♦ Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma – United States
♦ Artistic Director: Marcello Angelini
♦ Affiliated School: Center for Dance Education
♦ Founded in 1956 by Roman Jasinski and Moscelyne Larkin, and Rosalie Talbott as Tulsa Ballet Theatre. Name changed to Tulsa Ballet in 1978
Tulsa Ballet 2025-2026 Season
Featured amongst the many full-length ballets to be performed during the Tulsa Ballet 2025-2026 Season will be the world premiere production of Artistic Director Marcello Angelini’s The Sleeping Beauty. His twist on the fairy tale ballet includes newly-commissioned costumes and sets by designer Emma Kingsbury and accompaniment by the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.
“Our 2025-26 season will be a journey through the past, present and future of dance.
We will share with our audiences the second oldest ballet in the classical repertory, Giselle, which is the most performed classical ballet of the 19th century worldwide. We will revisit another great classic, The Sleeping Beauty, commissioning our own scenery and costumes to fit the original choreography.
We will then juxtapose 19th century narrative with 21st century storytelling, starting with Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova, and continue on that trend with a full evening work based on the life of the most iconic movie star of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe. Tulsa Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theater and Ballet Met commissioned this brand-new work to prominent choreographer Dani Rowe in occasion of Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday.
And to project Tulsa Ballet even more into the future, we will open our season with three World Premieres in Studio K, three works created especially for our company!
The past, the present and the future of dance, all embodied into one single season at Tulsa Ballet!”
Marcello Angelini
The other story ballets include Giselle (Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal’s production), Val Caniparoli and Ma Cong’s The Nutcracker, Northern Ballet Resident Choreographer Kenneth Tindall’s Casanova, and Oregon Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Dani Rowe’s Marilyn.
As per tradition, the annual Creations in Studio K program opens the season, this year featuring a world premiere by Stephanie Martinez and a reimagined work previously created for the company by Tindall, plus a new piece by Natasha Adorlee for TBII, Tulsa Ballet’s second company.
Tulsa Ballet to Perform at Royal Opera House in London
On August 5, 2025, it was announced that Tulsa Ballet will debut at London‘s Royal Opera House at The Linbury Theatre in May of 2026.
The company will perform its Made in America program featuring Yuri Possokhov’s Classical Symphony set to music by Sergei Prokofiev, Nicolo Fonte’s Divenere set to music by Ludovico Einaudi, and Andy Blankenbuehler’s Remember Our Song.
“This is the greatest honor and achievement for a company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma,” said Tulsa Ballet
Artistic Director Marcello Angelini. “It is a recognition of our company’s international status, our
contributions to the field of dance, and the reputation for excellence we’ve carefully cultivated over
decades. It is also one of the highest honors our community and state can receive on the cultural world
stage.This historic engagement reflects not only the strength and artistry of Tulsa Ballet, but also the cultural
significance of our community. In 2026, London, here we come!”
Source: Tulsa Ballet
Tulsa Ballet Upcoming Performances
Tulsa Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Tulsa Ballet: Casanova
Tulsa Ballet: Marilyn
Tulsa Ballet: Made in America
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