INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Ballet Artistic Team and Board of Directors are delighted to announce Francis Veyette as Rehearsal Director and Outreach Manager. 

Francis Veyette will be joining Indianapolis Ballet from Kansas City Ballet School where he most recently served on faculty beginning in 2021. His experiences as a professional artist include dancing with Kansas City Ballet, as well as holding both Soloist and Principal Dancer positions with Pennsylvania Ballet (now known as Philadelphia Ballet). Mr. Veyette’s featured roles include almost every major role for a classically trained male dancer. He also served as assistant to the choreographer for Philadelphia Ballet’s resident choreographer Matthew Neenan, was the director of Pennsylvania Ballet II from 2014-2016, and was a faculty member of the Miami City Ballet School from 2016-2021. 

“The appointment of Francis Veyette as Indianapolis Ballet’s Rehearsal Director complements and enhances the Artistic Team. He brings a wealth of experience to our Company Dancers and the organization. Francis will also fortify our robust Outreach Program, Indy Ballet Classrooms. In addition, he will inspire and nurture dancers in the Young Men’s Scholarship Program.” –– Victoria Lyras, Founding Artistic Director

Francis Veyette will be joining our permanent staff in January 2025 but will make his debut as a choreographer for the production of New Works, November 7-10, 2024. His roles will include teaching company classes, running rehearsals, assisting the Artistic Team, and managing the outreach program.

"I am thrilled to have Francis join our Artistic Team. His accomplishments and background will supplement the coaching staff, and his experience performing will be an inspiration to our dancers,” says Assistant Artistic Director, Kristin Toner. “He will push the company members in a new and exciting way to keep them looking their best from ballet class, to rehearsals, to the final performance. He fits right in, and it will be a pleasure to work with him."

We are very excited to have Francis join the IB team as well as his wife, Lauren Fadeley Veyette, where she will be serving as the Indianapolis School of Ballet new Head of School. To read more about Francis Veyette’s accomplishments, visit https://kcballet.org/company/francis-veyette/. 

Indianapolis Ballet, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the advancement of professional ballet and dance education through extraordinary performances and world-class training. Centrally located in the heart of downtown, the Indianapolis School of Ballet (ISB) has served as Indiana’s premier destination for professional dance instruction since opening its doors to students in 2006. With its debut in early 2018, Indianapolis Ballet has established the presence of a fully professional, resident ballet company in the Circle City for the first time in over a decade. Both institutions are under the creative direction of Founding Artistic Director Victoria Lyras. For more information on how Indianapolis Ballet, Inc. is moving this timeless art form forward in Indianapolis, visit www.indyballet.org and follow @indyballet on Facebook and Instagram.

Photos 1 and 4 by Beeh Becvar

Photos 2 and 3 by Ariel Rose

Photos courtesy of Kansas City Ballet School