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Atlanta Ballet 13-14 Season Announcements + Updates

A special addition has been made to Atlanta Ballet’s 13-14 performance season. The 84-year-old company has announced that it will now begin its upcoming season with a two-week tour to China - its first major international tour in more than 10 years. 

Atlanta Ballet’s Centre for Dance Education will host its second annual Healthy Living Day on Sunday, Sept. 8 from noon – 6 p.m., at its Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre in West Midtown Atlanta. 

Atlanta Ballet Continues to Shape New Artistic Profile with Announcement of its Robust 2013-14 Season. 

Atlanta Ballet's dancer-driven troupe, Wabi Sabi, returns for summer season with new slate of choreographers and seven new world premieres. 

Atlanta Ballet Board Chairman, Allen Nelson, named recipient of the Georgia Center for Nonprofits 2013 Revolutions Award for Outstanding Nonprofit Board Leadership.  Awards will be presented at the May 21st annual Nonprofit Awards Luncheon at Nonprofit Summit 2013 at the Sheraton Atlanta. 

For its 12-13 season finale, Atlanta Ballet explores the theme of love through both classic and innovative choreography. Highlighting the athleticism and passion of Atlanta Ballet’s dancers, these performances find new meaning in the world’s greatest love stories. 

Carl Orff’s dramatic, emotionally-charged score undergirds British choreographer David Bintley’s dazzling and inventive modern interpretation of Carmina Burana. The theatrical, large-scale production follows three seminarians as they reject their faith and explore the pleasures of the flesh. “Sensational…Live entertainment does not get better,” said The Shropshire Star writer Andy Richardson in a 2011 review.