Press

"Ballet Memphis is something of a little engine that could, to sum up the imaginative grit of Dorothy Gunther Pugh, who has presided over the group with equal dashes of elegance and termerity for 20 years."

Gia Kourlos, The New York Times
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“The ache and darkness Ballet Memphis put onstage was more than a dance, it was an echo of human experience.”

Sarah Kaufmann, The Washington Post
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"'[Ballet Memphis] reflects their communities, and they reflect them well'"

Christopher Blank, The Commercial Appeal
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Description

Now celebrating its 23rd season, Ballet Memphis is a creative resource to the nation as a maker and interpreter of the South's cultural legacy through dance, production and training. Artistic Director Dorothy Gunther Pugh founded the company in 1986 as Memphis Concert Ballet with two professional dancers and a budget of $75,000. Today...
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Biography

DOROTHY GUNTHER PUGH (Founding Artistic Director and CEO) is a native Memphian who began her ballet training with Edith Royal of Orlando, FL, and later studied with Louise Rooke and Memphis Ballet. After graduating cum laude from Vanderbilt University...
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