ballet kelowna
City keeps cultural incubator cooking, gives out cash grants
KELOWNA - If there was an elephant in the room, Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran addressed it directly. “A lot of times people think ‘there goes the city spending money on culture’ without having the complete picture of what creative culture does for our community,” said the Mayor, as council received a report outlining $180,000 in...
Ballet Kelowna: New artistic director, new season
KELOWNA – The new leaner and streamlined Ballet Kelowna has announced it’s new shortened season. The company was facing an uncertain future only a year ago with some serious financial issues. As well, the founding artistic director left, leaving the board with some big ballet slippers to fill. The newly hired artistic director and CEO...
Meet Ballet Kelowna’s new artistic director and CEO
KELOWNA – Ballet Kelowna has a new artistic director. Simone Orlando has danced professionally with the National Ballet of Canada and Desrosiers Dance Theatre. She worked as principal artist for Ballet British Columbia and has created several commissions for Ballet Kelowna. Orlando will take over for retiring artistic director David LaHay at the start of the...