BalletMet: a renaissance in Ohio - ballet company BalletMet Columbus

Dance Magazine, Jan, 1998 by Barbara Zuck

Nixon adds, "Twenty years is a milestone. It says we've made it and we're going to be here for a while. We will be celebrating our future with new works and with increased visibility at home. We're performing in October, December, February, March, and April. People will feel our presence here as never before."

Yoko Ichino in David Nixon's Butterfly; the "stunning, emotionally charged" adaptation of Puccini is an example of BalletMet's new evening-length repertory. Opposite: Serenade, a Balanchine classic.