James D. Watts Jr.

Tulsa World Scene Reporter

Ballets that blend classical dance and cowboy characters have been around for decades, and Tulsa Ballet has performed its fair share of them in years past, from Agnes de Mille's "Rodeo" to George Balanchine's "Western Symphony."

The company has also performed a ballet set to songs by a contemporary country artist: Daniel Pelzig's "Nine Lives," which used songs by Lyle Lovett as its score.

But this year's "Creations in Studio K" marks the first time this Oklahoma dance company has included a ballet with a definite cowboy cachet, set to classic and contemporary country songs.

And the company hired a British choreographer to create it, because...well, because why not?

Actually, it's because choreographer Kenneth Tindall has already created t

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