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Meet Alice!

In the first of our series introducing the characters from Kennet Oberly’s Alice in Wonderland, we invite you to meet Alice herself! Dancers performing the role provide insights into the character of Alice (actually two characters in the ballet) and what it’s like to portray her onstage.

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Summer Intensive Faculty Announced

Broadway star Dylis Croman; Gerald Arpino Foundation executive director and former Joffrey ballerina Kim Sagami; and dancer, choreographer, educator and filmmaker Caroline Dahm, plus artists of American Midwest Ballet, will be the guest faculty of the 2025 AMB Summer Intensive. Read more…

This One’s for the Boys!

Discover Dance, AMB’s program of free classes introducing grade-schoolers to ballet, is launching a new program just for boys, offered in partnership with the NorthStar Foundation. Read more…

What’s Making Everyone Feel So Good?

Erika Overturff remembers exactly where she got the inspiration for Feeling Good.

“I first heard the song ‘Feeling Good’ in a TV commercial,” she said. “I instantly loved it”. Read more…

Anything Can Happen on a Park Bench!

Choreographer Ray Mercer has introduced us to a restless spectre in Ghost Light and high-velocity romance in Speed Date. Time to slow things down a bit…? Not a chance! Mercer’s signature blend of human insight, athletic artistry, and split-second timing is on display in Significant Encounters. Read more…

“Black Swan” lets Katerina and Wyatt Indulge in their Dark Side

The Black Swan pas de deux is a dramatic plunge into the seductive power of temptation and darkness. Katerina Schweitzer and Wyatt Weeces are determined to make the most of the experience Read more…

It’s Time to Book Your Trip to Wonderland!

Master choreographer Kennet Oberly created this delightfully original ballet by combining favorite characters and situations from Lewis Carroll’s classics Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

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