Ballet Theatre of Oklahoma City
- Artistic Director Penny Askew Ballet Theatre of Oklahoma City is a nonprofit ballet company dedicated to providing high-quality performance opportunities to pre-professional dance students.
SPRING CONCERT 2024
THE TOY SHOPPE & OTHER DANCES
FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH - 7:30 PM
Vince Gill Performing Auditorium at Special Care, Inc. - 122nd & Western, OKC
General Admission $10
Featuring Askew Ballet Academy Students & The Adult Ballet Collective
The company has performed such ballets as Peter & The Wolf and the Shel Silverstein-inspired Something Silly for area elementary schools, in addition to performances that include these ballets along with other works of new original choreography. Last spring, the company presented Inspired by Degas, a ballet to Chopin music that reflected the famous ballerina paintings of Edgar Degas, and then in December performed the Act II Divertissements from The Nutcracker.
The Adult Ballet Collective
Conceived by Sterlin Mosley as a way to provide adult ballet dancers with performing opportunities,
this group is comprised of dancers who take our Open Teen/Adult Ballet classes.
ABC has performed new, original choreography on programs with Ballet Theatre of OKC,
and was also featured on the matinee performance of Central Oklahoma Ballet Theatre's Polarities program,
held at the University of Oklahoma Reynolds Performing Arts Center in May 2022.