LAFAYETTE BALLET

Lafayette Ballet Company is a small pre-professional group of committed young dancers. We concentrate on teamwork, performance integrity, and enhancing classroom skills with challenging new works, traditional repertoire and pieces tailored to showcase the talents of our current dancers. For 30 years pre-pandemic we have presented an annual full length Nutcracker. The future is uncertain in the arts. Fewer people are willing to commit to the schedule of training and involvement. We nurture the talents and aspirations of those who do. Lafayette Ballet is a registered Not-For-Profit 501(c)3 organization in the State of Indiana.

Please feel free to reserve and to come to our open SPRING Performance: WONDER, MAY 20,21,22, 2025 at the Ballroom - 226 N. 6th Street. 7:30PM. This is a performance of TWO works.      Reservation for limited seating is available. EMAIL RESERVATION

A special note about this performance: for 2 years we have been planning major renovations in the technical aspects of the lighting in our ballroom. It has come to pass. Also the bill. If you would like to donate to our LIGHT THE BALLROOM CAMPAIGN - it is a fine time to show your appreciation for our free concerts. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
If you are interested and able, please take a moment to donate what you can.LIGHT THE BALLROOM

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE:



FÊTE de l'Horloge from Coppélia. (25 minutes) - This ballet dates from the mid 19th Century and is a treasure trove of beautiful music, subtle choreography and lush imagery. It was the final act from Coppélia, a ballet about a mechanical doll. We are doing the celebration of time at the Fête for the marriage of the young couple in the ballet. The young students of the Lafayette Ballet School are included in this celebration, to take pride in the tradition and to shine in the spotlight of accomplishment. Music by Léo Delibes. Choreography after Arthur Saint-Léon by Sandra Peticolas, Lisa Douglas, and Laura Moffat.

Intermission 20 minutes

WONDER (35 minutes)
The world is in a period of turmoil. This ballet confronts this unrest with the opening of a Requiem by Borodin, and continuing with sources of both joy and struggle. It is a contemporary piece using the power of the group to portray our loss, our yearnings, our power of connection, and ultimately the wonder of the world which is there if we lift our eyes to look. It is especially poignant in the presentations by our young dancers who themselves are on the brink of discovery. We wish them to find expression through their art and their work together. Music by Borodin, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, and Paderewski.


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We hope to see you at the performance, and that you keep a May night for the celebration of our talented dancers and the mission that they share of beauty, humor, musicality and integrity .

A word about downtown parking. There is actually a fair amount of parking downtown, but the most obvious spots close to 226 N 6th Street are often taken in the evening for restaurants, theatre events, and residents. Please check the map and locate some reasonable places so you don't get caught driving in circles and arrive late.