Currently, Chicago Festival Ballet consists of professional dancers from the United States, South America and Cuba, with Maria Tallchief continuing as artistic advisor and Kenneth von Heidecke as artistic director.
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Under the direction of von Heidecke, the school provides professional instruction in the Russian Vaganova method and Balanchine method, with curriculum designed for students wishing to pursue a professional career in dance.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Otto von Bismarck | Alexander von Humboldt | Wernher von Braun | Carl Maria von Weber | Herbert von Karajan | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher | John Kenneth Galbraith | John von Neumann | Lars von Trier | Kenneth Branagh | Kenneth McClintock | Ferdinand von Mueller | Paul von Hindenburg | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | Kenneth Grahame | Heinrich von Kleist | Anne Sofie von Otter | Erich von Stroheim | Max von Sydow | Justus von Liebig | Hermann von Helmholtz | Franz von Papen | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Carl von Clausewitz | Von Ryan's Express | Richard von Weizsäcker | Kenneth Cole | Kenneth Burke | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds |