{"id":4206,"date":"2016-03-07T09:19:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T14:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=4206"},"modified":"2016-03-07T09:19:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T14:19:39","slug":"ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/","title":{"rendered":"World Premiere Choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations &#038; Variations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attracting new audiences with his classical piano and contemporary works, composer and pianist Chad Lawson, of Charlotte, has been featured on CBS\u2019s <i>Sunday Morning<\/i> and NPR\u2019s <i>All Things Considered<\/i>. His 2014 album <i>The Chopin Variations <\/i>was named the number one classical debut album on iTunes.\u00a0This month, Chad will accompany the choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s <i>Winter Works: Innovations &amp; Variations<\/i> with his original compositions. On Friday, March 11, at 7 p.m., the Conservatory\u2019s acclaimed preprofessional company will dance in this production at Diana Wortham Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>The evening\u2019s headline choreographers are the Conservatory\u2019s principal dancers and guest faculty members Addul Manzano, of Charlotte Ballet, and Jennifer McNamara, of Nashville Ballet. Jennifer\u2019s piece explores the emotional stages one experiences when recovering from a loss. The Ballet Conservatory\u2019s ballet master Wayne Burritt has choreographed the movements to accompany Chad\u2019s piece \u201cDance You Pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Angie Lynn, the Conservatory\u2019s artistic director, has choreographed a new piece to a Latin guitar instrumental by British rock star Sting. New dance creations by Lindsey Kelley Brewer, of Ballet Conservatory\u2019s modern dance faculty, will also be part of the performance.<\/p>\n<p><i>Tickets ($15-22) are available by calling 828.257.4530 or visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/dwtheatre.com\" target=\"_blank\">dwtheatre.com<\/a>. For more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/balletconservatoryofasheville.com\" target=\"_blank\">balletconservatoryofasheville.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attracting new audiences with his classical piano and contemporary works, composer and pianist Chad Lawson, of Charlotte, has been featured on CBS\u2019s Sunday Morning and NPR\u2019s All Things Considered. His [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,47,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","category-arts","category-performing-arts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ballet Conservatory of Asheville World Premiere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chad Lawson will accompany the choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations &amp; Variations with his original compositions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ballet Conservatory of Asheville World Premiere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chad Lawson will accompany the choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations &amp; Variations with his original compositions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-07T14:19:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"417\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Hove\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Hove\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Hove\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b37b2746447c008af939261612c750d1\"},\"headline\":\"World Premiere Choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations &#038; Variations\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-07T14:19:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Archives\",\"Arts\",\"Performing Arts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ballet Conservatory of Asheville World Premiere\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-07T14:19:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b37b2746447c008af939261612c750d1\"},\"description\":\"Chad Lawson will accompany the choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations & Variations with his original compositions.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":417,\"caption\":\"Ballet Conservatory of Asheville - ballerina stretching\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World Premiere Choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations &#038; Variations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Laurel of Asheville\",\"description\":\"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b37b2746447c008af939261612c750d1\",\"name\":\"Scott Hove\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f4e485daa80344d256f4e4fa770a43ea670f28aaa50cf35315282d3065faa1c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f4e485daa80344d256f4e4fa770a43ea670f28aaa50cf35315282d3065faa1c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f4e485daa80344d256f4e4fa770a43ea670f28aaa50cf35315282d3065faa1c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Scott Hove\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ballet Conservatory of Asheville World Premiere","description":"Chad Lawson will accompany the choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations & Variations with his original compositions.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ballet Conservatory of Asheville World Premiere","og_description":"Chad Lawson will accompany the choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations & Variations with his original compositions.","og_url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/","og_site_name":"The Laurel of Asheville","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville","article_published_time":"2016-03-07T14:19:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":417,"url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Scott Hove","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_site":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott Hove","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/"},"author":{"name":"Scott Hove","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/b37b2746447c008af939261612c750d1"},"headline":"World Premiere Choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations &#038; Variations","datePublished":"2016-03-07T14:19:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/"},"wordCount":221,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg","articleSection":["Archives","Arts","Performing Arts"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/","name":"Ballet Conservatory of Asheville World Premiere","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg","datePublished":"2016-03-07T14:19:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/b37b2746447c008af939261612c750d1"},"description":"Chad Lawson will accompany the choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations & Variations with his original compositions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ballet_Conservatory_of_Asheville-2_F.jpg","width":800,"height":417,"caption":"Ballet Conservatory of Asheville - ballerina stretching"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/ballet-conservatory-of-ashevilles-innovations-variations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World Premiere Choreography in Ballet Conservatory of Asheville\u2019s Winter Works: Innovations &#038; Variations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","name":"The Laurel of Asheville","description":"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/b37b2746447c008af939261612c750d1","name":"Scott Hove","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4e485daa80344d256f4e4fa770a43ea670f28aaa50cf35315282d3065faa1c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4e485daa80344d256f4e4fa770a43ea670f28aaa50cf35315282d3065faa1c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4e485daa80344d256f4e4fa770a43ea670f28aaa50cf35315282d3065faa1c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Scott Hove"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4208,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206\/revisions\/4208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}