Ballet

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• Pennsylvania Ballet: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™

  Nov 24 - 29, 2009 | Buy Now
  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

  Dec 9 - 13, 2009 | Buy Now
  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.

• Open Rehearsal: American Ballet Theatre

  Jan 26, 2010 at 1:30 PM | Buy Now
  Join dance scholars for an insider's look at American Ballet Theatre as the dancers prepare onstage for performances.

• American Ballet Theatre

  Jan 26 - 31, 2010 | Buy Now
  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.

• Ballet 360° - Choreographers: Yuri Grigorovich

  Jan 30, 2010 at 3:00 PM | Buy Now
  The Ballet 360° lecture series continues its in-depth look at ballet with this season's sessions focusing on some of the form's iconic choreographers.

• Mariinsky Ballet

  Feb 9 - 14, 2010 | On Sale 12/9/09,
  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

  Feb 16 - 21, 2010 | On Sale 12/9/09,
  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 Washington Ballet: The Great Gatsby

  Feb 24 - 28, 2010 | Buy Now
  The Washington Ballet returns to the splendor of the Jazz Age and the frivolity of the Roaring Twenties through Artistic Director Septime Webre's re-imagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald's passionate, thought-provoking, and complex work.

• Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell FOR ADULTS - II

  Feb 28, 2010 at 1:00 PM | Buy Now
  From pliés to pirouettes, discover how it feels to dance as Suzanne Farrell leads this unique and inspirational movement class for non-dancers.

• Open Rehearsal: The Suzanne Farrell Ballet

  Mar 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM | Buy Now
  Join dance scholars for an insider's look at The Suzanne Farrell Ballet as the dancers prepare onstage for performances of two mixed repertory programs.
  

• The Suzanne Farrell Ballet

  Mar 3 - 7, 2010 | On Sale 12/9/09,
  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 360° - Choreographers: Frederick Ashton

  Apr 10, 2010 at 3:00 PM | Buy Now
  The Ballet 360° lecture series continues its in-depth look at ballet with this season's sessions focusing on some of the form's iconic choreographers.

• Ballet Across America II

  Jun 15 - 20, 2010 | On Sale 4/7/10,
  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.

• Ballet American-Style

  Jun 19, 2010 at 3:00 PM | Buy Now
  Join us for a panel discussion featuring members of the companies participating in Ballet Across America II. Don't miss this rare opportunity for an inside look at the unique styles that make these companies great.