
STEVE TROUNDAY
Vortex, The Ballet That Rocks!
Last week, the Reno Rodeo celebrate 107 years of Wild West family fun. Over the years, I’ve talked about the challenges of selling ballet to a rodeo town and how this has changed. Prior to the pandemic, A.V.A. Ballet Theatre, the resident ballet company of the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, has had record ticket sales over the past 20 years and it appears that the cowboys and cowgirls in the region are attending the shows...