WCPO Reporter for Arts & Culture Matt Peiken followed the Second Company of the Cincinnati Ballet between October 2013 and April 2014, documenting the path of six dancers working fulltime for no pay as they competed for contracts as apprentices. Matt Peikin and dancer Samantha Nagy-Chow join us to talk about the Second Company, and the documentary. To watch “The Apprentice” go to WCPO Digital.
Cincinnati Ballet Second Company
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James Gilmer & Maizyalet Velázquez in Sacred Ground by Jodie Gates."
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WCPO Reporter for Arts & Culture Matt Peiken
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Samantha Nagy-Chow with the Cincinnati Ballet Second Company.
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