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Island Moving ballet works to connect

ON THE MOVE: Island Moving Company founder and Artistic Director Miki Ohlsen, with company dancer Emily Baker in the background. The ballet performance company is planning and fundraising for a new $4 million building that would include three studios as a black box theater and provide a home for its Newport Academy of Ballet.
 / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN
ON THE MOVE: Island Moving Company founder and Artistic Director Miki Ohlsen, with company dancer Emily Baker in the background. The ballet performance company is planning and fundraising for a new $4 million building that would include three studios as a black box theater and provide a home for its Newport Academy of Ballet.
 / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Masterful use of venues such as Rosecliff mansion and the tall ship SSV Oliver Hazard Perry has shaped the Island Moving Company’s relationship with Newport and how its audiences relate to performances. The company’s 30-week season includes October productions, the holiday-season favorite “The Nutcracker,” spring tours and a summer dance festival. This year’s summer festival

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