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ROYAL NEW ZEALAND BALLET ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PATRICIA BARKER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AFTER 43 YEARS IN BALLET

By Siobhan Waterhouse The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) has today announced the retirement of Artistic Director Patricia Barker. In her five and a half years at the helm of the national ballet company, Barker commissioned 12 new main stage ballets from New Zealand-based or born choreographers including six ballets with original scores by New Zealand composers. New commissions from local and international choreographers are … Continue reading ROYAL NEW ZEALAND BALLET ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PATRICIA BARKER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AFTER 43 YEARS IN BALLET

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Dance Reviews 2021

Within RNZB’s Dystopian ‘The Firebird’ Ballet lies a Cautionary Tale [REVIEW]

Royal New Zealand BalletThe FirebirdDigital Stage ProductionAugust 27 – September 6, 2021 Reviewed by Steve SucatoLike a Greta Thunberg nightmare future come to life, Royal New Zealand Ballet choreographer-in-residence Loughlan Prior’s new production of The Firebird for the company, depicts a future where humans have destroyed the earth’s environment to the point of reducing the species to Mad Max-like movie characters that roam a barren … Continue reading Within RNZB’s Dystopian ‘The Firebird’ Ballet lies a Cautionary Tale [REVIEW]

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Dance Reviews 2019

Grand Rapids Ballet’s ‘Extremely Close’, Extremely Good [REVIEW]

Grand Rapids Ballet – Extremely Close Peter Martin Wege Theatre Grand Rapids, MI April 12-14, 2019 Reviewed by Steve Sucato In the company’s first season under new artistic director James Sofranko, Grand Rapids Ballet appears to be continuing on the path of upward trajectory begun by former artistic director Patricia Barker now the director of The Royal New Zealand Ballet. The company’s program Extremely Close, … Continue reading Grand Rapids Ballet’s ‘Extremely Close’, Extremely Good [REVIEW]

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Press Releases

Grand Rapids Ballet Begins Search for a New Artistic Director

By Michael Erickson Grand Rapids, MI, August 15, 2017– Grand Rapids Ballet (GRB) announced today that they are formally beginning a search for a new artistic director for Michigan’s only professional ballet company. Current artistic director, Patricia Barker, announced in June that she accepted the artistic director appointment at Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB). Barker has been in this position with GRB since 2010, and … Continue reading Grand Rapids Ballet Begins Search for a New Artistic Director

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Curiouser and curiouser: Grand Rapids Ballet’s “Alice” overcomes early flaws to delight

Reviewed by Steve Sucato For a long time, it’s been a common speculation that iconic novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” was the product of mind-altering drugs. The world premiere of Grand Rapids Ballet (GRB)’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” Friday night based on that tale by Lewis Carroll’s (the pseudonym for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), feeds into that notion. The mind-blowing visual spectacle has the feel … Continue reading Curiouser and curiouser: Grand Rapids Ballet’s “Alice” overcomes early flaws to delight

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Grand Rapids Ballet’s Michael Auer creates theatrical magic behind the scenes

By Steve Sucato “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain,” said the Wizard of Oz after being caught for the elaborate stagecraft he presented to Dorothy and her compatriots in the 1939 movie classic of the same name. It’s a desire for anonymity Grand Rapids Ballet (GRB) creative director Michael Auer, the organization’s own multitalented and multifaceted wizard, can identify with as well. … Continue reading Grand Rapids Ballet’s Michael Auer creates theatrical magic behind the scenes

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