{"id":13645,"date":"2021-12-03T01:54:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=13645"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:22","slug":"capitol-ballets-orbit-don-bellamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/12\/03\/capitol-ballets-orbit-don-bellamy\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Ballet&#8217;s Orbit: Don Bellamy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Capitol Ballet and Don Bellamy<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don Bellamy was part of the new, 12-member incarnation of the Capitol Ballet Company in 1988. He started his career as a corps dancer at Capitol Ballet in Washington, D.C. under the direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/17\/jones-haywood-orbit-doris-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doris Jones<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/05\/billy-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Wilson<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/donbellamy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14768\" src=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/donbellamy-234x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/donbellamy-234x300.jpeg 234w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/donbellamy-768x984.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/donbellamy-230x295.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/donbellamy-350x448.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/donbellamy-480x615.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/donbellamy-600x769.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/donbellamy.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>More about Don Bellamy<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bellamy studied dance at Duke Ellington School of the Performing Arts. After dancing with the Capitol Ballet Company, h<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater under the artistic direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/20\/mel-tomlinson-orbit-alvin-ailey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alvin Ailey<\/a>. Bellamy has been part of such prestigious groups as Dance Theatre of Harlem, Complexions, Lar Lubovitch, Donald Byrd The Group, Elisa Monte, and was part of a collaboration between Dance Theatre of Harlem and New York City Ballet. Bellamy has had the privilege of being part of many Broadway productions including <em>The Red Shoes<\/em>, <em>The Lion King<\/em>, <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>, and <em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>, both in Las Vegas and the third national tour. He has worked with many artists including Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and Celine Dion. Bellamy teaches Ballet at The Rock, as well as Horton, Modern, and Contemporary. He is a Ballet Master and coach at the Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/1988\/05\/14\/capitol-ballet-capital-night\/280f6d5a-c95a-4b61-8e3f-82439dbfc9d4\/\">Capitol Ballet Capital Night, The Washington Post<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lvdance.org\/the-company\/staff\/\">Staff, The Contemporary West Dance Theatre<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.edu\/object\/archives\/components\/sova-nmaahc-a2013-245-ref87\">&#8220;Memoria&#8221;: Don Bellamy &amp; Dana Hash, National Museum of African American History and Culture<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13585\" src=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/williamslogo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/williamslogo.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/williamslogo-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alisha Naidu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Capitol Ballet and Don Bellamy Don Bellamy was part of the new, 12-member incarnation of the Capitol Ballet Company in 1988. 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