Footlight Dance Centre will bring holiday cheer to the Senior Connection on Thursday, December 11, 12:20 pm. This annual outreach performance includes our Intermediate ballet and tap students along with a jazzy holiday piece for all to enjoy.
Footlight Dance and Sun Valley Music Festival Music Institute students will be spreading holiday cheer bringing a performance to the WRHS Performing Arts Theater at the Community Campus in Hailey, on Saturday, December 13, 7:00 pm, a free event. This annual collaborative event will have the dancers and musicians performing together! “Both programs are excited to bring the two arts disciplines together to perform for our 3rd year. For the dancers, we usually perform to pre- recorded music as live musicians are an expense we cannot afford to add onto our production costs, and for the musicians they rarely get the opportunity to play for dance. The experience brings challenges and rewards for both as they learn to pay closer attention to details from the conductor in regard to tempo, and the dancers must listen to the subtle differences of the final version from recorded to live.” The production will include Footlight’s Intermediate Tap Class, performing to a holiday classic choreographed by Robyn Fox, as well as the newly added Teen Jazz Class, choreographed by Director, Mackenzie King. The evening will conclude with a joy of the season, a Nutcracker Medley to bring delight into focus for all. The twelve ...
Known for artistic excellence and innovation, PNB has performed on prestigious stages around the world — including tours throughout Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, and major cities across the United States. Under Artistic Director Peter Boal’s leadership, the company has thrived, expanding and diversifying its repertoire to include works by groundbreaking choreographers such as Alejandro Cerrudo, Ulysses Dove, Jiri Kylian, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Justin Peck, Crystal Pite, Alexei Ratmansky, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp and Christopher Wheeldon, among others. Boal appointed world-renowned choreographer Jessica Lang to be PNB’s resident choreographer in 2024. This season, PNB and BSV have co-commissioned a new ballet from Lang. Recently, Lang spent a week in residence at the Hemingway House in Ketchum. A unique opportunity to tap into the area’s unique light, sounds and energies as she began conceiving her new work. Her world premiere will be performed by the arists of PNB in the 2026 Summer Festival. Tickets go on sale in the new year! Photo: Angela Sterling
