Our Company
Indiana
Ballet Theatre Northwest, Inc. is a 501C3 not-for-profit organization
established in 1980 under the artistic direction of Gloria
Tuohy, MDE.
Gloria
Tuohys career has spanned over forty years of professional
dance, teaching, choreography and costume design in experience
in England, Europe and the United States. She was trained
in the prestigious French Cecchetti classical ballet syllabus,
and is proficient in ballet, classical jazz and tap. She danced
with the Volska Ballet Company in London England and the Surry
Light Operatic Society of England. As founder and Artistic
Director of Indiana Ballet Theatre(IBT) she has choreographed
and produced 8 full length classical ballet productions that
have been staged over 35 times during the 17 years IBT has
been a non-profit organization.
Ballet
Master/Co-Artistic Director, Eckhard Heidrich, trained with
the Deutche Oper Berlin in Germany in the Vagonova classical
ballet syllabus. His professional dance career has spanned
Europe, Canada and the United States as soloist, principal
dancer and guest artist. He has served on the faculty of several
ballet company schools, including Ballet Austin, Kassel Staatstheatre
Ballet in Germany, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company,
Kansas City Ballet, Ballet West, Utahand San Angelo Civic
Ballet, as well as several Universities including University
of Missouri, University of Kansas and Brigham Young University.
Our programs include all forms of dance; Ballet, Tap, Jazz,
HipHop, Modern
Last year's Nutcracker production was at the Star Plaza, Merrillville,
Indiana.

We aim
to bring quality productions to Northwest Indiana at an affordable
price.
We provide opportunities for students from surrounding areas
to demonstrate their skills and fulfill their personal goals
in dance in a professional environment.
There are
scholarships available too.
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