Devon Carney

Devon Carney
New Artistic Director
Kansas City Ballet

Devon Carney is the associate artistic director of the Cincinnati Ballet. He was ballet master in Cincinnati from 2003 and associate director from 2008 (with artistic director / CEO Victoria Morgan). He has been principal dancer and (from 1998 to 2003) ballet master with Boston Ballet. He joined the Boston Ballet in 1978 from the New Orleans Ballet, the city of his birth. He has been teacher, competition judge and guest artist nationally and internationally. His career as a dancer spans 21 years. William Whitener, the outgoing KCB artistic director knows Carney from Carney's time as a performer with the Boston Ballet.

Two of Kansas City Ballet dancers worked with Carney in Cincinnati before coming to Kansas City, Anthony Krutzkamp and Jill Marlow. They came to KCB in 2011. (KCB dancers bio link)

In Cincinatti Carney created a second company (CB II) with younger professional dancers. KCB would like to create something similar here as part of their strategic planning.

Carney came to KC as a finalist just this month (early May) as soon as the season closed in Cincinnati. He had been approached by an executive search firm last year. An initial pool of 62 was winnowed down to seven finalists. Each finalist spent three or four days in KC meeting all administration departments, teaching classes, coaching dancers, being part of public functions and meeting with the search committee.

Carney is married (32 years) to Pamela Royal Carney. Pamela Carney is a former soloist with Boston Ballet and is a faculty member of the Cincinnati Ballet Academy. They have two grown children, Lauren, an artist and Ryan, a musician. Devon and Pamela will relocate to Kansas City where Devon formally starts work July 1.

Bio link at KCB: http://www.kcballet.org/aboutus/company/artisticdirector.html

Billie Mahoney at Arts Bar

Tap Jam - Arts Bar - This Saturday
National Tap Dance Day

Dancers, Musicians, Jazz and TAP enthusiasts are invited to join in commemorating this day in Kansas City

Saturday, May 25, 2013 - From 7:00 to 9:30 pm at The Uptown Arts Bar, 3611 Broadway, Kansas City, MO - $5 cover charge Jam with RICH HILL on keyboard and vocals and VICTOR PERELMUTER on drums.

Bring your tap shoes, bring your friends, bring your instruments. Jam with the live musicians from 7:00 to 9:00, and if you would like to perform prepared numbers, bring CD’s and we’ll show them at 9:00 pm.

To see videos of noted Tap Dancers and former KC Tap Dance Days at the Gem Theater and Marriott Hotel, come at 6:00 pm, and enjoy some food from the Uptown Art’s Bar menu.

A Shadow - from "Firebird" by AYB

Sleeping Beauty and Firebird

American Youth Ballet - Overland Park, KS - Two shows May 11, 2013 - each with two ballets.

The first ballet was "Sleeping Beauty" and the second ballet "Firebird." Click here or on the picture above for the picture page from the concert.

Dancers from El Grupo Folklorico Atotonilco

Cinco de Mayo / Folklorico

at Guadelupe May 5th, 2013 - Click here or on the picture above for the picture page from the concert.

Harlem Nights - Samba Number

TMS World Show - Sat. 27 April 2013

The Traditional Music Showcase this year emphasized world music with their usual African and Caribbean sounds augmented with Flameno, Middle Eastern and Salsa

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Opera - March 14, 15, 16 at 7:30 and 17th at 2:30

Thu/Fri/Sat at 7:30

Sunday at 2:30

UMKC - This was a good one to see. Marciem Bazell once again did it up right. The lush scenery and costumes are a delight to the eye (and to play).Three Acts in Benjamin Britten's version based on Shakespeare.