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Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity Opens Its Doors

Jacques d'Amboise, former principal dancer of the New York City Ballet and colleague of Todd Bolender, and Kimberly Cowen, Kansas City Ballet company dancer, cut the ribbon to open the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity.
photo: Laura Spencer/KCUR
Jacques d'Amboise, former principal dancer of the New York City Ballet and colleague of Todd Bolender, and Kimberly Cowen, Kansas City Ballet company dancer, cut the ribbon to open the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity.

On Friday morning, under a grand white tent, hundreds gathered to mark the official opening of the Kansas City Ballet's new home.

By Laura Spencer

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Kansas City, Mo. – On Friday morning, under a grand white tent, hundreds gathered to mark the official opening of the Kansas City Ballet's new home.

A former coal-fired power plant for Union Station is now called the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity.

photos: Laura Spencer/KCUR

To celebrate the opening, the Kansas City Ballet is offering "try it for free" classes August 22 - September 1, 2011. Find out more here.

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Laura Spencer is staff writer/editor at the Kansas City Public Library and a former arts reporter at KCUR.
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