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Artistic Director Marcello Angelini, the company reaches more than 40,000 individuals across Oklahoma each year and employs a multi-cultural roster of dancers comprised of 29 highly-skilled professionals representing 14 different countries. Regarded as one of the top ballet companies in North America, Tulsa Ballet consistently brings the finest works in classical and contemporary dance to the Midwest region, giving audiences a unique opportunity to view world-class ballet in the heartland of America.
History of Tulsa Ballet
The company was founded in 1956 by musician Rosalie Talbot and married couple Roman Jasinskiand Moscelyne Larkin. Jasinski and Larkin were famous dancers who were known for their style in the grand Ballets Russes tradition.Under their leadership, the company became a fully professional organization in 1978. In 1990 Roman Larkin Jasinski was appointed to succeed his parents as artistic director of the company. Unfortunately, the company did not thrive under his leadership and at the end of Jasinski's third season, the company began imploding as major conflicts among board members, dancers and the management came to a head. In November 1994, Jasinski resigned, leaving the company in chaos.
Italian dancer Marcello Angelini became Artistic Director of the Tulsa Ballet in 1995. According to Dance Magazine, Angelini solved the internal conflicts within the company. He unified the board members and established friendly relationships with his predecessors.
Artistic Director Marcello Angelini
Marcello Angelini became the Tulsa Ballet Artistic Director in 1995, following a distinguished career as a principal dancer and guest artist with some of the most renowned troupes in the world. Angelini's studies began at home with his father in Naples, Italy, and continued through graduation from the Kiev Institute of Dance in the former Soviet Union on a special full government scholarship. His professional career as a dancer began in 1979 at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino where he obtained the status of soloist in 1981. He was a principal dancer with Deutsche Oper Berlin, England's Northern Ballet Theater, Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Les Grands Ballet Canadiens in Montreal, and the Cincinnati Ballet.
As a guest principal dancer, he has performed with the ballet companies of some of the most prestigious Opera Houses in Italy. He has received numerous awards, both as a dancer and for his achievements as Tulsa Ballet’s Artistic director. With his wife, Daniela Buson, he was awarded the Golden Rose for the most promising Italian dancer, the Positano International competition, held in Rome, Italy and broadcasted nationally.
Tulsa Ballet II
Tulsa Ballet II (TBII) is the official Pre-Professional Ensemble of Tulsa Ballet Theatre. TBII was designed to provide a bridge between the student phase of an aspiring classical ballet dancer and the professional career. TBII dancers receive a monthly stipend to help offset living expenses. Through a national audition search, the most talented and committed young men and women have been invited to Tulsa to refine their artistic and technical skills by working with the upper levels of our school and the professional company. Tulsa Ballet II is a paid training program that offers its members performance opportunities throughout the year, including TBII's Mini-Season, Backstage at the Ballet, touring, as well as the possibility to perform with Tulsa Ballet at the discretion of the Artistic Director.
Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education
Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education (TBCDE) believes that the art of dance is rooted in the process of learning. Regardless of each aspiring artist’s destiny to become a performer or patron, each student deserves training of uncompromising quality. Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education offers professional training designed to urge every young dancer toward the harmony of the body, discipline of the mind and enrichment of the soul that is the core of the art of dance.
Pre-Professional Division: Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education (TBCDE) offers pre-professional level training for students wishing to pursue a career in dance. The curriculum emphasizes classical ballet technique based upon the Russian-based Vaganova method of training. Character, jazz, and modern dance classes are an integral part of the training program. Students are also exposed to other forms of dance to enrich and enhance their dance experience. The Pre-Professional Division offers classes for students 8 years old through 18. Students must audition for the Pre-Professional division.
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