Ballet 5:8’s ‘Scarlet‘ Adapts Famous Book

A book from high school English inspired Julianna Rubio Slager to write a full-length ballet.

Slager is the artistic director at Ballet 5:8 in Frankfort. She created and choreographed "Scarlet," a ballet-film hybrid adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, "The Scarlet Letter."