Tag: ballet

This season, Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre will look different on stage. Four of its five founders have transitioned into off-stage careers. New dancers have replaced them, and some wonder how smoothly Terminus will bridge into its next phase. Company Director John Welker plans to keep the company’s heart beating with the same intensity its founders had in its early days.

“When we see great works of art, we want to see transcendence,” says Georgia-born choreographer Alonzo King. With his internationally acclaimed San Francisco–based company, LINES Ballet, King has drawn inspiration from global cultural traditions, making classical ballet more pliant, expressive, and relevant worldwide.

After two decades with the Atlanta Ballet, principal dancer John Welker is pivoting to a new role.

These five Atlanta athletes represent a range of disciplines and abilities, but they’ve all got one thing in common—a staggering amount of determination, something that even the most casual exerciser could probably use more of.

“And one and two and three and four,” the instructor drilled, her straight leg flying in rapid fire. “Close front, close front, close back, close back.” Or something like that. We’d just started a beginner ballet class, and already I was lost.