Milwaukee native changing the face of ballet leadership with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

A Milwaukee native is altering the face of management on this planet of ballet corporations. Adam McKinney lately turned the creative director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

From the efficiency stage to educating the artwork of dance, McKinney is blazing his personal path by main the subsequent era of dancers.

He’s the seventh director within the firm’s 54-year historical past. McKinney is the primary particular person of coloration to be tapped for the position.

Rising up simply off Downer Road to folks of African-American, native, and Jewish heritage, McKinney comes to bounce with a spirit of inclusion.

He obtained his begin in musical theater at Whitefish Bay Excessive Faculty the place his footage grasp within the college’s superb arts Corridor of Fame. Pam Creaker insisted he takes a ballet class at Milwaukee Ballet Faculty.

“It has opened my coronary heart, my thoughts, my physique to the probabilities of utilizing the humanities to create social change,” McKinney mentioned.

That push led him to a worldwide dance profession, together with the Milwaukee Ballet Firm and the acclaimed Alvin Alley American Dance Firm.

That is his recommendation for younger boys concerned about ballet: “If in case you have a dream, maintain it out. Seize onto it. Embody it, and do not cease and do not quit, as a result of ballet is right here for you.”

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