Four Decades of Dance: Festival Ballet Providence

Kirsten Evans

Hope & Fourth Press, 2018

Written in concert with Festival Ballet's 40th Anniversary Season, this magnificent book dives into the history of Rhode Island's premiere ballet company, from its founding as a small dance troupe in 1978 by Winthop Corey and Christine Hennessey to its growth into a company known for artistic excellence and groundbreaking innovation. Author Kirsten Evans, also a dancer with Festival Ballet pens this insightful and thoughtful history of a Rhode Island institution.

About the author

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Kirsten Evans began her formal ballet training with Festival Ballet Providence at age 11. She progressed through the levels of the school, performing as a member of the Junior Company before being hired as a Trainee to the company in 2010, upon her graduation from The Providence Country Day School. Kirsten has since performed numerous principal roles with the company, where she is currently dancing her ninth season.Always apt to nourish her immense curiosity, Ms. Evans is pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Providence College, while also serving as the Marketing Assistant for Festival Ballet.Kirsten chronicles her adventures onstage and off on her personal blog, Setting The Barre.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Four Decades of Dance: Festival Ballet Providence
• Author: Kirsten Evans
• Publisher: Hope & Fourth Press, 2018
• ISBN: 0578405830, 9780578405834