Greensboro Ballet

The company also has performed a number of works made especially for the Greensboro Ballet by Rick McCullough, Jill Eathorne Bahr, Leslie Jane Pessemier, Elissa Minet Fuchs, and Emery LeCrone.

[5] Maryhelen Mayfield, who served as artistic and executive director of Greensboro Ballet from 1980 to 2019, choreographed over twenty-five works for the company.

Elissa Minet Fuchs, a former soloist with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet of New York City and a dancer with Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo, served as artistic director for one year before joining the board of directors.

[9] Under the direction of Mayfield and John Dennis, director of The School of Greensboro Ballet, the school received membership in the Southeast Regional Ballet Association and became the first Honor Company in North Carolina, the highest level of membership within the Association.

This not only allowed its dancers the opportunity to perform, but supported other local businesses including the Carolina Theatre, Greensboro Coliseum, and filmmaker, Paul Byun.

That season, Greensboro Ballet also created a virtual production called A Benefit for Healthcare Heroes, offering a link to this performance of ballets and other works by local dance groups, at no cost, to the over 10,000 Cone Health employees.

[19] In 2022 Megan LeCrone, and Alicia Mae Holloway performed the role of Sugar Plum Fairy as guest artists in The Nutcracker.

Greensboro Ballet dancers in 2017