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Ballerina Turned Artistic Director Julie Kent: Moving Forward with The Washington Ballet

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Tue Nov 28, 2017
Washington, DC

Date

Tue Nov 28, 2017
7:00am – 8:30am EST

Location

Washington, DC
The Aspen Institute
One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 700

Contact

    [email protected]
    202.736.3526

Hosts

The Washington Ideas Roundtable Series will feature Julie Kent, Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet since July 2016. The longest serving ballerina in American Ballet Theater’s 77-year history, Kent will discuss her new role and the future of her exciting ballet company with her former dance partner, Damian Woetzel, Director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program.

Watch the livestream at 12 pm ET:

The Washington Ideas Roundtable Series is made possible with the generous support of Michelle Smith and the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.The Washington Ideas Roundtable Series will feature Julie Kent, Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet since July 2016. The longest serving ballerina in American Ballet Theater’s 77-year history, Kent will discuss her new role and the future of her exciting ballet company with her former dance partner, Damian Woetzel, Director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program.

Watch the livestream at 12 pm ET:

The Washington Ideas Roundtable Series is made possible with the generous support of Michelle Smith and the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.