{"id":2302971,"date":"2026-02-27T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2302971"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:05:08","slug":"chattanooga-ballet-to-combine-cinderella-and-a-world-premiere-bluegrass-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chattanooga-ballet-to-combine-cinderella-and-a-world-premiere-bluegrass-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"Chattanooga Ballet To Combine Cinderella And A World Premiere &#8220;Bluegrass Ballet&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" data-transition=\"content\" data-loop=\"false\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div>\n<hr\/>\n<p class=\"lead\">This April, the Chattanooga Ballet will be\u00a0showcasing\u00a0its\u00a0world-class\u00a0company\u00a0in\u00a0a very unique\u00a0performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy\u00a0a fresh one-act version of the timeless tale of Cinderella, followed by\u00a0&#8220;High Lonesome&#8221;, a world premiere ballet set to music by local bluegrass band\u00a0Randy\u00a0Steele\u00a0and the High Cold Wind,\u00a0playing live onstage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chattanooga Ballet is\u00a0proud to present, \u201cCinderella + Bluegrass\u201d,\u00a0featuring the professional company dancers\u00a0and\u00a0students from the highest\u00a0levels\u00a0of Chattanooga Ballet School.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first act\u00a0showcases\u00a0an abbreviated version of Cinderella,\u00a0the\u00a0beloved\u00a0classic\u00a0featuring the music of\u00a0Sergei Prokofiev.\u00a0Following intermission,\u00a0local\u00a0bluegrass band, Randy\u00a0Steele\u00a0and the High Cold Wind,\u00a0will join dancers onstage\u00a0for an original ballet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Experience bluegrass and\u00a0classical\u00a0ballet in a new way through\u00a0an unexpected\u00a0pairing\u00a0of these two art\u00a0forms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are\u00a0excited to invite the community into this unique\u00a0and fun experience. This abridged version of Cinderella is\u00a0a great way\u00a0to enjoy classical ballet, with its inspiring story\u00a0and amusing characters set\u00a0to\u00a0Prokofiev\u2019s\u00a0incredible\u00a0score.\u00a0We look forward to the audience\u00a0being caught up in the beauty and humor,\u201d\u00a0shared\u00a0CEO\/Artistic Director, Brian\u00a0McSween. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chattanooga Ballet is community-bound and wholly committed\u00a0to connecting with local audiences\u00a0by telling the stories of our region, as with last year\u2019s sellout performance of,\u00a0\u201cCurveball,\u201d a World Premier ballet choreographed by Brian McSween, inspired by\u00a0the Chattanooga female baseball phenom who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in the 30s.<\/p>\n<p>This year, McSween\u00a0has been inspired to celebrate the region&#8217;s\u00a0heritage and\u00a0culture by creating a new\u00a0Bluegrass Ballet with co-collaborator\u00a0and local retired Fire Department Captain and musician,\u00a0Randy Steele. This ballet will feature\u00a0local\u00a0bluegrass band,\u00a0Randy\u00a0Steele\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0High Cold Wind,\u00a0playing live on stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With production\u00a0elements\u00a0like\u00a0a\u00a0live\u00a0digital backdrop with an\u00a0Appalachian\u00a0feel, the\u00a0audience\u00a0will\u00a0join\u00a0a laid-back jam session with friends\u00a0on the back porch\u00a0from sunrise to sunset.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love Chattanooga, and\u00a0this\u00a0region, so what better way to show that than with bluegrass music played live\u00a0along with our stunning professional dancers. This work will shatter preconceived ideas of what ballet is like, and provide a southern, soulful, playful journey for our artists and audience.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the three performances at UTC&#8217;s Fine Arts Center on\u00a0April 9 &amp; 10\u00a0at 7 pm and\u00a0April 11\u00a0at 3 pm\u00a0can be found here:\u00a0\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chaballet.org\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (www.chaballet.org\/tickets)\">www.chaballet.org\/tickets<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\" ><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.chattanoogapulse.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This April, the Chattanooga Ballet will be\u00a0showcasing\u00a0its\u00a0world-class\u00a0company\u00a0in\u00a0a very unique\u00a0performance.\u00a0 Enjoy\u00a0a fresh one-act version of the timeless tale of Cinderella, followed by\u00a0&#8220;High Lonesome&#8221;, a world premiere ballet set to music by local bluegrass band\u00a0Randy\u00a0Steele\u00a0and the High Cold Wind,\u00a0playing live onstage.\u00a0 Chattanooga Ballet is\u00a0proud to present, \u201cCinderella + Bluegrass\u201d,\u00a0featuring the professional company dancers\u00a0and\u00a0students from the highest\u00a0levels\u00a0of Chattanooga [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2302972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[446177],"class_list":["post-2302971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-aly-haugland"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chattanooga-Ballet-To-Combine-Cinderella-And-A-World-Premiere-Bluegrass.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302973,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302971\/revisions\/2302973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2302972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}