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'''Ballet Pensacola''' is a performing arts organization founded as '''Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre''' in [[1978]] by arts educator [[Gioia Michelotti]]. A Originally located in [[Eastgate Mall]], a training program was added in [[1980]], and it moved to the [[old Sacred Heart Hospital]] in [[1985]].<ref>"Silver slippers." ''Pensacola News Journal'', September 3, 2002. </ref> It became one of the anchor tenants of the newly-renovated [[Pensacola Cultural Center]] in [[1992]]. Known for a time as '''Kaleidoscope & Ballet Pensacola''', the Board of Directors formally changed its name to Ballet Pensacola in [[2006]].
The current artistic director is [[Richard Steinert]]. [[Bobby Ball]] (who was the previous artistic director) became the organization's executive director in [[2007]].
*[[Elise Williams]]
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