OKC BALLET

NEWS RELEASE

OKCB Performing at 7th Annual Emerson SPRING TO DANCE® FESTIVAL 2014

Oklahoma City Ballet is proud to be one of thirty professional dance companies from across the country gathering this Memorial Day weekend at the Annual Emerson Spring to Dance® Festival in St. Louis, Missouri.  The OKCB company tours to the three-day dance extravaganza on Friday, May 23 to perform Robert Mills’ Pushing Pennies between 6:00-7:00 PM in Lee Theater.  The journey to St. Louis follows a record-breaking season for Oklahoma City Ballet, which is emerging as a tremendous civic asset of talent and drive, breaking records and bringing new opportunities to the forefront.  Tickets are available online at www.touhill.org, or click the button at the bottom of this page.

Founded by Ballet Russe dancers Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov, Oklahoma City Ballet is the city’s professional ballet company.  Led by Artistic Director Robert Mills, the company currently boasts 30 dancers from around the world.  Oklahoma City Ballet’s repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Gerald Arpino, Matthew Neenan, Helen Pickett, Nicolo Fonte, Margo Sappington, Amy Seiwert, Jessica Lang, Perrot, Coralli, Fokine, Petipa, Bournonville, and Artistic Director, Robert Mills.