Ballet Nebraska Guild capped off another successful season with its annual meeting at Champions Run Country Club on May 12. Guild president Renee Reiff presented Ballet Nebraska’s artistic director, Erika Overturff, and board chair Greta Vaught with a generous $24,000 donation on behalf of all 74 guild and youth guild members. The guild’s fundraising efforts during the 2011-2012 season included the Nutcracker Tea Party at Joslyn Castle as well as several boutiques held during performances throughout the season, according to Reiff. “The incredible support provided [...]

Ballet Nebraska company members will perform an excerpt from Erika Overturff’s original ballet ‘Cleopatra’ at Joslyn Art Museum on Sunday, April 22. The short performances will be at 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:15 pm in the museum’s ConAgra Foods Atrium. Inspired by Joslyn’s current traveling exhibition To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, artistic director Overturff took special delight in recreating aspects of ancient Egyptian culture from hairstyles and clothing to deities and artifacts. Featured in the March 2012 production of Momentum [...]

  April 13, 2012 — The Nebraska Arts Council (NAC) recently announced the latest round of artists accepted into the NAC Artist Directory.  Ballet Nebraska is pleased to be among a select group included in the council’s Nebraska Touring Program (NTP) roster. When accepted on the roster, artists and ensembles are accessible to organizations and communities around the state for artist workshops, residencies, and performances.  The online directory is available for viewing on the Nebraska Arts Council’s website. Ballet Nebraska’s acceptance was based on a [...]

Artistic Director Erika Overturff visited CBS Omaha Channel 3 KMTV’s Morning Blend on Wed., March 21 for a lively chat – and some dressing up – with co-hosts Mary Nelson and Mike DiGiacomo. Donning wigs and headpieces, Mike and Mary discussed with Erika the inspiration for her original work Cleopatra which will be among the featured works in Ballet Nebraska’s mixed repertory production Momentum at the Joslyn Art Museum. Momentum premiers in Omaha March 30 and 31 and on tour in Beatrice, NE on April [...]

February 13, 2012 — Ballet Nebraska’s spring 2011 production of Momentum was named best dance production at the 2012 Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards held on Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Hilton in Downtown Omaha. Artistic director Erika Overturff was also honored as best featured dancer. “I am so grateful to all of you who supported Ballet Nebraska in our debut season last year,” said Overturff as she accepted the first of two awards. “I am so proud of our company dancers too – good [...]