Happy #ThrowbackThursday! Today we're reminiscing about our final performance of the 2024/25 Season at the Harris Theater. 💭🥰 This show was the first time Julianna Rubio Slager's Celestia was performed in full! 💫 Do you remember a favorite moment from this impressively athletic and beautifully artistic ballet? Let us know in the comments! PC: Karina Mora-Metts Costumes: Lorianne Robertson Featured Dancers: Company Artist Caedence Sajdowitz & Lead Artist Samuel Opsal (fb)

💎 A Rare Tenure 💎 The 2025 Global Resident Choreographers Report confirms what we’ve long known: Julianna Rubio Slager is part of a rare group of leaders shaping American ballet. She is one of ONLY SEVEN WOMEN in the top 100 U.S. ballet companies who has served as a resident choreographer for more than a decade. At Ballet 5:8, we are committed to long-term investment in women’s voices—not just as performers, but as creators, storytellers, and architects of the future. Read the full report at dancedataproject.com/ddp-research/2025-global-resident-choreographers-report/. PC: Kailey Kopel (fb)