Academy of International Ballet and Main Line Arts Center Announce Partnership To Exhibit Ballet Paintings

The Academy of International Ballet (AIB) in Media, PA is pleased to announce a creative partnership with the Main Line Art Center (MLAC) in Haverford, PA. The new partnership offers faculty, students, guest artists and visitors to the Academy a unique opportunity to view original paintings created by regional artists that focus on the images from the world of ballet. Each painting on exhibit will offer the guest artist high visibility in a dedicated location within a classical ballet academy to share their vision of classical ballet and to promote the fusion of the visual arts and the performing arts.

In the group photo above-(l-r) Rachel Ammon, Director of Communications, Main Line Arts Center, Stephanie Steiner Nicholson, Artist, Anastasia Babayeva and Denis Gronostayskiy, Artistic Directors of the Academy of International Ballet in Media, PA.

In the words of AIB Artistic Directors Anastasia Babayeva and Denis Gronostayskiy, “With the support of Main Line Art Center we will now offer an ongoing exhibit program that will allow us to link the past with the present and the future through a never ending display of what we value as precious and important.” Ms. Babayeva added, “We believe ballet academies should be open to exhibit and promote art work that is focused on and promotes the enduring beauty of ballet. Each work on exhibit adds value and inspiration to every visitor to our academy, to the artist on display and to the traditions of ballet.”

Main Line Art Center is an anchor cultural institution in Delaware County where people can discover, create, and experience visual art. A frequent recipient of Best of Awards for its beautiful galleries and high-quality art instruction, the Art Center’s visual art classes and contemporary and innovative exhibitions stimulate creativity, conversation, and joy. The mission of Main Line Art Center is to inspire and engage people of all ages, abilities, and economic means in visual art through education, exhibitions, and experiences. This exciting partnership allows their artists new opportunities to share the visual arts with the ballet community.

On exhibit until September 1st is a pastel entitled “Pointe Shoes” by regionally recognized artist Ms. Stephanie Steiner Nicholson. Ms. Nicholson is a portrait painter specializing in pastels. She is also a print maker and illustrator. She received her BFA in painting from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts in 2002 and exhibits her work with the Delaware Valley Art League. Stephanie’s portraits in pastel capture the joy of the chosen subject’s spirit in a celebration of light and color. You may visit Ms. Nicholson’s creations at: http://stephanie-nicholson.squarespace.com/

The Academy of International Ballet is located at 75 West Baltimore Pike in Media, PA www.academyballetru.com, Main Line Art Center is located at 746 Panmure Road, Haverford, PA 19041 https://www.mainlineart.org/ .

All photo credits to Rick Prieur