Tag: Festival Ballet Providence
Festival Ballet Providence rebrands to ‘Ballet RI’
PROVIDENCE – With recent changes to leadership and its mission, Festival Ballet Providence had begun connecting with other audiences beyond the city’s borders through...
Philanthropy Calendar, April 26, 2023
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Fogarty Foundation grants $250K to 40 R.I. nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – The John E. Fogarty Foundation on Friday granted a total of more than $250,000 to 40 nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island that...
Philanthropy Calendar, April 12, 2023
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Perry named Festival Ballet Providence board president
LAURINE RYAN PERRY, a fine wine key accounts manager for West Greenwich-based Mancini Beverage, was recently appointed the new president for Festival Ballet Providence’s...
HarborOne Foundation R.I. awards $201K in grants to local organizations
PROVIDENCE – HarborOne Foundation Rhode Island announced Monday that it has awarded $201,000 in total grants to 16 local nonprofit organizations to help support...
Island Moving Company names Genest new artistic director
NEWPORT – Contemporary ballet nonprofit Island Moving Company announced on March 21 that Danielle Genest was appointed as the organization’s new artistic director.
Genest, currently...
Five Questions With: Kathleen Breen Combes
Kathleen Breen Combes is the executive director of Festival Ballet Providence. The dance company’s 2021 production of “The Nutcracker” was its best year on...
Five Questions with: Phillip Kydd
Phillip Kydd is the principal of Warwick-based business services company Gemini Group and was recently elected to the Festival Ballet Providence’s board of trustees....
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Kathleen Breen Combes | Festival Ballet Providence executive director
My 19-year career as a professional dancer taught me a lot. Now, as an executive and...