Carla Lippert taught the Hillsdale Tower Dancers. Courtesy | Holly Hobbs Carla Lippert is a professional ballerina and teacher. Performing as a soloist for the American Ballet Theatre and a principal ballerina at the Boston Ballet, Lippert now teaches ballet. Lippert traveled to Hillsdale College as a répétiteur for the “Pas de Quatre” ballet, which...
On a rainy September night, friends, family, and students of Hillsdale gathered to see the Grand Rapids Ballet performers glide across the stage in a fusion of ballet genres. Part of the college’s Professional Artists Series, the ballet featured five dances that blended classical and contemporary ballet. The program included “a Mozart Symphony,” “Presto,” and...
There is only one professional ballet company in the state of Michigan, and they are spending their Saturday night performing on the Markel Stage at 7:30 p.m. This production is part of the professional artist series organized by the heads of the theatre and dance, music, and art departments. James Brandon, chairman of the theatre...
The Tower Dancers will present a diverse dance concert featuring ballet, contemporary, and liturgical dance this Sunday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. in Markel Auditorium. “I think we offer such a variety in terms of styles of dances,” said Holly Hobbs, director of dance and the Tower Dancers. “We have very classical ballet, we have...
“Ballet is not one thing; it’s many things,” said Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Hobbs. This is important to remember as audiences attend the next performance of Hillsdale College’s Professional Artist Series. The Grand Rapids Ballet, Michigan’s only professional ballet company, will be performing their 2018-2019 season opener at the Fine Arts Building on...