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Gillian Anne Renault

Atlanta

Senior Editor, Art+Design and Dance at ArtsATL

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  • Atlanta Ballet’s 2025-26 season spans centuries, from Petipa to Balanchine

    1 week ago | ajc.com | Gillian Anne Renault

    This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Atlanta Ballet’s 2025-26 season will include three full-length story ballets — “Frida,” based on the life of artist Frida Kahlo, “The Sleeping Beauty” and “The Nutcracker” — along with six shorter works in two mixed bills, in September 2025 and April 2026.

  • Everyday Heroes: Atlanta composer brings unexpected art to metro Atlanta areas

    Nov 29, 2024 | ajc.com | Gillian Anne Renault

    Atlantans probably wouldn’t recognize composer and classical pianist Malek Jandali if they bumped into him on the street, but they would recognize his pianos. All 500 of them. That’s how many pianos his nonprofit Pianos for Peace has placed in metro Atlanta schools, nursing homes, MARTA stations, hospitals, colleges and even Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. “When we put a piano in an unexpected place, we change the narrative,” Jandali said recently.

  • Atlantan helps choreographer bring American Ballet Theatre premiere to life

    Oct 30, 2024 | ajc.com | Gillian Anne Renault

    This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Sarah Hillmer’s latest work notebook is mauve. Or maybe, she says upon reflection, it’s a light purple/lavender mix? Hillmer is very particular about her notebooks. Each ballet she has worked on as a rehearsal director, stager or assistant to the choreographer — and there have been dozens — warrants a notebook of a different color. Each one is a lined composition book from Walmart or Target.

  • Choreographer honors ancestors in tribute to indigenous, Latino communities

    Oct 2, 2024 | ajc.com | Gillian Anne Renault

    This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Feathers, drums, flowers and smoke, the sound of rattles, the beauty of ribbons, swirling skirts, dancers old and young, ritual, poetry, song, music, mythology and more filled the Schwartz Center’s Dance Studio on Sept. 28 as dancer-choreographer Julio Medina’s mesmerizing new work “return//de vuelta a los ancestros”unfurled.

  • Atlanta-based dancers raised creative heat during the summer months

    Sep 6, 2024 | ajc.com | Gillian Anne Renault |Carly Wynans

    This story was originally published by ArtsATL. What did you do on your summer vacation? It’s a common question, but, when asked of ballet dancers, it can elicit far more interesting and unusual answers than stories of road trips and beach getaways. Ballet companies traditionally give dancers the summers off before launching busy fall seasons.

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