Atlanta Festival Ballet
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The Atlanta Festival Ballet Company began as the vision of Co-Artistic Director Gregory Aaron and made its debut on November 4th 1989 in a full length performance of Cinderella. The Company is comprised of ten professional dancers and student apprentices who have dedicated themselves to the discipline of dance performance. Gregory Aaron does the choreography. In 1994, the Company welcomed Nicolas Pacaña as Co-Artistic Director.
It hosts two major ballet productions a year including its classic version of The Nutcracker.
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Artistic Directors are prolong dancerNicolas Pacañaand Gregory Aaron
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The Atlanta Festival ballet Company also hosts its own school called The Atlanta Festival Ballet School. Many students from Atlanta Festival school have been accepted to ballet programs with the American Ballet Theatre, Hartford Ballet, San Fransico Ballet, Houston Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, and Joffrey Ballet. Students have been recipients of scholarships to Boston Ballet, The School of American Ballet, The Rock School, Southern Methodist University, and many other prestigious classical ballet training schools and companies.
