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Ballet Austin breaks its own sales records
Recession? What recession?
On the heels of the news that arts organizations such as Austin Lyric Opera and Arthouse are beset by budget problems, Ballet Austin has announced that it has had its best season yet.
The 2010-2011 season — the 10th for artistic director Stephen Mills — saw 42,257 paid attendees and $1,992,430 in ticket sales, making it the largest number of paid attendees and highest grossing season of all time for Ballet Austin, the organization announced today in a release. The company also bested its own ticket-selling records with its season opener “Carmina Burana,” and sold more single tickets to its annual production of “The Nutcracker” than any previous season.
Ballet Austin recently completed its season with a stunning new $260,000 production of “The Magic Flute,” a debut with choreography by Mills.
Last week, officials at the Austin Lyric Opera announced that general director Kevin Patterson would be leaving his post and that the organization was more than $1 million in debt and would need to do some emergency fundraising in order to patch up budget shortfalls that could threaten its programming.
In April, just months after opening its newly-renovated Congress Avenue building, Arthouse claimed budget problems for abruptly eliminating the position of its only curator.
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