'Giselle' (choreography by Devon Carney), 2011, featuring Janessa Touchet.
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Frisch's Presents 'The New Nutcracker,' 2011. Devon Carney danced the part of Drosselmeyer.
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'The Sleeping Beauty' (choreography by Devon Carney), 2010, with Cincinnati Ballet dancers.
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'The Sleeping Beauty,' 2010, Dawn Kelly, with Cincinnati Ballet dancers.
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'Swan Lake' (choreography by Devon Carney), 2009, Anthony Krutzkamp, who now dances with the Kansas City Ballet, and Kristi Capps, with Cincinnati Ballet dancers. .
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The Kansas City Ballet's new artistic director Devon Carney
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Jill Marlow and Anthony Krutzcamp at the Bolender Center, Both danced at Cincinnati Ballet before Kansas City Ballet.
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Executive director Jeffrey Bentley calls Carney 'the right person...at this point in time.'
After an extensive search process, the Kansas City Ballet has a new artistic director. Dancer, choreographer and teacher Devon Carney begins his new post in July. Carney succeeds outgoing artistic director William Whitener.
The Kansas City Ballet has named Devon Carney as the company's new artistic director. For the last decade, Carney has worked with Cincinnati Ballet; since 2008, he's served as associate artistic director.
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