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Cincinnati Ballet
Since its inception in 1958 in Cincinnati, United States, The Cincinnati Ballet has been treating audiences with performances that are marked by technical expertise, sensuality and instigation that have over the years become its trademark.

Comprising of the most talented and gifted performers, music directors and artistic directors the Cincinnati Ballet is the icon of sophistication, elegance, style and proficiency. The Cincinnati Ballet boasts about its fleet of dancers who approach each performance with technical mastery and individuality, converting each feat into a sensual personal experience.

Nancy Bauer, Virginia Garrett and Myrl Laurence took a definite initiative when they first organized Cincinnati Civic Ballet as a chartered company as compared to other major art organizations in Cincinnati, Ohio such as The Cincinnati Art Museum (1886), the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (1895), and the Cincinnati Opera (1920).

Cincinnati Ballet is currently celebrating its 45th anniversary season with the onset of the year 2008 - 09. The first official auditions were held in 1963 at the YMCA. 41 dancers were chosen from the 200 incumbents.

Debut performances took place at the University of Cincinnatis Wilson Auditorium in 1964 and 1965. The repertoire consisted of ballets choreographed and staged by Oleg Sabline, Tania Karina, William Dollar, and John Taras.

Sabline, a prominent European-trained dancer who had been all over Europe and the United States and had originally come to Cincinnati to teach ballet and stage the classics at The College-Conservatory of Music, was appointed director for the first performances.

David McLain head of the Dance Division of CCM assumed directorship in 1966. His association with CCM offered numerous benefits to the upcoming company. CCM provided studio space for classes and rehearsals, access to talented students, and the use of Wilson Auditorium for performances. The year 1968 saw the witnessed the renaming of the company to Cincinnati Ballet Company and the appointment of Carmon DeLeone as music director.

CCM faculty member James Truitte joined the Cincinnati Ballet Company on 1970 and began to train dancers in the contemporary technique created by the American choreographer Lester Horton. Also, the company achieved true professional status when ten salaried dancers were hired. As the companys dancers became proficient in Horton technique, they began to perform Hortons choreography.

By the mid-70s, performances were shifted from Wilson Auditorium to the Taft Theatre and tours were added, not only in Ohio, but also in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and at New York Citys Dance Festival in 1975.CBC performed numerous classical works including Les Patineurs, Pas de Quatre and variations from The Sleeping Beauty, along with two Balanchine ballets, Concerto Barocco and Serenade.

The year 1974 was witness to the premiere of The Nutcracker, at Music Hall. Today Frischs presents The Nutcracker is a Cincinnati tradition. Frischs Restaurants sponsored the performances and, to the everlasting gratitude of ballet audiences, has continued to do so.

Beginning in 1978, regular repertoire performances were also held at Music Hall, and the schedule expanded from three series to five by 1980. More changes occurred during that decade. The companys name was shortened to Cincinnati Ballet, and in 1983 a sub-head office arrangement was attained with New Orleans to further increase performing opportunities.

Cincinnati Ballet suffered a serious blow with the death of its visionary and dedicated leader David McLain in 1984. The Board of Trustees turned to the legendary Frederic Franklin for guidance, and he took the helm as interim director.

A permanent artistic director, Ivan Nagy, was appointed in 1986 and immediately he set about to make Cincinnati Ballet stand alone as a separate entity from CCM with individual identity. Consequently, the company moved out of CCM, although it was still designated the official school. Rehearsals were shifted to the Emery Building although the company continued to perform at Music Hall.

A Hungarian native who had danced all over the world, Nagy knew many foreign dancers, and brought a number of them to Cincinnati. The arrival of highly experienced dancers began to raise the company to a new standard of performance.

However unfortunately enough, Nagy left in 1989 and three artistic directors came and went in quick succession. Richard Collins, the first, a British-trained dancer and a director of great promise, was tragically killed in a car accident. Nigel Burgoine succeeded him in 1992 and Peter Anastos in 1994. During his two years in Cincinnati, Anastos created the very successful ballet Peter Pan with an original score by Carmon DeLeone.

Then began the memorable 1990s. Through the great generosity of the Kaplan and Budig foundations, a new and permanent home was built for the company - The Cincinnati Ballet Center on Central Parkway at Liberty Street (1994). Offices, dance studios, a training school, wardrobe/costume storage, and rehearsal space were all in the same complex. The Otto M. Budig Academy of Cincinnati Ballet was launched in 1996.

Victoria Morgan was appointed artistic director in 1997.The Cincinnati Ballet underwent rapid changes. The Aronoff Center for the Arts became the permanent home for the repertoire series of performances. A number of spectacular ballets were acquired - Americana ballets such as Agnes DeMilles Rodeo, and modern dance pieces by Paul Taylor tested the dancers and intrigued audiences.

In 1996, Balanchines full-length Jewels was premiered by the company. Other contemporary choreographers whose contributions were memorable included Kirk Peterson, Kathryn Posin, Stanton Welch and Val Caniparoli, in addition to Nigel Burgoine and Victoria Morgan.

Artistic Director and CEO at present, Morgan, has sustained the Cincinnati Ballet tradition of performing new works while at the same time keeping the historic repertoire alive and vibrant. An outstanding example was the tribute to Frederic Franklin and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 2002.

The ballets presented were Devils Holiday by Frederick Ashton, plus the third movement of Seventh Symphony (music by Beethoven), and Ga?te Parisienne, choreographed by Leonide Massine. The intimate Mickey Jarson Kaplan Performance Studio was added in 2005.

The company struck two groundbreaking collaborations between Cincinnati Ballet and Ballet Met Columbus. Together the two companies presented the highly commended Balanchines Jewels (2003) and Stars and Stripes (2006).

During the year 2007-08, Morgan negotiated a performing partnership with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, which resulted in the presentation of a joint program both at The Aronoff Center and Washington, D.C.s Kennedy Center in 2008.

Till date, the Cincinnati Ballet dancers have performed all over America and all around the world to critical acclaim. They take each performance as a new challenge scheduling to outperform themselves and to exceed the audiences expectations each time.