As you may or may not have heard, Ballet Arizona's 2019-2020 season marks 20 years of Artistic Director, Ib Andersen's leadership and wonderful creativity. In order to learn a little more about him, we asked Ib 20 rapid-fire questions, enjoy! https://blog.balletaz.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IB_Oberon.jpg 506 759 Ballet Arizona /wp-content/uploads/2016/08/logo-balletaz-white.png Ballet Arizona2019-09-19 15:06:472019-09-20 16:46:2520 Questions With Ib Andersen

We sat down with Choreographer and Company Dancer Nayon Iovino to get a behind-the-scenes look at his exciting new work! https://blog.balletaz.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Nayon_1.jpg 731 1000 Ballet Arizona /wp-content/uploads/2016/08/logo-balletaz-white.png Ballet Arizona2019-09-05 13:42:382019-09-05 16:10:14Behind-The-Scenes of Nayon Iovino's New Ballet "Mambaz"

It should come as no surprise to anyone that ballet, which originated sometime around 1459, has undergone a few changes. Most of the time those changes were very, very minor, such as changing the length of the costumes or modifying what moves were made, but there is one time when major changes were made. https://blog.balletaz.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/8-27-1.jpg 653 1000 Ballet Arizona /wp-content/uploads/2016/08/logo-balletaz-white.png Ballet Arizona2019-08-27 05:00:352019-08-19 09:52:33Neoclassicism: A Turning Point in Ballet (Infographic)