Don’t Miss Ballet Kelowna’s Breathtaking Season Finale!

PHOTO: EMILY COOPER

Ballet Kelowna’s 2024/25 season culminates with the powerful mixed program, Vividus: Full of Life, on May 2 + 3, 2025, at the Kelowna Community Theatre. The triple bill welcomes vibrant works from three of Canada’s most illustrious choreographers. Ballet Kelowna’s own Artistic Director and CEO Simone Orlando returns with her powerfully raw exploration of liberation in Rite of Spring; Vancouver-based choreographer Lesley Telford makes her company debut with her work, An Instant, a mesmerizing study of physical risk, originally created for Ballet BC; and Guillaume Côté, Principal Dancer and Choreographic Associate with The National Ballet of Canada, presents his first Ballet Kelowna commission with an electrifying ensemble piece, Le Carnaval des Animaux. Ballet Kelowna’s season finale, Vividus: Full of Life, will introduce the new Encore Club, giving all patrons the opportunity to watch the performance on both evenings, with 50% off the second night. Please call the Kelowna Community Theatre Box Office at 250.469.8940 to arrange this spectacular discount.


IN MOTION
Spring Term

Registration is open!

Photo: Abigail Sawchuk / Instructor Joanna Lige with IN MOTION Participants

Job Opportunities

We are seeking a full-time Administrator and Executive Assistant
Applications Open!

Photo: Dave Mai / Dancer: Riku Hirakoba

Okanagan Summer Dance Intensive 2025

July 28 - August 8

Photo: Abigail Sawchuk / Artists of Ballet Kelowna


VIEW OUR 2024/25 SEASON BROCHURE

Ode
An Homage

Nov 8 + 9, 2024 / 7:30 PM

Photo: Emily Cooper / Dancer: desiree bortolussi

Ex Animo
From the Heart

Feb 14 + 15, 2025 / 7:30 PM

Photo: Emily Cooper / dancers: mackye white and mckeely borger

Vividus
Full of Life

May 2 + 3, 2025 / 7:30 PM

Photo: Emily Cooper / dancers: donaldo nava, naomi kawamura, and kurt werner


 

BC Live Performance Network’s Artistic Company of the Year Award

Photo: Abigail Sawchuk / Artists of Ballet Kelowna in Cameron Fraser-Monroe’s taqəš

Ballet Kelowna is honoured to have received the 2024 Artistic Company of the Year award from the BC Live Performance Network (formerly the British Columbia Touring Council).

The nominators wrote:
Over the past decade, the ballet world has undergone rapid transformation led by a new generation of visionary Artistic Directors. Several regional ballet companies have evolved and earned their place among those actively commissioning some of the most innovative dance creations in Canada. Among these trailblazing companies is the winner of tonight's award.

This company stands as a significant representation of the profound artistic excellence within our province.”