet Theatre and a ballet school was created. Organizers of the company approached the United Arts Council of Greensboro for membership as well as funding and space within the Greensboro Cultural Center. In 1980 Maryhelen Mayfield, a former dancer with the Kansas City Ballet, was hired as the Artistic Director. Under the direction of Mayfield and John Dennis, director of The School of Greensboro Ballet, the school received membership in the Southeast Regional Ballet Association and became the first Honor Company in North Carolina, the highest level of membership within the Association. The name then changed from Civic Ballet Theatre to Greensboro Ballet. Professional dancers were introduced into the company in 1995.^[3]

Notable productions

Cinderella
Coppelia
Dracula
The Firebird
Giselle
The Nutcracker
Serenade
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
Swan Lake
Les Sylphides
Valse Fantasia

The School of Greensboro Ballet

The company also hosts The School of Greensboro Ballet, the Piedmont Triad's only non-for-profit classical Russian ballet school and the only school in Guilford County with access to Balanchine choreography.^[4] The school is located in the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center. The Director of The School of Greensboro Ballet is John Dennis, a former dancer for the Dallas Ballet.

Community outreach and programs

Greensboro Ballet has a number of programs for community outreach throughout Greensboro and North Carolina. Of these include:

Build-a-Ballet Program - funded by Lincoln Financial Corporation, an original dance work is created by and performed at a different public school in Guilford County each year.
Dancing Above the Barre - a program for students with various disabilities that had in the past kept them out of dance classes
Out on the Town series - the company travels to perform in community centers, schools, and theaters in traditionally under-served areas.
First Friday - Every first Friday of the month in downtown Greensboro, the Ballet Company participates in the First Friday festival

Greensboro Ballet also provides complimentary tickets to other non-profit organizations .

References

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