Louisville Ballet

 

GISELLE
October 13-15, 2023 | The Brown Theatre | Choreography by Robert Curran, after Marius Petipa | Music by Adolphe Adam 
  
The real and the supernatural worlds of Eastern Kentucky collide in this tragic retelling of a ballet classic. Giselle is the romantic story of a beautiful coal miner’s daughter and the disguised son of a mining magnate. In the real world, their love is doomed. In the spiritual world, it may be saved.

DISTILLED
November 10-12, 2023 | The Brown Theatre | Choreography by Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, and the 2024 Dysart Award Winner

Experience the thrill of ballet masterpieces, brought to Kentucky from around the world and performed by the extraordinary artists of Louisville Ballet. Distilled includes Jiří Kylián’s exquisite “Forgotten Land,” a Dysart Award Winner (TBD) World Premiere, and George Balanchine’s sumptuous “Chaconne.”

THE BROWN-FORMAN NUTCRACKER 
December 8-24, 2023 | Whitney Hall, The Kentucky Center | Choreography by Val Caniparoli | Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 

Experience the nostalgic holiday tale of Marie and her Nutcracker prince as they journey to the magical world of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Brown-Forman Nutcracker is a delight for all ages with a distinctly Kentucky flavor.

#CHORSHOW
January 24-28 and February 2-4, 2024 | Louisville Ballet Downtown Studios | Choreography by Artists of Louisville Ballet 

Enjoy this intimate community favorite production, including exciting new works made by and for the dancers of Louisville Ballet, performed live in our downtown studios.

ROMEO & JULIET
March 1-2, 2024 | The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall | Choreography by Alun Jones | Music by Sergei Prokofiev 

All-consuming love, passion, and tragedy collide in this stunningly beautiful Louisville Ballet version of the timeless Shakespeare classic. Designed and choreographed by Alun Jones, beautifully portrays the bitter feud between the Montague and Capulet families that disrupts the city of Verona and ends in tragedy for Romeo and Juliet.