• Harriett Lake was a longtime philanthropist who supported the performing arts in central Florida. She donated to more than 150 charities and organizations including Orlando Shakespeare Theater, The Orlando Ballet and the theater program at Seminole State College.
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• Little ballet dancers in Lakeland auditioned this week before the Moscow Ballet as part of a “Dance with Us” tour.
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• When the curtain rises Friday night for the Orlando Ballet’s season-opening production of “Dracula,” it will also herald an era of new leadership for the storied arts organization.
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• After a financial rough patch and six changes in leadership in six years, the Orlando Ballet is bringing in someone widely considered an arts management maestro. Michael Kaiser has just started consulting with the Orlando Ballet in an effort to re-energize the 42-year-old organization.
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• The Orlando Ballet has let go of its interim executive director, James Cundiff, and has canceled two Nutcracker performances on December 22 and 23.
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• In its first year, 2012, the Creative City Project presented a different art event every day in October. In 2013 organizer Cole Nesmith promised instead to aim for “density and intensity” and they streamlined the whole Project down into just one night. And they’ve delivered on that promise each year since. Creative City Project takes over a swath of downtown for one night in a joyful display of Orlando’s creativity: artists in all disciplines line Orange Avenue, performing in settings that allow audiences to see their art up close and personal. Nesmith says, “We want to give people experiences they can’t have anywhere else.” Starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, Orlando will be treated to dance ranging from ballet to belly …
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