Ballet: 2007-2008 Season

Upcoming Events

Protégés II
Jun 6 - 8, 2008 | Buy Now
The Kennedy Center presents more rising stars from the world's leading ballet academies in a program of mixed repertory performed by Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Paris Opera Ballet School, Royal Ballet School, and School of American Ballet.

Ballet Across America
Jun 10 - 15, 2008 | Buy Now
Three distinct programs highlight important companies and choreographers from around the United States; each program features artists from the western, middle, and eastern United States.

Past Events

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Nov 20 - 25, 2007
Over Thanksgiving week, the Kennedy Center's own ballet company performs two mixed programs featuring works by George Balanchine, including Chaconne in a special collaboration with Cincinnati Ballet.

American Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker
Dec 18 - 23, 2007
ABT's magnificent stars perform Tchaikovsky's holiday classic in a "sugar plum of a production that is both a crowd pleaser and a dancer showcase" (The New York Post).

Kirov Ballet: La Bayadère
Jan 22 - 27, 2008
St. Petersburg's legendary company performs Petipa's masterpiece, which The Times of London calls "a three-act spectacle of beautiful dancing, perfumed with the delights of 19th-century classicism performed as only the Kirov can."

American Ballet Theatre: The Sleeping Beauty
Jan 29 - Feb 3, 2008
The timeless fairy tale of a beautiful princess, an evil sorceress, and a century of sleep awakened by a prince's kiss comes to life in an all-new production choreographed by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and set to Tchaikovsky's ravishing score.

New National Theatre Ballet, Tokyo: Mixed Repertory Program (Feb. 15); Raymonda (Feb. 16 & 17)
Feb 15 - 17, 2008
Japan's national company performs two programs: mixed repertory featuring works by Balanchine, Duato, and Maki (Feb. 15); and Petipa's full-length masterpiece Raymonda (Feb. 16 & 17).

New York City Ballet
Feb 27 - Mar 2, 2008
The acclaimed company performs mixed repertory to include works by Jerome Robbins, in tribute to the 10th anniversary of his passing.

Kennedy Center Ballet Resources

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