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At Kansas City Ballet School, Mentorship and Meditation Merge With Elite Training 

At Kansas City Ballet School, Mentorship and Meditation Merge With Elite Training 

by Sponsored by Kansas City Ballet School | Aug 20, 2025 | From Our Sponsors

Kansas City Ballet School summer intensive students had a packed schedule this year, with five weeks of classes covering classical and contemporary ballet techniques, cross-training, and career guidance.  Each afternoon, the studios quieted. After hours of...
200 Auditions, 1 Contract: Courtney Nitting's Journey to Scoring Her First Professional Contract

200 Auditions, 1 Contract: Courtney Nitting's Journey to Scoring Her First Professional Contract

by Avichai Scher | Mar 7, 2019 | Audition Advice, Career, Profiles

Courtney Nitting started her first season with Kansas City Ballet last fall with the normal rituals of company life: headshots for the website, ordering her customized pointe shoes and claiming a spot at the barre. Each of these simple things was a “pinch...
Dance Resumés 101: What Directors Need to Know—And What They Don't

Dance Resumés 101: What Directors Need to Know—And What They Don't

by Gavin Larsen | Mar 1, 2018 | Audition Advice, Career

Artistic directors sift through hundreds of audition packets a season, and your resumé is often your first chance to catch their attention. Naturally, you want a document that makes a positive impression. But some surprising (and seemingly minor) details can...
At Devon Carney's Kansas City Ballet, the Roster of Dancers Keeps Growing

At Devon Carney's Kansas City Ballet, the Roster of Dancers Keeps Growing

by Steve Sucato | Mar 31, 2016 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes

This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. “There’s always boxes of color to help with that,” says Kansas City Ballet artistic director Devon Carney when I ask him if the long hours in the studio are turning his hair gray....
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