Congratulations to the participants in the 2017 Indianapolis City Ballet Dance Competition!
Watch here or on social media for information about photos (expected late-November)
Judges
- Jury Chair: Melanie Person, Co-Director, The Ailey School
- Elizabeth Coker, Assistant Arts Professor, NYU/Tisch & Associate Artistic Director, Seán Curran Company
- Edward Ellison, Artistic Director, Ellison Ballet
- Susan Jaffe, Dean of Dance, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
- Dawn Kelly, Assistant Academy Principal, Cincinnati Ballet
- Valerie Madonia, Academy Director, Colorado Ballet Academy
- Claudio Muñoz, Ballet Master, Houston Ballet II
- William Piner, Academy Director, Ballet Austin
- Sharon Story, Dean of the Center for Dance Education, Atlanta Ballet
- Michael Vernon, Chair Emeritus, Ballet Department, Indiana University Bloomington/Jacobs School of Music
Teachers
- Michael Johnson, Warm-up Classes (Founding Director, Kids Dance Outreach)
- Mónica Muñoz, Warm-up Classes (Associate Director, Kids Dance Outreach)
- Gillian Murphy, Master Classes (Principal Ballerina, American Ballet Theatre)
- Suki Schorer, Master Classes (Faculty, School of American Ballet)
Sponsors
Made possible by a grant from Sarah and John Lechleiter and with support from Greg Dawson, Jane Fortune, Jennifer and Jeffrey Kittle and Priority Physicians. Media and in-kind sponsorships provided by Kinney Dancewear, Hampton Inns and Roberts Camera.
A special thanks to:
- Anderson University – David Crump, Lisa Ragsdale, Shauna Steele, administration, faculty and students
- Michael Schene, photographer
- Frank Weiner, Stage Manager
- WFYI-Production for the film Designers of the Dance and for videography services
- And volunteers Deb Schene, Janie Smith, Christine Thacker and Jane Weiner