‘Expanded dance music platform’ promised for eclectic downtown festival that sold about one-fourth the tickets of summer electronica fest at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last year.
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The troupe’s 44th annual season features family-friendly story ballets with the return of both “The Nutcracker” and “Cinderella,” while contemporary works anchor “A Choreographers Showcase,” NBT’s annual collaboration with Cirque du Soleil artists.
A Picasso oil painting from 1955 smashed the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it soared to $179.4 million at Christie’s on Monday.
The Drama Kids program holds no auditions and denies no child. It focuses on speech and drama through literacy enrichment and aspires to give children better public speaking skills and confidence in social settings.
Director and acting coach Gerald Gordon was nominated for the new Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education. Since arriving in Las Vegas in 1997, he’s had more than 5,400 students audition and accepted more than 850.
Since the 18b Las Vegas Arts District was founded in 1998, the only constant has been change, interrupted by occasional periods of relative stability. The last year has been a particularly tumultuous one, and the district is poised for more changes.