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Spring Ballet

Musical Arts Center

Children's Songs Dance

Lincoln Center

Step into the world of contemporary ballet with three spectacular choreographers.
Jessica Lang will debut a brand-new work, her first contribution as PNB’s new Resident Choreographer. Add the color and vibrancy of both Edwaard Liang’s The Veil Between Worlds and Justin Peck’s The Times Are Racing and you’ve got a recipe for an invigorating trio of ballets.

The Times Are Racing

Seattle Center

Experience the electrifying intensity of Richard Strauss's masterpiece, "Salome," brought to life by the Des Moines Metro Opera. This new production captures the sensational drama of Oscar Wilde’s play, featuring the princess Salome and her perilous obsession with the imprisoned prophet, John the Baptist. The story unfolds with music that is both colossal and dazzling, promising to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Making her anticipated role debut as Salome, soprano Sara Gartland leads a talented cast under the baton of DMMO Marshall and Judy Flapan Music Director and Principal Conductor David Neely. Directed by Nathan Troup, this production showcases a blend of intense vocal performances and dramatic characterizations, set against Strauss's wildly imaginative orchestral palette.

Performances are scheduled for June 29 at 7:30pm, July 7 at 2:00pm, July 13 at 1:00pm, and July 19 at 8:00pm. Each performance offers a unique opportunity to experience Strauss's original contribution to the art form, nearly 120 years after its premiere, in a production that remains as musically shocking and astonishing as ever.

Sung in German with English supertitles, the opera has an estimated run time of 1 hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission. This production marks a return of "Salome" to the DMMO stage, following its previous staging in 2002.

Join us for a night of unparalleled opera at the Des Moines Metro Opera, where "Salome" promises to be a highlight of the season. Secure your tickets now for an unforgettable journey into the depths of desire, power, and destiny.

Salome

Simpson College

Back by popular demand, Crystal Pite’s mesmerizing The Seasons’ Canon features 54 dancers moving as one organism to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, recomposed by Max Richter. Pite’s opus is complemented by Twyla Tharp’s Shaker-inspired Sweet Fields and Jessica Lang’s stunning solo work, The Calling.

The Seasons' Canon

Opera at its grandest! While Aida delights audiences with its visual splendor, it also captivates them with a score ranging from exquisitely intimate arias to deeply dramatic duets and trios, and the most thrilling choruses Verdi ever composed. At Lyric Opera of Chicago, each of the five principal artists boasts not only a sumptuously beautiful voice, but also the charismatic presence to bring these characters and the opera's story of a riveting love triangle vividly to life. Conducting Francesca Zambello’s striking production will be Music Director Enrique Mazzola, acknowledged internationally as an exceptionally authoritative Verdian.

Aida

Lyric Opera House

ZigZag celebrates the legendary career of Tony Bennett, using both his songs and his visual artwork to highlight in the authentic humanity of his vocal performances.

ZigZag

University of Iowa

Roosevelt University

On the three-year anniversary of the March 2020 closure, some of PNB’s favorite pandemic-era collaborators share the McCaw Hall stage. Alejandro Cerrudo, Jessica Lang, and Penny Saunders consistently turn their creative minds toward the dance world and theatrical conventions. They seek to improve upon and play with our expectations, and push boundaries, both metaphorically and physically. Savor Saunders’ theater-roving Wonderland and world premieres from Cerrudo and Lang.

Boundless

Stony Brook University

A work for seven dancers, Children’s Songs Dance by Jessica Lang takes its name from the music. Set to selections from Children’s Songs by the late American jazz composer Chick Corea, the ballet was created on ABT Studio Company in January 2020 during a residency at The Pocantico Center in Tarrytown, New York. According to Lang, Children’s Songs Dance “draws its inspiration from the transition in life between being a child and becoming an adult, with the goal of never losing the spirit of play.”

This ground-breaking World Premiere by Christopher Rudd, created on an all-Black cast of ABT dancers, aims to highlight, amplify, and celebrate Black creative voices. Set to music from Carlos Simon, with costumes by Carly Cushnie, Lifted will inspire, captivate, and mesmerize audiences.

Mixed Repertory (Lifted World-premiere)

For their Spring appearance at Segerstrom Center, America’s National Ballet Company® arrives with three dazzling short programs highlighting not only their incredible artistry and athleticism, but also the inspiring visions of three of today’s most exciting choreographers.

ZigZag celebrates the legendary career of Tony Bennett, using both his songs and his visual artwork to highlight the authentic humanity of his vocal performances.

Bernstein in a Bubble is an exciting reflection of artistic creativity in these challenging times, inspired by the variety, charm, and quintessentially American spirit of Leonard Bernstein’s Divertimento.

ABT Forward

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Jerome Robbins is considered one of the most important ballet makers of the 20th century and his unmistakeable style has had a decisive influence on American dance. Interplay, his second choreographic work, premiered in 1945 in New York, provides a rousing opening to the four-part programme American Signatures that combines dance icons with current choreographic voices.

Performed to Morton Gould’s jazzy score, Interplay presents precisely what its title suggests: as if in a playground, the dancers meet, full of fun, but also competing with each other in Robbins’ choreography, that employs jazz elements to enrich the classical ballet vocabulary and with which the theatre maker and dance artist created one of the works that had a formative influence on his aesthetic.

Set Designer, Choreographer

Jessica Lang

Events

Upcoming events

9 - 30 May, 2026

American Signatures · Volksoper Wien

Past events

3 - 4 Apr, 2026

Spring Ballet · Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

23 - 27 Oct, 2024

Children's Songs Dance · American Ballet Theatre Foundation

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