Ballet Des Moines

Ballet Des Moines
General information
Name	Ballet Des Moines
Previous names	Ballet Theatre of Des Moines
Year founded	2002
Founding Artistic Director	Julie Grooters
Location	Des Moines, Iowa
Principal venue	Hoyt Sherman Place
Website	www.balletdesmoines.org
Artistic staff
Artistic Director	Serkan Usta
Ballet Mistress	Lori Grooters

Ballet Des Moines is a ballet dance company based in Des Moines, Iowa.

History

The company was founded in 2002 as the Ballet Theatre of Iowa. Previously, the city had been served for by Ballet Iowa for three decades; however, that company had gone defunct in 1997 following financial mismanagement^[1] Ballet Des Moines staged its first show, The Nutcracker, that winter and its first spring show, Swan Lake and Divertimento, the following spring.^[2]

In 2005, Serkan Usta, a longtime star of Tulsa Ballet, was named artistic director. In 2006, the company renamed itself Ballet Des Moines. In 2012, the company hired its own professional resident dancers for the first time.^[3]

Performances

In addition to community performances, Ballet Des Moines primarily performs its repertoire at Hoyt Sherman Place in the city's Sherman Hill neighborhood near downtown Des Moines. However, the company stages one performance per year the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines.

Education and Development

Ballet Des Moines II, formed in 2009, is a corps of pre-professional dancers who represent the organization through community outreach events and public performances.^[4] In addition, Ballet Des Moines offers classes for studenbts ages 13–18. The annual production of The Nutcracker uses more than 250 young dancers.^[5]

Dancers

As of 2013, the company has seven professional dancers:

Serena Chu
Carolina Machado Alves
Carrie Ruth Trumbo
Kiyota Nomura
Jose Gamero
Amand Pulaj
Sergio Alvarez
Ashton Plummer

References

↑ http://www.dsmmagazine.com/2012/07/24/ready-to-leap/
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
↑ http://businessrecord.com/Content/Culture/Culture/Article/Nonprofit--Ballet-Des-Moines/170/832/41094
↑ http://balletdesmoines.org/about/ballet-des-moines-ii/
↑ http://balletdesmoines.org/education/

External links

Ballet Des Moines Official Site

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