When most people think of farming, ballet is not the first thing that comes to mind. But a Vermont-based project called Farm to Ballet hopes to change that. Throughout the month of August, the project ...

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GREENSBORO — The creator of Vermont's innovative Farm to Ballet Project announced that his new ballet company, Ballet Vermont, will present "Bees & Friends" this fall. The production debuts Oct. 1 at ...

CHARLOTTE, Vt. — The dancers had rehearsed since February, but this was the first time they would dance together outside, on the grass. They had no curtained stage to guide them, no wooden floor to ...

Charles "Chatch" Pregger remembers how the idea to bring ballet to Vermont farms began. "Jokingly," he said. A tongue-in-cheek origin led to a serious combination of art and agriculture. The Farm to ...

At a farm in Charlotte, Vt., Chatch Pregger dances as a weathervane rooster. Pregger, who directs the Farm to Ballet project, modified classical ballet dances to depict the changing seasons on a New ...

This coming Sunday, July 16th, Farm to Ballet makes its first appearance in the Northeast Kingdom! The ballet is performed at farms across the state the in July and August, and is quickly becoming a ...

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Philadelphia Ballet has announced its Third Annual Spring Festival at Red Rose Farm, a new outdoor ballet tradition, taking place June 2 - 4 in Villanova, PA. Set to the backdrop of historic Red Rose ...

In a grassy Vermont field as a horse skitters in the distance, dancer Chatch Pregger is scaling a makeshift barn. He stretches his arms outward, holding an E for East in his hand. As the chicken ...