Ballet Hawaii

Ballet Hawaii is welcoming accomplished theatrical professional, Richard Vida, as its new Executive Director. Learn more about Vida and about the Ballet!

The world's foremost all-male comic ballet company, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form and “en travesti” (males performing female roles).

Ballet Hawaii has cancelled its annual live performance of The Nutcracker due to the health crisis.

“It gives me tremendous pleasure to be able to promote three dancers in our company this evening.”

In an effort to reach out to their valued ticket holders, Broadway in Hawaii is updating Honolulu audiences about the current situation relating to the Covid-19 pandemic and how it continues to affect the entertainment industry.

Ballet Hawaii, like many other performing arts institutions, has moved its teaching online amidst the health crisis.

Philly's biggest rock band turns it on again in POPS Rocks Phil Collins, March 6-8, 2020.

Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director Devon Carney today announced that the creative team for The Wizard of Oz including Septime Webre (choreography), Matthew Pierce (composer), Michael Raiford (set design) and Liz Vandal (costume design) have been nominated for the Prix Benois de la danse, considered to be the most prestigious ballet award in the world. Awards will be given in Moscow, Russia on May 21st during which Kansas City Ballet Company dancers Lilliana Hagerman (Dorothy), Lamin Pereira dos Santos (Tin Man), and Jeremy Hanson (Toto puppeteer) will perform a short excerpt from the production at the historic Bolshoi Theatre.

As it's been practically an annual tradition of mine over the last some six years, I always look forward to Ballet Hawaii's presentation of The Nutcracker, for it truly doesn't feel like Christmas without this heartwarming experience. From the familiar, charming score of renowned Tchaikovsky, to the antediluvian, spellbinding costumes, to the prestigious dancing, this particular ballet remains a formula for ultimate holiday and theatre-going success. The story follows as such: a young girl by the name of Clara attends a Christmas party, wherein she meets many denizens of her community but later receives a largesse in the form of a nutcracker. In her sleep that night, she dreams of a battle that ensues between a life-sized nutcracker and the Rat King, in which, after the battle, the prince leads Clara to watch a gamut of ballet dances. Overall, The Nutcracker is a generally enjoyable spectacle.

Ballet Hawaii begins its 42nd season this summer with performances of The Sleeping Beauty featuring international artists from Kansas City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Combining forces with Kansas City Ballet, Ballet Hawaii welcomes Artistic Director Devon Carney who has choreographed Tchaikovsky's renowned fairy tale. Performances are scheduled at Blaisdell Concert Hall Friday through Sunday, August 4, 5 and 6.

The Columbus Symphony kicks off the 2018 Nationwide Picnic with the Pops on Saturday, June 16, with multi-platinum rock group, Little River Band. The concert will also be the Columbus debut of new CSO Principal Pops Conductor Stuart Chafetz, one of the leading pops conductors in America today, who will helm most of the Picnic with the Pops concerts this season.

The holidays simply aren't complete without a delightful Hawaiian-style production of The Nutcracker. Ballet Hawaii celebrates the imaginary adventures of a young girl and a prince with its 40th Anniversary Season and this unforgettable performance.

Following an exciting and competitive search, the Columbus Symphony has appointed Stuart Chafetz as its principal pops conductor.

Artistic Director Julie Kent and Morgann Rose have announced today that Ms. Rose will retire from The Washington Ballet (TWB) at the end of the 2016.2017 season.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra announced plans today for the 2017.18 Pops Season. The season includes six subscription concerts: Under the Streetlamp with the cast of Chicago's Jersey Boys; Holiday Pops with Andreas Delfs; a semi-staged production of the beloved musical My Fair Lady; Great Balls of Fire! with pianist Tony DeSare; Patriotic Pops with Stuart Chafetz and Broadway star Capathia Jenkins; and Great American Songbook with Jeff Tyzik and vocalist Ashley Brown.