2023-2024 SEASON
Ballet Vero Beach’s 2023–2024 Season features three main stage programs with original works, world premieres, and works by master choreographers George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, and Martha Graham. Nutcracker on the Indian River (our beloved local take on the classic holiday tale) returns, and Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre makes its Riverside Dance Festival Debut.
Upcoming Events
AND So It Goes
NOVEMBER 11, 2023 at 7:30pm
VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART
Ballet Vero Beach returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art to reflect the fall exhibition M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations. Ballet Vero Beach Ballet Master Camilo A. Rodriguez creates an evening length work using the music of Eric Satie to explore Escher’s use of symmetry and asymmetry, pattern, repetition, and depth of field. This performance represents the first time BVB has given interpretation of an exhibition to a singular choreographer.
BALLET VERO BEACH:
A DECADE OF DANCE
PREMIERE SCREENING
DECEMBER 1, 2023 at 7:30pm
THE MAJESTIC 11 IN VERO BEACH
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ON DEMAND ONLINE ACCESS
DECEMBER 2 – 17, 2023
In partnership with the Vero Beach Film Festival, Ballet Vero Beach is thrilled to present the first feature length documentary ever made about the company. Resident Filmmaker Lance Glenn knits together the behind the scenes story of our 10th Anniversary Season from the perspective of the staff that made it all happen. The live premiere screening includes a post film discussion. Both ticket holders to the premiere screening and on demand viewers will also receive free access to the company’s latest ReBVB short film, Ophelia, an official selection of the 2023 Vero Beach Film Festival.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
NUTCRACKER ON THE INDIAN RIVER
DECEMBER 13, 2023 at 7:00pm
BENJAMIN HALL (THE BENJAMIN SCHOOL IN PALM BEACH GARDENS)
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DECEMBER 30, 2023 at 2:00 & 7:30pm
VBHS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Nutcracker on the Indian River retains all the whimsy and magic of the original ballet, but moves the action to the year Vero was founded (1919). From land crabs to manatees and river otters to bougainvillea, our production has become an instant classic which takes all the magic of the stage and uses that magic to both entertain and inspire.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
NUTCRACKER FOR ALL
DECEMBER 29, 2023 at 7:30pm
VBHS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
This extra special hour-long performance is specifically geared to the needs of the differently abled individuals of our community and also young children. The performance may include modified audio/visual effects and venue setup that meets the needs of all attendees. Join our heroine, Marie, on a holiday journey from New York to Florida with a magic-filled performance that both entertains and inspires.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTEBOOK: CAMDAM
JANUARY 19, 2024 at 7:30pm
JANUARY 20, 2024 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
VBHS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Ballet Vero Beach officially kicks off our second decade with a program celebrating some of the most distinctive works choreographed by our Artistic Director/CEO Adam Schnell and Ballet Master Camilo A. Rodriguez.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
ACCESSIBLE/FAMILY FRIENDLY SERIES
CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTEBOOK: CAMDAM
JANUARY 21, 2024 at 2:00pm
VBHS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Ballet Vero Beach is thrilled to offer our Accessible Series and Family Friendly Series again this season. These extra special hour-long performances are specifically geared to the needs of the differently abled individuals of our community and also young children. Performances may include modified audio/visual effects and venue setup that meets the needs of all attendees. Performances may include Q&A sessions or opportunities to take photos with a dancer.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
BALANCHINE, GRAHAM, WHEELDON
FEBRUARY 23, 2024 at 7:30pm
FEBRUARY 24, 2024 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
VBHS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Program 2 of Ballet Vero Beach’s 2023-2024 Season features bold leaps forward in our repertory development. Balanchine, Graham, Wheeldon will not only feature the main stage premiere of the complete Sylvia Pas De Deux by George Balanchine, but will also feature our first forays into developing relationships with Tony Award Winning Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and the legendary Martha Graham Dance Company.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
ACCESSIBLE/FAMILY FRIENDLY SERIES
FIREBIRD
FEBRUARY 25, 2024 at 2:00pm
VBHS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Ballet Vero Beach is thrilled to offer our Accessible Series and Family Friendly Series again this season. Performances may include modified audio/visual effects and venue setup that meets the needs of all attendees. Life is full of transformation in this extra special hour-long performance that will take audience members on a journey from classroom to fantasy world and back again. Performances may include Q&A sessions or opportunities to take photos with a dancer.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
NEW CLASSICS
APRIL 19, 2024 at 7:30pm
APRIL 20, 2024 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
VBHS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Ballet Vero Beach’s 2023-2024 Season comes to a close with two sweeping works that have rapidly become new classics. French choreographer Yves de Bouteiller’s supremely allegorical West Side Story Suite finally arrives, and our own The Sleeping Princess returns to the main stage for the first time since its 2021 premiere.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
ACCESSIBLE/FAMILY FRIENDLY SERIES
THE SLEEPING PRINCESS
APRIL 21, 2024 at 2:00pm
VBHS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Ballet Vero Beach is thrilled to offer our Accessible Series and Family Friendly Series again this season. Performances may include modified audio/visual effects and venue setup that meets the needs of all attendees. Follow Princess Aurora in this extra special hour-long performance as she navigates an evil curse and the marriage of two kingdoms. Performances may include Q&A sessions or opportunities to take photos with a dancer.
SINGLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1, 2023
