NEWSNOTES
2025
February 27-March 16 – The Boston Ballet performed Mikko Nissinen’s production of Swan Lake at the Opera House in Boston, Massachusetts.
April 12 – Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition – Gala Performance and Awards Ceremony was held at the John Jay Theater in New York City.
May 15-25 – The Boston Ballet performed Mikko Nissinen’s new staging of Raymonda at the Opera House in Boston, Massachusetts.
June 26-29 – The Boston Ballet performed Mikko Nissinen’s production of Swan Lake at the Los Angeles Music Center in California.
October 10 & 11 – Justin Valentine appeared as a guest artist in the Palmetto Ballet Theatre’s world premiere of Simone Cuttino’s A Night Under The New Moon at the Lexington Two Performing Arts Center in West Columbia, South Carolina.
October 17-26 – The Kansas City Ballet danced Devon Carney’s production of Swan Lake at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.
October 19 (Matinee) – Zhong-Jing Fang danced one of the principal roles in Mikhail Fokine’s Les Sylphides with American Ballet Theatre at the Koch Theater in New York City.
October 19 (Evening) – Janis Brenner performed her dance piece, She Remembers Her Amnesia, at the Dance Hall in Kittery, Maine.
November 22 & 23 – Yoshiko Kamikusa and Luzemberg Santana appeared as guest artists in the Alameda Civic Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts in Castro Valley, California.
November 28-December 28 – The Boston Ballet performd Mikko Nissinen’s production of The Nutcracker at the Opera House in Boston, Massachusetts.
November 29-December 24 – The Kansas City Ballet danced Devon Carney’s production of The Nutcracker at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.
December 13 – Yoshiko Kamikusa and Luzemberg Santana appeared as guest artists in the Greater York Youth Ballet/Dance It Forward’s production of The Nutcracker at the Appell Center for the Performing Arts in York, Pennsylvania.
December 13 & 14 – Annia Hidalgo and Cristian Laverde Konig appeared as guest artists in the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker at the Riverview Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana.
2026
February 12-15 – The Tulsa Ballet performed Marcello Angelini’s new production of The Sleeping Beauty at the Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
February 13 & 15 (Matinee) – Zhong-Jing Fang made her debut in the role of Paulina in Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale with American Ballet Theatre at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
March 21 – The Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition Gala and Awards Ceremony took place at the Kaye Playhouse in New York City.
April 15 & 16 – Included in Lighten Up! a program of dances will be the students of the Joffrey School in New York performing excerpts from Margo Sappington’s For Ella, and Valentina Kozlova and Andrei Jouravlev dancing the duet The Man I Love from Sappington’s Don’t Bring Lulu – and an added surprise performance of Sappington’s solo, Jitterbug Perfume. Performances will take place at the Theatre at St. Jeans in New York City.
April 18 & 19 – Justin Valentine will appear as a guest artist in the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet’s production of Swan Lake Act II at the Riverview Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana.
July 18 – Janis Brenner will be performing her solo piece, Inhteritance: A Litany, at the Merryall Center in New Milford, Connecticut.
October 22-25 – The Tulsa Ballet will perform Marcello Angelini’s production of The Sleeping Beauty at the Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
October 23-25 – The Sarasota Ballet will dance Dominic Walsh’s Wolfgang for Webb at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts in Sarasota, Florida.
November 27-December 31 – The Boston Ballet will dance Mikko Nissinen’s production of The Nutcracker at the Opera House in Boston, Massachusetts.
November 28-December 24 – The Kansas City Ballet will dance Devon Carney’s production of The Nutcracker at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.
2027
March 12-21 – The Kansas City Ballet will dance Devon Carney’s production of Romeo and Juliet at the Kauffman Center for the performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri
Last Revised: April 2026
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