Kennedy Center Events: Ballet

Pennsylvania Ballet: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:30:00 EST

Nov 24 - 29, 2009
Pennsylvania Ballet presents the D.C. premiere of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker? featuring magnificent new sets and lavish costumes. The Philadelphia Inquirer says this "dressed-up Nutcracker dazzles."

New York City Ballet

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:30:00 EST

Dec 9 - 13, 2009
New York City Ballet performs two programs of mixed repertory with works by Balanchine, Robbins, Martins, and Wheeldon, including Mozartiana, Les Gentilhommes, Dances at a Gathering, and more.

American Ballet Theatre

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:30:00 EST

Jan 26 - 31, 2010
American Ballet Theatre returns with an evening-length production of Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet and a program of mixed repertory featuring works by Frederick Ashton, Alexei Ratmansky, and Twyla Tharp.

Mariinsky Ballet

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:30:00 EST

Feb 9 - 14, 2010
Russia's world-renowned Mariinsky Ballet returns to perform Konstantin Sergeyev's 1952 version of the full-length staging of the beloved fairy tale ballet, The Sleeping Beauty.

Bolshoi Ballet

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:30:00 EST

Feb 16 - 21, 2010
Bolshoi Ballet performs former director Yuri Grigorovich's Spartacus, a "cinematically paced adventure yarn" (The New York Times) that showcases "a great company at the absolute peak of its form" (The Telegraph).

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EST

Mar 3 - 7, 2010
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, "one of the most courageous projects in ballet today" (The New York Times), presents two mixed repertory programs, including Balanchine's Haieff Divertimento and Robbins's Afternoon of a Faun.

Ballet Across America II

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:30:00 EST

Jun 15 - 20, 2010
The successful Ballet Across America returns, featuring Morphoses, Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Ballet Arizona, Tulsa Ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, and North Carolina Dance Theatre.