Ballet Idaho Out Loud

Ballet Idaho Artistic Director Garrett Anderson and Boise Philharmonic Music Director Eric Garcia have a conversation about returning to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker on the eve of another anticipated run of the holiday favorite.

Boise Philharmonic Music Director Eric Garcia and Ballet Idaho Artistic Director Garrett Anderson meet to discuss this season's collaboration between the two organizations: Sound in Motion.

Stager Pablo Piantino speaks with Anne Mueller about the responsibility, challenges, and joy of working as a stager for other choreographer's works.

Garrett Anderson and Penny Saunders discuss the inspiration, process, and practice of the art of choreography and what happens when you bring your work to the dancers who will bring it to life.

Anne Mueller sits down with Ballet Idaho Costume Director Keri Fitch to talk about the specialized work that goes into costuming our dancers.

Former Ballet Idaho principal dancer Jessica Sulikowski has a conversation with Garrett Anderson about the transition from the ballet stage to leading the Ballet Idaho Academy.

Anne Mueller interviews Christopher Stowell about the art of choreography and his process in creating and setting new ballet works.

Former principal dancer Elizabeth Barreto chats with Garrett Anderson about life after retiring from ballet.

Ballet Idaho soloist Ashley Baker shares some insights with Anne Mueller on the process of working both as a dancer and as a choreographer and the effect of moving back and forth between the two roles.

There's so much that goes on behind the scenes of a ballet production. Garrett Anderson discusses these many elements with Ballet Idaho's production manager, Dan Feith.

Ballet Idaho's 2024-2025 season is getting in to gear! Listen to a conversation with Anne Mueller and soloist Jonathan Harris on coming back to the ballet after the summer break.

Ballet Idaho's 2024-2025 season is getting in to gear! Listen to a conversation with Garrett Anderson and soloist Elizabeth Kanning on coming back to the ballet after the summer break.

Ballet Idaho's 2024-2025 season is getting in to gear! Listen to a conversation with Anne Mueller and principal dancer Adrienne Kerr on coming back to the ballet after the summer break.

Artistic Director Garrett Anderson and Master Teacher/Choreographer Bruce Wells enjoy a lively discussion about Bruce's impressive repertoire of original story ballets, particularly Beauty and the Beast , which Ballet Idaho will perform in May 2022.  Garrett and Bruce also talk about their time working together as student and teacher, and of the people and events that led them to fall in love...

Former New York City Ballet dancer, current stager for the Balanchine Trust and project associate for the George Balanchine Foundation's Interpreter Archive, Paul talks with Ballet Idaho Associate Artistic Director Anne Mueller about his incredible journey from Sioux Falls, South Dakota to the most prominent stages of the world.  Paul has worked with Ballet Idaho frequently, staging numerous Balan...

Hear about Afshin's fascinating journey from a childhood studying dance in Iran to a career dancing under Balanchine at the New York City Ballet.  He weathered considerable challenges to build a successful career with the company during the height of NYCB's time under Balanchine, also dancing in ballets by another choreographic legend, Jerome Robbins.  Afshin's later adventures, which ev...

Learn more about the newest addition to Ballet Idaho's Artistic Staff, Nicole Haskins.  Nicole joined the team in the fall of 2020 to head up the newly created trainee program.  She led the group of 10 pre-professional dancers through a wonderfully productive year that allowed them to work with dance luminaries such as Glenn Edgerton (former director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and o...

In this episode, Anne Mueller, Ballet Idaho Artistic Associate, explores the company's relationship with Front Runner Films.  Her conversation with Tyler Nimmons explores the partnership as it existed before the pandemic, when the focus was on promotional content focused on supporting the company's work on stage.  In the second half of the episode, Anne shares a very recent conversation...

To find out how a little red truck relates to the path that led Daniel Ojeda to Ballet Idaho or to hear the both exhilarating and intimidating story of Soloist Jessica Sulikowski's audition for the company, check out this episode! Continuing our focus on the journeys that brought some of Ballet Idaho's dancers to join the company, Artistic Director Garrett Anderson interviews Daniel and Artistic A...

In this episode, Garrett Anderson, Ballet Idaho's Artistic Director, speaks with his good friend and frequent collaborator, Quinn Wharton.  Quinn has been the creative eye behind the lens for Ballet Idaho's promotional images for the last two seasons.  The two talk about their times dancing together at San Francisco Ballet, strategies for getting the best out of dancers in the studio and...

Join us in a discussion of diversity in ballet as Artistic Associate Anne Mueller interviews Company Dancer Antonio Carnell to explore his journey through Ballet Idaho Academy and his heart regarding racial discrimination.

Hear how Principal Dancer Adrienne Kerr uses her jazz roots when interpreting the works of George Balanchine and how she feels like the city of Boise's response to performances is "like a big hug" in this interview with Artistic Director, Garrett Anderson.  Part 2, hosted by Artistic Associate Anne Mueller, reveals Company Dancer Madeline Bay's most treasured moment onstage and how her colleg...

Choreographer of Ballet Idaho's 2019 production of Cinderella, Edwaard Liang, talks with Garrett Anderson about the challenges and joys of being an Artistic Director.  Edwaard had a stellar career as a dancer with New York City Ballet, on Broadway, and with Nederlands Dans Theater, and transitioned seamlessly into working as an international freelance choreographer.  His curious mind and...

Artistic Associate Anne Mueller talks with Elizabeth Barreto about her beginnings in dance, how she's maintaining herself as a dancer in quarantine, and how she's using her dance wear company to make a difference.  

Artistic Associate Anne Mueller interviews Christopher Stowell about his unique, dance rich upbringing and the many roles he's inhabited throughout his successful career.  Christopher was a principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet for 16 years and has worked as a director, choreographer, stager, and guest teacher all around the globe.  He currently serves as Associate Artistic Director...