Cincinnati Ballet is ready for a powerful leap forward. The addition of executive director Scott Altman frees artistic director Victoria Morgan to focus on what she does best – making magic onstage.
Cincinnati Ballet poised for leap into future
Author: David Lyman
Philanthropist of the Year: Richard Rosenthal
Richard Rosenthal has spent decades turning his daydreams into philanthropic undertakings that have enriched lives, fed the hungry and provided opportunities – educational, artistic, occupational – for hundreds of thousands of Greater Cincinnatians.
Cincinnati Ballet’s Zack Grubbs and Sarah Hairston
After 14 years with Cincinnati Ballet, Grubbs – a senior soloist – is retiring. His longtime onstage partner, principal dancer Sarah Hairston, is retiring as well. On Aug. 1, Hairston and Grubbs stepped into new roles as the dean and principal, respectively, of Cincinnati Ballet’s academy.
STAGE: movers & makers of the moment
Theater is exploding with life in Cincinnati, with record crowds and exciting new venues on the horizon. And the dance season is leaping into the future with a new work by an established local master. Contributor David Lyman shares his thoughts on who and what to watch onstage between now and Thanksgiving.
Richardson rising
Rob Richardson Jr. is chair of the University of Cincinnati’s board of trustees. What’s behind the ascent of this former academic “underachiever” to the summit of power at UC?
Concert:nova whips up a little cake with opera
On July 19, 2016, concert:nova will present “Bon Appétit,” Lee Hoiby’s ridiculously clever one-person work about Julia Child and the making of a Le Gateau au Chocolate l’Eminence Brune, a particularly decadent chocolate cake.
Marcus Küchle and Annalisa Pappano: RECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
If it’s true, as they say, that opposites attract, Pappano and Küchle are living proof of it. He’s a champion of new music, of pushing – or pulling, perhaps – opera into the 21st century. She, on the other hand, is devoted to early music. For her, 16th- and 17th-century composers like Claudio Monteverdi, Richardo Rogniono and Jacopo Peri are not relics of past cultures. They are very much alive.
Drawn to ART(ists): A family tradition continues at the Carl Solway Gallery
“I have nothing to do with it,” says Carl Solway. He’s speaking of the coming Cincinnati Art Museum exhibition that bears his name: “Not in New York: Carl Solway and Cincinnati.”
In the Know: Transforming a theater on the fringe
A winding path through virtually every job behind the scenes led Andrew Hungerford to the helm of Know Theatre. Now he’s giving the company his own spin.