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Gwinnett Ballet Theatre is a nonprofit dance organization and school located in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia (Atlanta vicinity). The artistic director is Wade Walthall, and the music director and conductor is Predrag Gosta. The founding director is Lynne Snipes. GBT was under the Artistic Direction of Lisa Sheppard Robson from 1997-2011.

As Gwinnett County’s first and oldest nonprofit performing arts organization, GBT was founded in 1977, and since then it also exists as a school that provides training to those interested to pursue a professional dancing career.

Notable productions

  • The Nutcracker
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Stravinsky's The Firebird
  • Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Cinderella
  • Journey - an original ballet by Wade Walthall
  • Giselle
  • Bits and Pieces
  • Disney...Songs and Pictures
  • Friends and Famous Dances
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