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Tickets: $40 Regular | $34 big Ticket Members | $30 Big Ticket Plus Members | $15 Students
Opener: Kootenay Dance Academy
There will be a 10 minute talk back session after the show open for everyone!

This exhilarating show offers audiences an evening of dazzling, powerful, and compelling experience that is sure to enliven aspirations!

About Ballet Kelowna: taqəš and Other Works

Set to several songs by Polaris Prize-winning composer and singer Jeremy Dutcher, taqəš (tawKESH) which means "to return something" in Ayajuthem, follows the traditional story Raven Returns the Water,” centred around p̓oho (raven) and walθ (frog). Cameron Fraser-Monroe brings his artistic mind in creating this inspiring and powerful show.

This show includes Guillaume Côté’s riveting Bolero, and a new, uplifting ensemble work by Robert Stephen.

Choreography: Cameron Fraser-Monroe

Music: Jeremy Dutcher, Oqiton, Essuwonike, Ultestakon

Show Opener: Kootenay Dance Academy

Live, Love, Dance ... your way through life!

Kootenay Dance Academy, formerly known as Kimberley Dance Academy, has provided qualified dance instruction in the East Kootenays since 1991, offering a wide range of classes including tap, ballet, pointe, lyrical/contemporary, jazz, street jazz, hip-hop, musical theatre, stretch and conditioning as well as acrobatics. Classes are available to all students ages 3 years to adult, offers both recreational and competitive programs and is proud to have been the first to establish a competitive dance team in the East Kootenays.

The young dancers from Kootenay Dance Academy are appreciative of this opportunity and feel very privileged to be opening for this evening's performance for Ballet Kelowna.

TINY HANDS

Choreographer: Desirae Durand

This arrangement recognises the thousands of indigenous children that were taken from their parents and families and placed in residential schools.

Music: Quantum Tangle

Dancers: Shelby Atwood, Sophie Babuin, Theo McAra, Denay Portman

HOWLING

Choreographer: Keiran Bohay

Music: Howling

Dancer: Maddie MacArthur

Show Opener: Aspire Dance Academy

Aspire Dance Academy is a professionally accredited dance studio offering training in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, musical theatre and acro. Offering both recreational and competitive programs, classes are available for students ages 3 years to adult. Aspire Dance encourages a balanced lifestyle where the health and welfare of every student is important. Our focus is on a caring environment where talent can develop and grow. The understanding of teamwork, cooperation and compassion is our key focus. Our teachers and students are enthusiastic and enjoy sharing their love of dance.

Aspire Dance would like to extend a huge thank you to Ballet Kelowna and Key City Theatre for this exciting opportunity. We are blessed to live in this community!

STICKS AND STONES

Choreographer: Brianna Deitch

 This contemporary piece brings awareness to the everyday struggles of school-aged youth. It inspires kindness, empathy and understanding that can mean so much to students impacted by bullying.

 Music: Old Days, Ingrid Michaelson

 Dancers: Kayleigh Waugh, Belle Keil, Eliana Schutz, August Kennedy, Lauren Jensen, Kate Bowers, Eliza Schutz, Marlee Wallace

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Tickets: Regular $45, Big Ticket $39 & Big Ticket Plus $35

About Cinderella

Ballet Jörgen’s Cinderella is a classical ballet with modern, dramatic sensibilities perfect for all balletomane and aspiring ballet dancers!

Bengt Jörgen’s Cinderella is an innovative take on the classic fairy tale. Jörgen’s choreography balances the fairy tale elements of the story with a contemporary treatment of Cinderella and her family relationships. 

Returning to the original Russian tradition of having women perform the roles of the stepsisters, Jörgen builds a more realistic and human look at Cinderella and her circumstances, and then uses these scenes to both counterpoint and highlight the magical aspects of the story.

Glenn Davidson’s set design creates a fantastical environment based on the idea of the natural world reclaiming man-made structures. Inspiration for the set pieces is drawn from ice storms and old growth forests. Costume designs by Robert Doyle playfully echo each character’s personality.