From the first time pianist and conductor Ramona Pansegrau accompanied a dance class, she was hooked. Although the Kansas City Ballet’s music director started playing piano at age 4, it was during her doctorate program in piano performance at the University of Iowa that she first played for a ballet class. Joffrey Ballet-a premiere, Chicago-based dance company-came to the university. When the company’s pianist injured their hand, Pansegrau volunteered to step in.