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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article (PDF)
"'[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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