Salt Lake City-based Ballet West has an unusual number of real-life couples in its roster. When the company returns to Wolf Trap this Tuesday, principal dancers Christiana Bennett and Christopher Ruud , who are married, will be featured. My preview in The Washington Post Weekend section is here.
"The couple in ballet is the supreme representation of the art form," says Adam Sklute, artistic director of the Salt Lake City-based Ballet West, which performs at Wolf Trap next week. "Put two dancers together, and we see the fantastic possibilities. Without having done anything we already see a story."
Many of Sklute's dancers are mirroring that partnership off-stage as well."
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