Montgomery Ballet to be featured on APT’s “Alabama Stories” Jan. 24

January 18, 2011

How does a ballet company in the heart of the Deep South continue to maintain itself and flourish? Alabama Public Television’s “Alabama Stories” series examines the Montgomery Ballet, a company some call one of Alabama's best kept secrets, in “Inside the Montgomery Ballet,” scheduled to air on APT at 9:30 p.m. Jan. 24.

Across the country, ballet companies of all sizes have been forced to close due to a tough economic climate for the arts. Bucking that trend, the Montgomery Ballet seems to be thriving instead of having to close the curtain, receiving statewide and international attention in the last few years.

APT Producer/Reporter Rhonda Colvin interviews the company’s Executive Director Priscilla Crommelin-Ball, Artistic Director Elie Lazar and some of the Montgomery Ballet’s dancers to find out what drives the company’s success. The program also features an interview with Doug Sonntag, Director of Dance for the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.

-- posted by Teri Greene, Montgomery Advertiser