♦ Location: Phoenix, Arizona – United States
♦ Artistic Director: Daniela Cardim
♦ Affiliated School: School of Ballet Arizona
♦ Founded in 1986 by Allen Rosenberg in a merger of Phoenix Ballet, Arizona Dance Theatre, and Ballet West Arizona.
Ballet Arizona 2024-2025 Season
The Ballet Arizona 2024-2025 Season, the company’s 39th, is highlighted by the United States premiere of Frida, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s ballet inspired by the life of the Mexican artist originally commissioned by Dutch National Ballet in 2020.
The performances of Frida will be accompanied by The Phoenix Symphony playing Peter Salem’s commissioned score, the dancers will perform a powerful retelling of Frida Kahlo’s life story using the Mexican painter’s motifs, paintings, and dreams.
Other full-length ballets include Swan Lake (Ib Andersen) and The Nutcracker (Andersen) while an all Balanchine program (Western Symphony, Scotch Symphony, and Walpurgisnacht) and a repertory evening (featuring Christopher Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour) bring neoclassical and contemporary works to Arizona audiences.
“We are thrilled to present our 2024-2025 season featuring a highly anticipated U.S. premiere and several iconic ballet classics. This season will elevate the ballets we know and love with performances that promise to entertain and transport audiences into a world of fiction and history.”
Ib Andersen, Former Artistic Director of Ballet Arizona
Ballet Arizona will also continue their annual series at the Desert Botanical Garden in the spring of 2025, showcasing Andersen’s Eroica to close the season.
Source: Ballet Arizona
Ballet Arizona Upcoming Performances
Ballet Arizona: Swan Lake
Ballet Arizona: The Nutcracker
Ballet Arizona: Frida
Ballet Arizona: Spring Mix
Ballet Arizona: All Balanchine
Ballet Arizona: Eroica – An Evening at the Desert Botanical Garden
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