BALLET AUSTIN IN THE NEWS.Ballet Austin Ballet Austin is the fourth largest ballet company and academy in the world. Each year the Ballet Austin company performs ballets from a wide variety of composers, including their artistic director, Stephen Mills. has appointed Stephen Mills Biography Under the artistic leadership of Mr. Mills, Ballet Austin has emerged as one of the nation's premiere developing ballet organizations. In his inaugural season as artistic director he attracted attention from around the United States with his world-premiere production as associate artistic director for the 1999-2000 season. Mills, the company's resident choreographer cho·re·o·graph v. cho·re·o·graphed, cho·re·o·graph·ing, cho·re·o·graphs v.tr. 1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet. 2. , will replace outgoing artistic director Lambros Lambrou Lambros Lambrou (born on September 9, 1977 in Famagusta, Cyprus) is a Cypriot football defender who currently plays for Anorthosis Famagusta and national team of Cyprus. In the past he played only for Ethnikos Achnas. , who stepped down after leading the mid-sized Texas company for ten consecutive and successful seasons. Mills's appointment is an interim position while the company conducts an international search for a new artistic director. "Ballet Austin plans to spend up to eighteen months searching for a new director, and Stephen will certainly be an eligible candidate," explained Cookie cookie File or part of a file put on a Web user's hard disk by a Web site. Cookies are used to store registration data, to make it possible to customize information for visitors to a Web site, to target Web advertising, and to keep track of the products a user wishes to Ruiz, company manager. Along with plans for new leadership, Ballet Austin has also announced the establishment of its first permanent operating endowment, which was created with initial gifts totaling $500,000. The current goal is to raise $4.8 million, which is twice the company's annual budget. Ballet Austin Foundation is the new organization charged with fund-raising and management of the endowment. |
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