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Upcoming ballet production to highlight sex trafficking issue in San Antonio

Chicago’s Ballet 5:8 is coming to San Antonio

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Chicago’s Ballet 5:8 Is Coming to Houston

Chicago’s Ballet 5:8 is coming to Houston

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Ballet 5:8 Presents Bold New Ballet On Human Trafficking At Irving Arts Center

Ballet 5:8 Presents a Bold New Ballet on Human Trafficking at Irving Arts Center

Amy Kozol Sanderson 3/18/21 Amy Kozol Sanderson 3/18/21

Ballet 5:8 Returns to the Stage with a Breathtaking Ballet and a Bold Story

Over the past week I've had two opportunities to see Ballet 5:8 perform Reckless, Julianna Rubio Slager’s newest full length work for Ballet 5:8. Last Saturday, I was privy to an up-close preview of the work at Ballet 5:8 studios; this Saturday, I saw it in its fullest form at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago…

Ballet 5:8 3/17/21 Ballet 5:8 3/17/21

A Review of Ballet 5:8’s Reckless

Walking toward the Studebaker Theater for Ballet 5:8’s premiere of Reckless, you couldn’t escape the gravity of this moment. The marquis of the Auditorium Theatre reads the sad statement of our times, #OneYearDark. One year of careers on pause, one year stepping back from performance art to focus on survival. But on this day, as the first signs of spring peer out through the dirt, you could also experience the first signs of the return of the arts.

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Ballet 5:8 Addresses Modern Day Slavery in World Premiere

As many theaters around the nation remain dark, Ballet 5:8 sheds light on a different kind of darkness: the reality of modern day slavery. Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Rubio Slager’s newest full length ballet Reckless premieres at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago on Saturday, March 13.