- Basil Childers
Normally, mixing choreography with cuisine might result in an on-stage food fight, but for Ballet Memphis and several local chefs, the collaboration results in a mouthwatering and visually stunning event. This October, for the fifth year in a row, Ballet Memphis is presenting Connections: Food, a fund-raiser that features four original dishes from local chefs and complementary original dance works.
“The preparation of food is similar to creating a new dance work,” says Dorothy Gunther Pugh, Ballet Memphis founder. “Chefs work with color and design, they have to anticipate what people want, and they have to create a menu that makes sense and fits together.”
