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Oct 7, 2026
Doug FullingtonHOST
So first, uh, and I have it right from the horse's mouth, 'cause she was here last night and we chatted about this before dress rehearsal.
Doug FullingtonHOST
She went to LA to become associate director of, uh, Los Angeles Dance Project that Benjamin Millepied was running because he got the directorship at Paris Opera.
Doug FullingtonHOST
Uh, then she became a professor in the ballet department at Indiana University for six years.
Doug FullingtonHOST
They have a very celebrated, uh, ballet program.
Carla KörbesGUEST
He was a, a principal at New York City Ballet.
Carla KörbesGUEST
He started LA Dance Project, and the same year that I retired, he took over the Paris Opera Ballet, and he said, "Can you come and run my company?" So from here, I went straight down to LA and started running this company, and I was pregnant, so I had my first child.
Carla KörbesGUEST
Um, so I did that, and a few years after that, um, many of you must know, um, Violette Verdy.
Carla KörbesGUEST
Violette Verdy was a ballerina, Balanchine ballerina, but she, uh, taught at Indiana University for 20 years.
Joseph FowlerGUEST
It's incredibly rich.
Joseph FowlerGUEST
And the community center became this amazing creative hub where people would come and on one hand there'd be children making pottery and there'd be the Paris Opera Ballet came and perfo- It was, it was a wild combination of everything you can imagine from the visual and performing arts.
Joseph FowlerGUEST
And it was an incredible opportunity.
Joseph FowlerGUEST
It was incredibly forming for me too, professionally, on many, many levels.
Agnieszka BielawskaCORRESPONDENT
It is crucial for a cultural institution to have access to top-tier artists and music of the highest quality.
Agnieszka BielawskaCORRESPONDENT
Some of the big names on the stage were soloists from the Paris Opera Ballet, also dancers from the Royal Ballet in London and those from the ballet company of Teatro alla Scala, added Borys Kudlicka.
Agnieszka BielawskaCORRESPONDENT
This is not just another ballet or opera premiere, rather it is a specially prepared evening to announce to the community that we are back.
Agnieszka BielawskaCORRESPONDENT
Summer has ended, the companies have returned rested and we are launching a tour comprising 156 performances this season.