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IN entertainment around the state this week: Disney On Ice doesn't skate about Bruno as it presents Disney Animation Studios' "Frozen" and "Encanto" in a single ice show, 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday; and 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday at North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena.
Since 2017 Ballet Arkansas has doubled its annual operating budget, opened an affiliated school, and increased both its artist roster and annual performances.
Ballet Arkansas stages Peter Tchaikovsky's ballet "Sleeping Beauty," using its company of 15 professional dancers and a cast of nearly 100 community performers (age 9 and older) from all across the state, today through Sunday at the Center for the Humanities and Arts theater at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock.
If Leo Delibes' "Coppelia" is high on your list of beloved ballets, rest assured: Ballet Arkansas' executive and artistic director, Michael Fothergill, says the only change he has made for his company's production is the title.
Glitz, glamour and murder in the previous century's Roaring '20s are on display as Ballet Arkansas opens its 2021-22 main stage season with "The Great Gatsby," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Center for Humanities and Arts Theater, University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock.