To promote the premiere of Stephen Mills’ POE, A Tale of Madness, Ballet Austin created a cinematic trailer with technology also used in “The Mandalorian” and The Batman (2022). The main challenge in creating a trailer for a world premiere ballet is that often the sets haven’t been built when the trailer is created. Paul […]

No other ballet has shaped Paul Michael Bloodgood’s life as much as Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. He was a young dancer who’d recently joined Ballet Austin when he became part of the physical, educational and emotional process to create this singular work and community dialogue with artistic director and choreographer Stephen Mills and Holocaust survivor Naomi Warren—whose testimony is at the heart of the project.