Young dancers take it one step at a time By Mallory Jones, 15, Christine Beyer, 16The recent creation of The Russian Ballet Academy of Indiana is a Cinderella story, with its tale of dancers overcoming adversity because of their devotion to dance.
When Ballet Internationale-Indianapolis, a world-renowned ballet company, abruptly closed its doors last November due to financial hardship, it took its professional ballet school, the Clara R. Noyes Academy, down with it.