There are 4 article(s) tagged Katie Smythe:

• March 2024

  • New Ballet’s new leader brings ‘talent, aspiration, hope’ to young dancers

    “No matter what I’m doing, I spend (time) investing in kids and neighborhoods. At New Ballet, I get to do it in a way that’s fresh and exciting.”

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    Giving it a twirl: More Memphis schools offer ballet classes

    By Sarah Dassinger March 27, 2024

• December 2022

  • The Sidebar interviews Lil Buck on ‘Memphis Jookin,’ the 20th anniversary of Nut Remix

    Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes interviews Lil Buck and Katie Smythe, the CEO and Artistic Director of New Ballet Ensemble and School, on The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes December 01, 2022

• November 2019

  • At 17, ‘Nut Remix’ still tells Tchaikovsky the news

    New Ballet' "Nut Remix" resets the story of the "Nutcracker" ballet on Beale Street, and mixes in a little Booker T. & the MG's and Duke Ellington with the familiar Tchaikovsky music. This year's performances are Nov. 15-17 at the Cannon Center.

    By Jill Johnson Piper November 11, 2019

• September 2019

  • Orange Mound adding to New Ballet’s dance pipeline

    LeAnthony Douglas, a teaching and performing artist at New Ballet Ensemble and School, started in the organization’s first cohort of Dunbar Elementary School students. 

    By Elle Perry September 21, 2019