Cuatro Estaciones
Choreography: Simone Orlando
Music: Astor Piazzolla, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires,
Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (Winter)
Lighting Design: Rylee Block

This evocative work by Ballet Kelowna’s visionary Artistic Director Simone Orlando is set to virtuoso composer Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Orlando’s choreography infuses ballet’s contemporary lines with the intricate, expressive elements of Argentine Tango and features the full company performing fiery steps in stunning group formations and captivating duets.

Bolero
Choreography: Guillaume Côté
Music: Maurice Ravel, Boléro
Lighting Design: Rylee Block after Jeff Logue

Guillaume Côté is a celebrated Principal Dancer and Choreographic Associate with The National Ballet of Canada and has received numerous awards for his thrilling choreography. Bolero, set to Maurice Ravel’s famous composition of the same name, is a perennial favourite in Ballet Kelowna’s repertoire and celebrates the strength and resilience of women through a formidable show of athletic prowess. Slow, hypnotic movements build to explosive lifts as four men dance around a central female figure.

Canadian Premiere
The Reassuring Effects (of Form and Poetry)
Choreography: Trey McIntyre
Music: Antonín Dvořák, Serenade for Strings in E Major

Trailblazing American choreographer Trey McIntyre makes his debut choreographic appearance with Ballet Kelowna in The Reassuring Effects (of Form and Poetry), a work first created for The Washington Ballet. McIntyre uses Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings in E Major as a springboard to showcase his fresh and imaginative style while eight dancers embody his virtuosic, nuanced movement, creating a playful and electrifying atmosphere. “It’s a dizzying blend of classical and colloquial movement that moves with the speed and clarity of light” (Miami Herald).