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Kansas City Ballet in George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes
© The George Balanchine Trust. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Naomi Tanioka and Paul Zusi in George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes
© The George Balanchine Trust. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Gavin Abercrombie and Kansas City Ballet in Agnes de Mille's Rodeo
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet in Agnes de Mille's Rodeo
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Elliott Rogers in A Home Away by Caili Quan
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet in Caili Quan's A Home Away
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
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“dancers lent into the whole cheeky foot-tapping, horse-jumping, arm-swinging essence of the thing”
Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kansas City on 20 March 2026
Stars and Stripes (George Balanchine)
Rodeo (Agnes de Mille)
A Home Away (world premiere) (Caili Quan)
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