Nutcracker Sell-out Spells Success for Indy’s Resident Professional Ballet Company
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – December 10th, 2009 – The Indiana Ballet Company (IBC) has sold out its matinee performance of Nutcracker and is watching as ticket sales fly out the window for its remaining public performances, and profits for the production accumulate. At a time when many other arts organizations are struggling, IBC is celebrating a successful half season at the box office. Both its productions have not only made a profit for the local company, but have enabled them to conclude with a full-scale performance entirely for underserved, or seriously ill children in the local community on December 13th.
According to the new Executive Director of IBC, Lisa Burns, “We are thrilled that we are at a point where we are making this work, despite the difficult economy and the overall challenges facing the arts. It has been a year of major change, challenge and re-organization for us. However, we are living our dream of delivering high quality, original art, not only to the connoisseur, but also to the broadest scope of the community we can reach out to. We are accomplishing this by implementing creative financial strategies and cost controls. We definitely do not have the biggest budget out there, but we know how to use what is available to us to serve and connect with our own community while presenting a beautiful product of which both Indy and we can be proud. I think we are proving that there is a way for a local, resident professional ballet company to succeed in Indianapolis.”
Remaining public performances of Nutcracker will be held at the Madame Walker Theatre Center on December 11th and 12th at 7:00pm, in downtown Indianapolis with tickets ranging from $10-$20. For more information on any of the performances, call 317-228-1917 or visit www.IndianaBalletCompany.com. Tickets for public performances may also be purchased at www.ticketweb.com or by calling 866-468-3401.
The Indiana Ballet Company (IBC) was established out of the desire to serve and connect to the community while preserving an opportunity for its youth that will last for generations. As such, each of its artists has made a specific commitment to live, work and teach in Indiana, year round. Building upon a 300 year-old heritage, IBC is returning to an earlier moment in American dance history, filled with innovative experiments in delivering a truly American form of the art, and perfecting it for the 21st Century. Using drama, grace and an exquisite sensitivity to capture hearts and imaginations, the company is delivering classically based ballet that is accessible, exciting and entertaining for all.
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Elizabeth Audet
Publicity and Outreach Director
Indiana Ballet Company/Russian Ballet Academy of Indiana
Office: 317-216-9539
Cell: 317-627-8645
Elizabeth@IndianaBalletCompany.com
www.rbai.biz / www.IndianaBalletCompany.com
