Four 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ student composers will premiere their work, choreographed by Nevada Ballet Theatre (NBT), March 7-10 at the Troesh Studio Theater in the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available .
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ composition professor Jennifer Bellor selected four student composers for this opportunity and paired them with NBT choreographers. Each composer wrote a 10-minute ballet and communicated with their choreographers throughout the process to bring the vision to life.
The four composers (Tasos Peltekis, Sophie Cheesman, Alec Schantz, Julius Trenkler) study with composition faculty Jennifer Bellor, Viet Cuong, and Diego Vega.
About the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts educates, empowers, and engages creative people to become visionary change-makers in the arts through acts of imagination. At 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ we believe the arts are an essential good for society. We make education relevant and accessible through our programs and outreach. We create new knowledge in the arts. We celebrate independent thought and the power of bringing people together to foster creativity.
