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The short film by IU graduate student Robert Mack premiered Feb. 26.

Music, lighting, setting, together, forewarning something is amiss. A princess seemingly is gliding across the apron of the stage, gathering white-topped stalks. Wrapped around each orchestral section, representing an aspect

‘Love Springs Eternal’ lifts off February 18-20. IB’s 2022 Spring program touches the inner core of love with four works.

The Nutcracker returns to the Murat

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At the close of the final dress rehearsal for Indianapolis Ballet’s “New Works” running Nov. 4-7 at The District Theatre at 627 Mass Ave, I metaphorically paused to thank Catherine

Floating onto the Toby stage within the melodic swoon of Mikhail Glinka’s opening bars of Valse-Fantaisie, the corps of four dancers emulate a garden of rustling pinks. In the blink of an eye, they’re taking flight, then bending into deep sways. Whipped into high speed they’re the harbingers of playfulness conjured by George Balanchine, wearing his heart on his sleeve, so to speak, intent on conveying his idea of his ideal woman. At breakneck speed, the lead couple enters, and de...