Ballet West has hired a new executive director. Michael Scolamiero, former longtime executive director of Pennsylvania Ballet and more recently executive director of Miami City Ballet, will take over the Utah job in October.
“I know, having been in this business for quite some time, that Ballet West is a company with a very strong artistic reputation and interesting repertoire,” Scolamiero said Wednesday during a short trip to Salt Lake City to meet with company board members and staff.
He’s been warned of the area’s winter inversions and “housing going through the roof” but said he’s heard nearly universal praise of the community as a “beautiful, friendly place with a lot happening.