Ballet 5:8 Official School to Bring Full-Length Story Ballet to Lincoln Way West
April 16, 2019 ORLAND PARK, IL – Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts, the official school of professional performing company Ballet 5:8 and a recipient of a 2018-2019 season grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, will bring a full-length classical ballet titled The Wayward Daughter to the Chicago South Suburbs this Mother’s Day weekend. The original production will feature up-and-coming artists from the school’s nationally-recognized advanced classical ballet training programs, charming Children’s Cast members from 25+ area communities, custom-designed costumes, dramatic classical music, and choreography by Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Rubio Slager.
The Nutcracker With a Ballet 5:8 Twist Returns to New Lenox This December
Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts, the dance education center of professional performing company Ballet 5:8, will bring its signature rendition of The Nutcracker to Lincoln Way West High School on December 15-16 2018. Ballet 5:8, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Frankfort, is dedicated to engaging communities in Chicago, the Midwest and across the nation in conversation of life and faith through innovative storytelling and breathtaking dance. The company’s Beyond the Nutcracker features 150 local cast members from its nationally-recognized classical ballet training programs, all custom-designed costumes and sets, and lead roles danced by guest artists from the Ballet 5:8 professional company including Lead Artists Antonio Rosario and Brette Benedict, and Company Artist Sam Opsal. This Ballet 5:8 twist on the classic Nutcracker invites audiences to join Emma for a magical adventure that leads from World War II London to the very first Christmas.
Ballet 5:8’s School Creates Brand-New Story Ballet on Pilgrim’s Progress
April 18, 2018 FRANKFORT, IL – People who are new to Ballet 5:8 will often ask where we “get” our story ballets. One person once asked specifically if we buy them, just like a theatre group would purchase the music and licensing rights to perform, for example, a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. In short, the answer is no! The creation of brand-new work is one of the very core aspects of Ballet 5:8’s mission to engage communities in conversation of life and faith through innovative storytelling and breathtaking dance. Our ballets - including Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts’ newest project, Pilgrim’s Progress - are concepted, choreographed, designed and staged completely from our main studios in Frankfort, IL.