Culture influences continue to modernize ballet Ballet is an artform that has been around for centuries. It began during the Italian Renaissance, and with funding from Catherine de Medici, an Italian noblewoman, and King Henry II, ballet became a widely practiced art form in France. In…
Central Indiana Dance Ensemble performs annual Nutcracker production The Central Indiana Dance Ensemble (CIDE), a pre-professional ballet company, is performing its annual holiday production, The Nutcracker, from Dec. 13 to 15. The Nutcracker, written by E. T. A. Hoffmann and orchestrated by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, takes place on…
