Artistic Director William Whitener has put together an outstanding season of ballet including some beloved favorites as well as exciting new works.  Let’s review just a few highlights – opening the season is Agnes de Mille’s RODEO with music by Aaron Copland, Winter features the Kansas City premiere of Yuri Possokhov’s Firebird, and in the Spring, new works by the innovative Karole Armitage and Artistic Director William Whitener. 

Fall Performance: October 9-12, 2008
The 51st season will kick off with a great program for the family with one Kansas City PREMIERE: Trey McIntyre’s The Naughty Boy and two vibrant works by Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins, namely Rodeo and The Concert.

Winter Performance: February 19-22, 2009
The 51st season will continue with the Winter Show’s presentation of a Kansas City PREMIERE of Ben Stevenson’s End of Time, two works rarely seen in Kansas City, George Balanchine’s Apollo and Yuri Possokhov’s Firebird and an encore production of Twyla Tharp’s As Time Goes By.

Spring Performance: May 7-10, 2009
The culmination of the 51st season will be the WORLD PREMIERE of Kansas native Karole Armitage’s new ballet, and an encore production of Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs along with a WORLD PREMIERE by Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director William Whitener.

PHOTO CREDITS
Photo 1 - Dancer Deanna Doyle
Photo 2 - Dancer Chelsea Wilcox
Photo 3 - Dancers Rachel Coats and Logan Pachciarz
Photographer Kenny Johnson