Ronald Caltabiano says the Butler arts festival would feature talent from the university, affiliated organizations like Dance Kaleidoscope and Indianapolis Opera, and “extraordinary” guest artists.

The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel expects the 2012-13 concert season, announced this week, to bring a healthy bump in sponsor revenue.

While his official tenure doesn’t begin until September, Krzysztof Urbanski’s unofficial coming-out party came May 20-21 when he led the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the first time since being named music director.

Butler University said Thursday that it plans to close its Jordan Academy of Dance due to economic reasons. The academy, which has more than 200 students, ages 3-17, will shut down May 31.

The deal, expected to close by the end of the year, is valued at $1.6 million, including real estate. It will be Rick's Cabaret International Inc.'s first location in Indianapolis.

Ballet's “An Evening with the Stars” fundraising event featured stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and much more.

Local arts patrons Jane Fortune and her longtime partner Robert Hesse started City Ballet in the spring of 2009, but it was more of a pitch than a reality. More than a year later, organization leaders are still not sure when they will hire their own dancers.

Complaints of cell phones, texters and candy wrappers are common. But what about seeing into the wings?

A professional ballet company that formed in the wake of Ballet Internationale's collapse has closed its own doors.

A few weeks back, I wrote about the two collections of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia on display at the Indiana State Museum. Over the past week, two additional encounters with Abe reminded me that there is no shortage of material to be mined from the life of the 16th president.

The would-be Indianapolis City Ballet raised the bar high with a star-studded gala that brought together some of the top young dancers in the world.

After four years, the Red Room club in Broad Ripple is switching its salsa night from Wednesday to Thursday and local salseros are worried about stepping on some toes.

Traditionally, as the year winds down, critics' thoughts tend toward "best of the year" lists. But I'm feeling the need for a more accurate label.

The Cincinnati Ballet is taking an exploratory step toward a regional ballet company, announcing plans to stage a six-show "Nutcracker" production here this December. The idea of a collaboration--where the two cities would share production and administration expenses--has elicited mixed response.