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Second Stop – Moving Arts

July 17, 2023

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June 2026
The Sleeping Beauty

Dance Company: Boston Ballet
June 5, 2026, 7:30 pm The Sleeping Beauty

Citizens Opera House 539 Washington St, Boston, MA, United States

Deep in a century-long slumber, a beautiful princess and her kingdom await the power of true love’s kiss. The Sleeping Beauty enchants with a host of magical characters—from the deliciously wicked fairy Carabosse and the valiant Prince Desire, to the benevolent woodland fairies and hilarious Puss in Boots. This iconic...
Cinderella

Dance Company: Ballet Idaho
June 5, 2026, 7:30 pm Cinderella

Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts 2201 W Cesar Chavez Ln, Boise, ID, United States

Ballet Idaho’s Cinderella is set to Prokofiev’s lush score and takes the audience on a narrative fairytale journey, employing all of the intricacies of classical staging yet never purely relying on convention.
All Lang

Dance Company: Pacific Northwest Ballet
June 5, 2026, 7:30 pm All Lang

McCaw Hall 321 Mercer St, Seattle, WA, United States

Celebrate PNB’s Resident Choreographer Jessica Lang with some of her most beloved works. Inspired by legendary American painter Georgia O’Keeffe’s Patio Door series, Her Door to the Sky is one of Lang’s most radiant pieces. In stark contrast, Ghost Variations explores Robert Schumann’s final compositions before he was confined to...

Pile out of the car everyone and welcome to our second stop – we’ve arrived at Moving Arts as they performing in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Image by Joe Lyman

Pile out of the car everyone and welcome to our second stop of En Face On The Road – we’ve arrived at Moving Arts as they perform in Cincinnati, Ohio!

Founded with the mission of providing employment opportunities for performing artists during the summer months when dance performances are traditionally scarce, Moving Arts has now entered its 10th season.
Not content with merely enriching the dance culture in Kansas City, the company has in recent years also extended its artistic influence to the vibrant arts community of Cincinnati.

En Face Magazine was honored to go behind the scenes of their opening weekend with Gabe Lorena.
He is currently a company dancer with Kansas City Ballet and is both a dancer and choreographer for Moving Arts’ 2023 season. With him, we were able to explore backstage, see excerpts of each of the pieces, as well as learn more about his creative inspiration for his new work Yin Yang. Other choreographers featured included Stephanie Martinez, Andonis Foniadakis, and Christian Denice. See Gabe Lorena’s Instagram takeover here (immediately followed by the Ballet Sun Valley takeover segment).

For those who missed Moving Arts’ captivating performances in Cincinnati, fear not! The company will be heading back to its roots in Kansas City, Missouri on July 21-22.

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