A “national treasure” (Ford Foundation), Ballet Memphis has redefined the artistic impact of mid-size ballet companies in the United States. Our program includes the National Dance Project-funded S’epanouir, by Jane Comfort (a work about community and strength, set to music by Whitney Houston’s “sax guy” Kirk Whalum), Trey McIntyre’s In Dreams (a passionate journey set to six of Roy Orbison’s most popular songs), Steven McMahon’s Being Here With Other People (a work about finding joy and living presently, set to Mozart’s Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61) and Curtain of Green by Julia Adam, an abstract retelling of lost love based on the short story by Eudora Welty (set to two Phillip Glass etudes for piano). Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts. NDP is supported by lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, with additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust.