Events

Coastal City Ballet is delighted to open its 14th season with an exhilarating performance featuring excerpts from the Spanish brilliance of Petipa’s Paquita. The evening's program will also include the premiere of the newly commissioned works “Rhapsody in Blue” by choreographer Stephana Arnold, alongside the Canadian premiere of “Cloudburst” by Ruaidhri Maguire.
 
Paquita:
The Grand Pas Classique serves as a prominent highlight of Act III, showcasing the elegance of classical dance. This segment has been performed independently by esteemed companies such as the Mariinsky Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, the National Ballet of Cuba, and numerous others worldwide.
The popularity of this act is largely attributed to the array of solos it encompasses, allowing us to highlight the diverse talents of our dancers through featured performances. Additionally, the choreography includes some of classical ballet’s most demanding movements, further demonstrating the skill and artistry of the performers.

"Cloudburst":
A ballet in three movements exploring humanity's evolving relationship with climate from pre-Columbian times to today. Inspired by First Nations art during Ruaidhri’s time in British Columbia, he appreciated Indigenous respect for nature, particularly on the ancestral lands of the Songhees and Esquimalt. He then examined the shift from this reverence to nature's romanticization in contemporary art, especially film. The ballet was originally produced by the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk for the "Wieczór młodej choreografii" event, co-funded by the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport through the Dance program.

Rhapsody in Blue:
In a world where we are all witnessing and so many are experiencing the brutality of mother nature, the horrors and injustices by other humans and enduring everyday struggles, I wanted to use a piece of music that can transport an audience to a place of joy and fun, taking them away from these things for a moment in time. The aim for this piece is to find the intricacies of the rapturous music, "Rhapsody in Blue" by famed composer George Gershwin, exploring with the dancers a contemporary ballet movement vocabulary, and take the observer on a journey, instilling beauty, revelry and hope in everyone's' heart.

Everyone including children of any age requires a ticket. Children of school age qualify for the student pricing. Anyone with a Student ID card (high school, college/university, etc.) qualifies for the student pricing. 
For Senior and Student tickets please select the "Student or Senior" class and enter the promo code "STUDENT/SENIOR". The discount will be applied at checkout. For group ticket purchases of over 10 + people please call Vtix Solutions, toll-free @ 1-888-961-6111, Ext 101. 
Please note that there is no photography or filming by audience members allowed during the performance. 
Doors open 45 min before show time.