Gwinnett Ballet Theatre
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Gwinnett Ballet Theatre is a ballet company in Snellville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
(Atlanta vicinity). The artistic director is Lisa Sheppard Robson, and the music director and conductor is Predrag Gosta
. The founding director is Lynne Snipes.
As Gwinnett County’s first and oldest nonprofit performing arts organization, GBT was founded in 1977, and since then it also exists as a school that provides training to those interested to purse a professional dancing career.
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
(Atlanta vicinity). The artistic director is Lisa Sheppard Robson, and the music director and conductor is Predrag Gosta
Predrag Gosta
Predrag Gosta is a Serbian-American conductor and harpsichordist.. He is the Artistic Director of an early music ensemble, baroque orchestra and choir New Trinity Baroque, based in Atlanta, United States, the Music Director and conductor of the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre in Snellville , and the...
. The founding director is Lynne Snipes.
As Gwinnett County’s first and oldest nonprofit performing arts organization, GBT was founded in 1977, and since then it also exists as a school that provides training to those interested to purse a professional dancing career.
Notable Productions
- Tchaikovsky's The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
, December 2011 (forthcoming, GBT's 30th Anniversary annual performances) - Tchaikovsky's The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
, December 2010 - Tchaikovsky's The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
, December 2009 - Alice in Wonderland, March 2009
- Tchaikovsky's The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
, December 2008 - Alice in Wonderland, March 2008
- Tchaikovsky's The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
, December 2007 - Stravinsky's The FirebirdThe FirebirdThe Firebird is a 1910 ballet created by the composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Michel Fokine. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor....
, March 2007 - Tchaikovsky's The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
, December 2006 - Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
, March 2006