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BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Stunning Performance of Stephen Mills' LIGHT

BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Stunning Performance of Stephen Mills' LIGHT

by Jeffrey Ellis — February 13, 2018

Some 90 captivating minutes of creative, imaginative movement, Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project features the superb dancers of Nashville Ballet at their finest, bringing to life history in such a way that left their audiences rapt, riveted to the smallest of moments and the largest of themes a

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 19, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 19, 2017

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 19, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI! And a gracious good morning to Kate Adams Kramer, our very first Theaterati cover girl! Today we are pondering the theatrical question of 'Kevin Spacey.

BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Colorful and Resplendent NASHVILLE'S NUTCRACKER

BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Colorful and Resplendent NASHVILLE'S NUTCRACKER

by Jeffrey Ellis — December 5, 2016

Since its debut in 2008, Nashville's Nutcracker – choreographer Paul Vasterling's holiday-scented love letter to his adopted hometown – has delighted thousands of audience members eager to experience this particularly rapturous paean to this most wonderful time of the year.

BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Lushly Romantic CINDERELLA Opens the New Season

BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Lushly Romantic CINDERELLA Opens the New Season

by Jeffrey Ellis — September 17, 2016

From the very first moment - when principal guest conductor Nathan Fifield raises his baton and the musicians of the Nashville Symphony play the very first notes of Prokofiev's lush score - it becomes apparent that Nashville Ballet's Cinderella is going to be something very special.

Nashville Ballet Sparkles to Life with CINDERELLA

Nashville Ballet Sparkles to Life with CINDERELLA

by A.A. Cristi — August 26, 2016

Nashville Ballet brings the magical fairytale Cinderella to life September 16-18, 2016, at TPAC's Polk Theater as the opening performance of its 2016-2017 season.

BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's CARMINA BURANA and LAYLA & THE MAJNUN

BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's CARMINA BURANA and LAYLA & THE MAJNUN

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 22, 2016

Nashville Ballet brings its 30th anniversary season to a close with two works choreographed by artistic director and CEO Paul Vasterlling:  a dazzlingly intricate and grand revival of Carmina Burana, set to the timeless music of Carl Orff, and the world premiere of Layla & The Majnun, which feature

Where Are They Now? GARRETT MARKS

Where Are They Now? GARRETT MARKS

by Jeffrey Ellis — January 14, 2016

Case in point: Today's subject of Where Are They Now?, our regular feature in which we catch-up with those people who once called Nashville home but who are now reaching for their dreams all over the creative world.

BWW Review: Vasterling's DRACULA From Nashville Ballet

BWW Review: Vasterling's DRACULA From Nashville Ballet

by Jeffrey Ellis — October 23, 2015

Darkly sensual and broodingly sexy, Paul Vasterling's balletic interpretation of Bram Stoker's legendary anti-hero Dracula (first presented in 1999 and revived in 2007) remains as potent and as stirring as ever, richly conceived and beautifully performed by the dancers of Nashville Ballet, who offer


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