Palm Beach Ballet's 2018-19 Schedule

"The Nutcracker" (Palm Beach Ballet)

PRESS RELEASE_(Palm Beach Gardens, FL – August 27, 2018) Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced the 2018-2019 performance schedule of the highly acclaimed professional ballet company.

“This season holds so many possibilities for Ballet Palm Beach. So much new: new dancers, new works and a new venue; and yet so much tried and true: our wonderful dancers, our beautiful Nutcracker at the Kravis Center, and a season of great storytelling ballets,” says Smith, who has choreographed five full-length ballets based on literature such as Wonderland, Gatsby, and Snow White. “Sharing it all with our community will be a joy.”

Upcoming performances by Ballet Palm Beach include:

November 2-4

+ Friday at 7:30 pm
+ Saturday at 2 pm & 7:30 pm
+ Sunday at 4 pm                

Gatsby

Gatsby is the transformation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel, The Great Gatsby, into compelling dance drama. Set in the Roaring Twenties, the tale is told through the eyes of Nick Carraway, neighbor to the enigmatic Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy Buchanan leads to amazing wealth and tragic endings. Gatsby is the creation of Artistic Director Colleen Smith with music by Django Reinhardt, Fats Waller, Richard Whiting, Aaron Copland and other greats from the 1920’s. (Ages 10 and up)

The King’s Academy
Page Family Center for the Performing Arts
8401 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach

 November 30-December 1
+ Friday at 7:30 pm
+ Saturday at 2 pm & 7:30 pm

The Nutcracker

Ballet Palm Beach leaps into the season with holiday classic, The Nutcracker, the coming-of-age story of Marie who receives a mysterious gift on Christmas Eve. Adventures ensue as Tchaikovsky’s score draws Marie into a terrifying battle with the Mouse King, past a mystical snowstorm, and to the prince's Enchanted Kingdom. (For all ages.)

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts – Dreyfoos Hall
701 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach

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