Performer: Kansas City Ballet

Septime Webre’s dazzling, maximalist Great Gatsby for the Kansas City Ballet is instantly engaging.

Kansas City Ballet celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary with three American ballets. Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, de Mille's Rodeo and a new work by Caili Quan, A Home Away.

Swan Lake opens the season for Kansas City Ballet in a splendid looking production and with very pleasing interpretations.

Kansas City Ballet's first love affair with Don Quixote is a striking and well-danced success.

Webre’s screwball ALICE (in Wonderland) for the Kansas City Ballet is colorful and packed with excellent performances.

Balanchine's Jewels for the Kansas City Ballet is a very pleasing way to end the season.

With the Kauffmann Center approaching its tenth anniversary, we look at how the building has breathed life into the arts scene in a city that was formerly considered flyover country.