American Midwest Ballet

American Midwest Ballet
General information
Name	American Midwest Ballet
Previous names	Ballet Nebraska
Year founded	2009 (Oct. 2010 debut)
Principal venue	Orpheum Theater Omaha United States
Website	amballet.org
Artistic staff
Artistic Director	Erika Overturff
Ballet Master	Matthew Carter
Other
Associated schools	AMB Junior Company, Youth Repertory Ensembles

American Midwest Ballet^[1], formerly Ballet Nebraska, is a professional ballet company located in Omaha, Nebraska.^[2] The company's season typically consists of three mainstage productions including an annual mixed-repertory production entitled Momentum, The Nutcracker, and a full-length story ballet. ^[3] The company also tours regionally and nationally, with performances in cities including Vero Beach, FL,^[4]^[5], San Antonio, TX and Spirit Lake, IA.

On June 1, 2018, Ballet Nebraska changed its name to American Midwest Ballet, the same day as the groundbreaking ceremony ^[6] for the company's future home at the Hoff Family Arts and Culture Center in downtown Council Bluffs, IA.

The Company's annual production of Momentum, which features a series of shorter ballets that are different each season, is a multi-year recipient of the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award (OEAA) for best dance production.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Founder and artistic director Erika Overturff's original version of The Nutcracker is performed annually at the Orpheum Theater and on regional and national tours.^[10] The Company collaborates with Joslyn Art Museum^[11] by creating an original work each season inspired by a current work or exhibition at the museum. Other collaborators include Opera Omaha,^[12] Omaha Symphony Orchestra,^[13] Omaha Performing Arts and Arts Center at Iowa Western.

Company repertoire includes full length ballets, neo-classical works and contemporary works, plus shorter works featured its annual triple-bill show. Choreographers include the company's artistic director, Overturff, ballet master, Matthew Carter and a series of guest choreographers including Paul Boos^[14] of The George Balanchine Trust, Peter Anastos, Nilas Martins, Jeff Satinoff. Edward Truitt, Mme. Tatiana Bechenova, former ballerina of the original Ballet Russe Col. de Basil who staged the 1909 ballet Prince Igor on the Company, and Ann Reinking who set a medley of work in the style of Bob Fosse on the Company.

Master works in the company's repertoire include Swan Lake (2016), Oskar Antunez' A Midsummer Night's Dream (2011, 2018), Mikail Folkine's The Dying Swan (2012, 2014), the Pas de trois des Odalisques and Medora variation from Joseph Mazilier's Le Corsaire (2014, 2017), Paquita (2015), Blue Bird and Princess Florine pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty (2017), Giselle (2015), and George Balanchine's Valse-Fantaisie.

References

Dance companies in the United States
Ballet	Alabama Ballet Alameda Civic Ballet Alexandra Ballet Alonzo King LINES Ballet American Ballet Theatre American Midwest Ballet American Repertory Ballet Anaheim Ballet Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Festival Ballet Ballet Arizona Ballet Austin Ballet Des Moines Ballet Fantastique Ballet Magnificat! Ballet Memphis BalletMet Ballet Minnesota Ballet Nouveau Colorado Ballet Quad Cities Ballet San Jose Ballet Theatre of Maryland Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Ballet West Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre Bay Pointe Ballet Boston Ballet California Riverside Ballet Carolina Ballet Cedar Lake Charlotte Ballet Chicago Ballet Chicago Festival Ballet Cincinnati Ballet Cleveland Ballet Colorado Ballet Complexions Concert Ballet of Virginia Dance Theatre of Harlem Dayton Ballet Eugene Ballet Folsom Lake Civic Ballet Greensboro Ballet Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Houston Ballet James Sewell Ballet Joffrey Ballet Kansas City Ballet Los Angeles Ballet Louisville Ballet Miami City Ballet Morphoses Mystic Ballet National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico New Jersey Ballet New York City Ballet Oklahoma City Ballet Oregon Ballet Theatre Pacific Northwest Ballet Pennsylvania Ballet Pittsburgh Ballet San Francisco Ballet Suzanne Farrell Ballet Texas Ballet Theater Tulsa Ballet The Washington Ballet
Contemporary	Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater AXIS Dance Company Ballet Deviare Ballet Hispanico Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Dominic Walsh Hubbard Street Lar Lubovitch Martha Graham Momix Paul Taylor The Philadelphia Dance Company Pilobolus Ririe-Woodbury sjDANCEco Urban Bush Women Whim W'Him
Other	Chicago Dance Crash Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater Ice Theatre of New York The LXD The Rockettes

Ballet companies
Africa	Cairo Opera Ballet Company Cape Town City Ballet
Asia	Ballet Manila Ballet Philippines Guangzhou Ballet Hong Kong Ballet Iranian National Ballet Company Israel Ballet K-ballet Korea National Ballet National Ballet of China New National Theatre Tokyo Philippine Ballet Theatre Shanghai Ballet Company Singapore Dance Theatre State Ballet of Georgia Tokyo Ballet Universal Ballet
Europe	Ballet Cymru Ballet Romand Ballet Zürich Les Ballets Persans Ballets Russes Barcelona Ballet Bayerisches Staatsballett Béjart Ballet Berlin State Ballet Birmingham Royal Ballet Bolshoi Ballet Cork City Ballet Royal Danish Ballet Donetsk Ballet Dutch National Ballet Eifman Ballet English National Ballet Finnish National Ballet Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet Greek National Opera Hamburg Ballet Hungarian National Ballet Kiev Ballet La Scala Theatre Ballet Mariinsky Ballet Mikhailovsky Theatre Ballet National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova The Monte-Carlo Ballet National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria Northern Ballet Norwegian National Opera and Ballet Novosibirsk Theatre Ballet Original Ballet Russe Paris Opera Ballet Perm Theatre Ballet Polish National Ballet National Ballet of Portugal Romanian National Opera and Ballet The Royal Ballet Rambert Dance Company Russian State Ballet of Siberia Saint Petersburg Ballet Theatre Scottish Ballet Spanish National Dance Company Stanislavski Ballet Stuttgart Ballet Royal Swedish Ballet Théâtre du Silence Turkish State Opera and Ballet Vienna State Ballet
North America	Alabama Ballet Alameda Civic Ballet Alberta Ballet Company Alexandra Ballet Alonzo King LINES Ballet American Ballet Theatre American Midwest Ballet American Repertory Ballet Anaheim Ballet Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Festival Ballet Ballet Arizona Ballet Austin Ballet BC Ballet Des Moines Ballet Fantastique Ballet Hispanico Ballet Magnificat! Ballet Memphis BalletMet Ballet Minnesota Ballet Nouveau Colorado Ballet Quad Cities Ballet San Jose Ballet Theatre of Maryland Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Ballet West Bay Pointe Ballet Boston Ballet Les Grands Ballets Canadiens California Riverside Ballet Carolina Ballet Charlotte Ballet Chicago Ballet Chicago Festival Ballet Cincinnati Ballet Cleveland Ballet Colorado Ballet Complexions Contemporary Ballet Cuban National Ballet Dance Theatre of Harlem Dayton Ballet Eugene Ballet Greensboro Ballet Houston Ballet Joffrey Ballet Kansas City Ballet Los Angeles Ballet Louisville Ballet Moscow Ballet (United States) National Ballet of Canada National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico New Jersey Ballet New York City Ballet Oklahoma City Ballet Oregon Ballet Theatre Pacific Northwest Ballet Pennsylvania Ballet Pittsburgh Ballet Royal Winnipeg Ballet San Francisco Ballet The Washington Ballet Tulsa Ballet
Oceania	The Australian Ballet Ballet Theatre of Queensland Melbourne City Ballet Queensland Ballet Royal New Zealand Ballet West Australian Ballet
South America	Ballet Municipal de Lima Chilean National Ballet Colon Theater Ballet Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

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