Kathleen Breen

Ballet Rhode Island To Debut Off THE WALL, Collaboration Of Dance and American Impressionism  
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 10, 2025

Ballet Rhode Island will present the season-opening production Off the Wall, a unique and evocative collaboration with the Westerly Museum of American Impressionism. Learn more!

Ballet Rhode Island to Hold Auditions For THE NUTCRACKER Children's Cast 
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 12, 2025

Ballet Rhode Island will hold its annual auditions for The Nutcracker Children's Cast. The auditions are open to young dancers ages 7-18 across New England. Learn more!

Ballet Rhode Island Welcomes Alexandra Cook As New Operations Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 10, 2025

Ballet Rhode Island has named Alexandra Cook as its new Operations Director. A Rhode Island native with a distinguished career in the non-profit dance sector.

Ballet Rhode Island Unveils 2025-26 Season Featuring THE NUTCRACKER and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2025

Ballet Rhode Island (Ballet RI) has unveiled its 2025-2026 Season - a bold, expansive year of live performance across six theatres in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Learn more!

Ballet Ri To Present SWAN LAKE & Annual Gala This May At The Vets
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2025

Ballet RI has announced its presentation of* Swan Lake*, one of the world's most beloved ballets, premiering this May at THE VETS.

Renowned Artist Sarah Lane Appointed School Director Of Ballet RI
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 26, 2023

Ballet RI announces the appointment of Sarah Lane, a former principal dancer with American Ballet Theater, as the Director of the School of Ballet RI. Lane's extensive experience as a dancer, teacher, and coach makes her the ideal candidate for this role. Find out more about her appointment and the impact she will have on dance education.

Review: PURE DANCE at FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - Apr 29, 2023

What did our critic think of PURE DANCE at FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE?

The Festival Ballet Providence's Black Box Series to Present UP CLOSE ON HOPE & GWENDOLYN THE GRACEFUL PIG
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 6, 2023

The Festival Ballet Providence is bringing two back-to-back Black Box series to their theater this February.

Review: FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE presents THE NUTCRACKER
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - Dec 18, 2022

In 2021, Festival Ballet Providence announced a brand new version of the holiday staple, THE NUTCRACKER, fully reimagined by the company's Artistic Curator, Yury Yanowsky, and Company Director Kathleen Breen Combs. Moving the show away from the Providence Performing Arts Center to the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, audiences were treated to new sets, new costumes, new choreography, and, as usual, spectacular dancing.

Festival Ballet Providence Partners With RISD Museum For The First Time With “Off The Wall”
by Stephi Wild - Oct 18, 2022

For the first time ever, Festival Ballet Providence presents its first program of the 2022-2023 Season, Off The Wall, a unique collaboration with the RISD Museum.

Festival Ballet Providence Announces New Leadership For Its Board Of Trustees
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2022

Festival Ballet Providence has announced additions to its Board of Trustees, leadership changes on the governing body, and several noteworthy departures of dedicated, long-serving trustees.

Festival Ballet Providence Announces 45th Season
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2022

Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) is thrilled to announce its colorfully creative 45th Anniversary Season. The season, running October 2022 through April 2023 includes collaborative world premieres alongside beloved classics. Performances will be held in three unique venues in Providence, with subscription tickets for most performances going on sale July 7, 2022. 

Festival Ballet Providence to Return with UP CLOSE ON HOPE
by Marissa Tomeo - Jan 29, 2022

Festival Ballet Providence popular series, Up Close on Hope returns with an exciting new program February 11-20, 2022 in the company’s acclaimed Black Box Theatre, 825 Hope Street on the East Side of Providence. This innovative series provides audiences with a unique perspective on dance—a visual feast of movement, athleticism, and creativity. The show features two world premieres along with classical and contemporary works.

BWW Review: FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE'S ALL NEW NUTCRACKER
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - Dec 19, 2021

Festival Ballet Providence’s new version of THE NUTCRACKER contains new sets, new costumes, new roles, new choreography, and even a new venue, but retains its charm while being exactly the shake-up this Rhode Island tradition needed.

Festival Ballet Providence Presents All New Production Of THE NUTCRACKER
by Stephi Wild - Dec 8, 2021

​​​​​​​Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) is excited to present an all-new version of its annual holiday classic, The Nutcracker, featuring new sets, costumes, choreography in a new venue. For the first time, the ballet will be performed at Veterans Memorial Auditorium (“The Vets”) offering twice as many performances as in years past, giving audiences more opportunities to enjoy the show, one that has delighted generations of audiences in Providence since 1978.

Festival Ballet Providence to Present CONTINUING POINTS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 14, 2021

Festival Ballet Providence will present an exciting program that includes three contemporary works along with classical ballet in Continuing Points, October 20-24, 2021, in the Woodman Performing Arts Center at Moses Brown School, 250 Lloyd Avenue, Providence, RI.

Brand New Production of THE NUTCRACKER to be Presented by Festival Ballet Providence
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 20, 2021

Festival Ballet Providence has announced a brand-new version of its annual production of The Nutcracker, featuring new sets, costumes and choreography. The ballet will be performed for the first time at Veterans Memorial Auditorium ('The Vets'), signaling a monumental next chapter in the Company's 44-year history.

International Business Consultant, Alan Weiss, Named President Of The Board Of Festival Ballet Providence
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 8, 2019

The board of trustees of Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) is pleased to announce that Alan Weiss of East Greenwich has been elected as its new president.  The unanimous vote took place at a meeting on August 1, 2019. Festival Ballet's board is the governing body for New England's second largest professional ballet company with a resident company of 30 dancers, a pre-professional school with more than 300 enrolled students, and extensive educational and community initiatives reaching more than 13,000 youth annually, making it one of the leading arts organizations in the region.

Kathleen Breen Combes Named Executive Director of Festival Ballet Providence
by Julie Musbach - May 14, 2019

Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) is pleased to announce it has appointed a new Executive Director, Kathleen Breen Combes.

Boston Ballet Presents A Farewell Performance For Kathleen Breen Combes
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2019

After 16 years with Boston Ballet, Principal Dancer Kathleen Breen Combes is retiring from Boston Ballet to accept a position as the executive director of Festival Ballet Providence. Breen Combes' final performance will be in Paulo Arrais' ELA, Rhapsody in Blue as part of the Rhapsody program on June 9 at 1:30 pm at the Citizens Bank Opera House.