Mikko Nissinen Accepts Boston’s Guide for the Arts Ambassador to the Arts Award for 2009-2010 Season
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Mikko Nissinen Accepts Boston?s Guide for the Arts Ambassador to the Arts Award for
2009-2010 Season
Recognizes his artistic leadership at Boston Ballet, establishment of important
educational programs.
Mikko Nissinen Accepts Boston?s...
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Mikko Nissinen Accepts Boston?s Guide for the Arts Ambassador to the Arts Award for
2009-2010 Season
Recognizes his artistic leadership at Boston Ballet, establishment of important
educational programs.
Mikko Nissinen Accepts Boston?s Guide for the Arts Ambassador
to the Arts Award for 2009-2010 Season
Boston, MA July 15, 2009 -- Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director of Boston Ballet, has
been awarded the ninth annual Ambassador to the Arts award from Guide for the Arts.
The award recognizes Nissinen?s artistic success in transforming Boston Ballet into
one of the premier companies in the world, touring the company internationally to
Spain and Korea, as well as his leadership in expanding the company s educational
programs, which reach extensively into the Boston community.
?Boston Ballet reaches
not only young dancers, but makes groundbreaking efforts in dance therapy, audience
outreach and community relations,? says Guide for the Arts publisher Kevin T.
Wood.
?The Guide is delighted to recognize his work, and looks forward to supporting
these programs.
? Boston Ballet?s community programs include Citydance, an innercity scholarship program; Adaptive Dance, a joint venture with the physical therapy
department at Children?s Hospital; Dancetalks, a presentation series for audiences;
and Taking Healthy Steps, intensive summer performing arts workshops.
The Ambassador Award is sponsored by Guide for the Arts, a groundbreaking
publication for patrons, benefactors, artists and administrators.
Guide for the
Arts established the Ambassador Award program in 2001 in Boston, and has since
honored such luminaries as composer John Williams, Sen.
Edward Kennedy, and
Institute of Contemporary Art?s director Jill Medvedow.
The Guide recently
announced that Placido Domingo, General Director of the Washington National Opera,
has received its 2009-10 Washington Ambassador Award.
?I?m delighted to join such
distinguished company with this honor from Guide for the Arts,? said Nissinen.
?I
thank the Guide for its support of Boston Ballet s work onstage, in the studios and
in the community, and look forward to continuing this work in the city of Boston
and beyond.
?
The Ambassador Award, a unique sculpture created by Bennett Awards, will be
presented during the Boston Ballet?s 2009?10 season, which opens on Sept.
19 at its
new home in the Opera House with ?Night of Stars.
? In-kind support from the Guide
for Boston Ballet?s educational programs will also be announced at that time.
For
further information about Guide for the Arts, visit www.
guideforthearts.
com.
About Guide for the Arts
A must-have publication for serious arts patrons, Guide for the Arts, published by
Instep Communications, LLC, is the only comprehensive source for complete arts
schedules, special events, box office listings and performance hall information.
Guide for the Arts is distributed exclusively to patrons, benefactors, artists and
corporate sponsors.
With complete listings for theatres, museums, dance and music
organizations, the Guide has a readership of more than 150,000 annually.
Guide for
the Arts publishes editions in Boston and Washington D.
C.
For complete information,
Contact: Kevin T.
Wood ktw@guideforthearts.
com 617-275-4768
About Boston Ballet
Founded in 1963, Boston Ballet is one of the leading dance companies in North
America.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen, the Company
maintains an internationally acclaimed repertoire of classical, neo-classical and
contemporary works, ranging from full-length story ballets to new works by some of
today s finest choreographers.
Boston Ballet s second company, Boston Ballet II, is made up of pre-professional
dancers who gain experience by performing with Boston Ballet and as an independent
group, presenting lecture-demonstrations and unique programs to audiences
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