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How do you follow the frothy fun of “Follies of 1915?” If you’re Marigny Opera Ballet, you do something that challenges and stretches the ability of your dancers and choreographers. No performing arts group in the region takes the risks involved in presenting original material that Director Dave Hurlbert and his team do. And that’s… Read More

The Q&A with Lauren Guynes Dancer, Follies of 1915 Lauren Guynes returns to her third season with the Marigny Opera Ballet as Violet in Follies of 1915. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Southern Mississippi, where she choreographed and performed with the Repertory Dance Company. Guynes continues to… Read More

The Q&A with Kellis McSparrin Oldenburg Choreographer, Follies of 1915 Currently in her fourth season dancing with the Marigny Opera Ballet, McSparrin Oldenburg serves as a dancer, choreographer and rehearsal director. She has choreographed two works for the company in past seasons — “Ain’t She Sweet?” (March 2016) and “Tells” (January 2018). As a choreographer,… Read More

The award winning production from 2016 is back for a three performance run beginning Friday, March 23 at Marigny Opera House “To dance the title role is an immense challenge.” In her third season with Marigny Opera Ballet, Gretchen Erickson choreographed “Silk and Smoke,” one of three jazz ballets that premiered in January and plunged… Read More

Two composers new to Marigny Opera Ballet make their debuts in Jazz Ballets, opening Thursday (January 25) for a three-performance run. Russell Welch and Rex Gregory join Nutria (Byron Asher, Trey Boudreaux and Shawn Myers) whose work on last season’s Wary Heat will be reprised in Jazz Ballets. RUSSELL WELCH, COMPOSER “Silk and Smoke” (Choreography:… Read More

A holiday celebration of three dances opens December 1   When you start out with a vision of each dance as a cocktail, it doesn’t take long for things to get merry. And, that’s just what Company Director Dave Hurlbert has in mind.  He’s envisioned Marigny Opera Ballet’s second production of the season as pure… Read More

The score for the Book of Saints, composed by Tucker Fuller, is a cantata for soloists and chorus. The lyrics are poems, prayers and historical accounts illustrating the lives of St. Teresa of Avila, St. Sebastian and St. Francis of Assisi. Unfortunately, they could not be included in the performance program booklets, but are listed here… Read More

Dancing the Lives of Sts. Teresa, Sebastian and Francis By the time  the avant-garde opera “Four Saints in Three Acts “opened in 1934, Gertrude Stein had expanded its cast to more than 20 saints and added an extra act. Prepping for the Friday October 6th opening of his Book of Saints ballet, producer and librettist… Read More

A winning mix of past season favorites, new works and newcomers In 2014 the Marigny Opera House became home to the city’s only professional resident dance company offering a full season of performances. Now, three seasons later, Marigny Opera Ballet continues to raise the bar for regional dance companies. Capping three successful seasons of sold-out… Read More