Ballet Kelowna coming soon

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Simone Orlando, Ballet Kelowna’s Artistic Director & CEO, today announced the Company’s 2016/17 Season, which celebrates Canada’s 150th anniversary. The anniversary celebrations begin with 150 Moves, February 3 + 4, 2017, featuring Ballet Kelowna and guest artists from Alberta Ballet II (Calgary) and Arts Umbrella Dance Company (Vancouver). 
 
Next, Ballet Kelowna presents – for one night only – the Kelowna premiere of San Francisco’s Alonzo King LINES Ballet, March 7, 2017, in a stunning double bill of choreographic artistry.  The programme will feature two critically acclaimed works by visionary ballet choreographer Alonzo King — Shostakovich and SAND.  
 
The season closes with a monumental collaboration between Ballet Kelowna and the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra (OSO) in Canadiana Suite: A Sesquicentennial Celebration, May 4 + 5, 2017. With live musical tributes from the OSO, Ballet Kelowna will present four World Premieres from Canadian choreographers Donald Sales, Gioconda Barbuto, Matjash Mrozewski, and Simone Orlando, reflecting the striking beauty, rich history and diverse culture of our vast country.
 
Add-On Performance: The Nutcracker 
 
Experience the magic and wonder of the Christmas Season with the treasured holiday classic, The Nutcracker, December 9 - 11, 2016, presented by The Canadian School of Ballet with guest artists from Ballet Kelowna. 
 
The 2016/17 Season will also see the return of Launch—a special, one-hour informal showing, presented by Ballet Kelowna on October 28, 2016 at the Mary Irwin Theatre in the Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna. Launch will preview new work from Ballet Kelowna’s 2016/17 Season and provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Company’s daily training and rehearsals, as well as the choreographic process.

SEASON TICKETS GO ON SALE JULY 15, 2016 and can be purchased online at balletkelowna.ca, by phone at 250.862.2867 or in person at Kelowna Tickets in Orchard Park Shopping Centre, 2271 Harvey Avenue.
 
Single tickets go on sale September 6, 2016.
 
All performances take place at the Kelowna Community Theatre, 1375 Water Street, Kelowna BC.