Ballet Palm Beach Announces 2018-2019 Season

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(Palm Beach Gardens, FL – August 27, 2018) Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced the 2018-2019 performance schedule of the highly acclaimed professional ballet company.

“This season holds so many possibilities for Ballet Palm Beach. So much new: new dancers, new works and a new venue; and yet so much tried and true: our wonderful dancers, our beautiful Nutcracker at the Kravis Center,  and a season of great storytelling ballets,” says Smith, who has choreographed five full-length ballets based on literature such as Wonderland, Gatsby, and Snow White. “Sharing it all with our community will be a joy.”

Upcoming performances by Ballet Palm Beach include:

Gatsby

Gatsby is the transformation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel, The Great Gatsby, into compelling dance drama. Set in the Roaring Twenties, the tale is told through the eyes of Nick Carraway, neighbor to the enigmatic Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy Buchanan leads to amazing wealth and tragic endings. Gatsby is the creation of Artistic Director Colleen Smith with music by Django Reinhardt, Fats Waller, Richard Whiting, Aaron Copland and other greats from the 1920’s. (Ages 10 and up)

November 2-4
+ Friday at 7:00 pm
+ Saturday at 1 pm & 7:00 pm
+ Sunday at 4 pm 
The King’s Academy
Page Family Center for Performing Arts
8401 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach
*TICKETS*

The Nutcracker

Ballet Palm Beach leaps into the season with holiday classic, The Nutcracker, the coming-of-age story of Marie who receives a mysterious gift on Christmas Eve. Adventures ensue as Tchaikovsky’s score draws Marie into a terrifying battle with the Mouse King, past a mystical snowstorm, and to the prince’s Enchanted Kingdom.

November 30-December 1
+ Friday at 7:30 pm
+ Saturday at 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts – Dreyfoos Hall
701 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach
*TICKETS*

December 13-16
+ Thursday at 7:00 pm
+ Friday at 7:00 pm
+ Saturday at 1 pm & 7:00 pm
+ Sunday at 4 pm               
The King’s Academy
Page Family Center for Performing Arts
8401 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach
*TICKETS* use pre-sale code “Nutcracker”

Romeo and Juliet

In Renaissance Italy, two noble families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are embroiled in a long-standing feud. All matters become tragically complicated when a young Romeo Montague and a beautiful Juliet Capulet fall in love at a masquerade ball. Translated through the power of dance and guided by Prokofiev’s passionate score, this ballet features exciting swordfights, dramatic pas de deux, and vivid ensemble scenes to bring Shakespeare’s tragedy to life. (For ages 6 and up.)

February 8-10
+ Friday at 7:00 pm
+ Saturday at 1 pm & 7:00 pm
+ Sunday at 4 pm
The King’s Academy
Page Family Center for Performing Arts
8401 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach
*TICKETS* – use pre-sale code “R&J”

PREMIERES

PREMIERES is a festival of debuts brought to the West Palm Beach stage by the dynamic dancers of Ballet Palm Beach. The performance features diverse contemporary and neoclassical repertoire from locally and nationally recognized choreographers including Roger Van Fleteren and Donna Murray.

March 25-27
+ Monday at 7:30 pm
+ Tuesday at 7:30 pm
+ Wednesday at 7:30 pm
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts – Rinker Playhouse
701 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach
* TICKETS *

Wonderland

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Ballet Palm Beach performs Wonderland, a whimsical ballet with a fresh interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Alice is a young Victorian girl who tumbles unexpectedly into a fantasy realm. Chasing after the White Rabbit, she encounters a kaleidoscope of curiosities that lead her into the clutches of the Queen of Hearts.

May 10-12
+ Friday at 7:00 pm
+ Saturday at 1 pm & 7:00 pm
+ Sunday at 4 pm
The King’s Academy
Page Family Center for Performing Arts
8401 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach
* TICKETS- use pre-sale code “Wonderland”

How to Purchase Tickets:

For information about prices and how to purchase tickets, please call Ballet Palm Beach at 561.630.8235 or visit www.balletpalmbeach.org.

For tickets to performances at the Kravis Center, please call 561.832.7469 or 800.572.8471, or visit www.kravis.org.

For tickets to performances at The King’s Academy, please call 888.718.4253 or visit www.TKAFineArts.net.

About Ballet Palm Beach:

Ballet Palm Beach (BPB), the professional ballet company of the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) ballet company dedicated to preserving the art of classical ballet by cultivating new visions in choreography, impacting the next generation through the discipline of dance, and enriching the community through this universal art form. Established in 2001, the company has become a fixture in Palm Beach County. Each year BPB produces main stage ballets as well as outreach shows, both locally and abroad. For more information about the professional company or its school, Ballet Palm Beach Academy, or to support BPB’s outreach efforts call 561.630.8235 or visit www.balletpalmbeach.org.

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