Engage your senses. Awaken your curiosity. Challenge your perspective. The Kaplan New Works Series is a curated collection of fresh, world-premiere works from some of dance’s most sought-after choreographers. Staged in the intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center, the contemporary series is a perennial patron favorite.
Hailed as the most romantic ballet of all time, Giselle explores enduring love, devastating betrayal, and ultimate forgiveness. The story of a peasant girl who descends into madness and dies of a broken heart after her lover betrays her is both haunting and beautiful. With virtuoso principal roles and the iconic corps de ballet as the tragic spirits, the Willis, and live music from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Fall madly in love with Giselle.
No holiday is complete without a trip to the Land of Sweets! When a curious young girl named Clara receives a magical Nutcracker for Christmas, her dreams come to life. Joined by her Nutcracker Prince, Clara meets the Sugar Plum Fairy and a cast of colorful characters. With Tchaikovsky’s beloved score performed live by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
There’s no place like Music Hall for choreographer Septime Webre’s The Wizard of Oz. Join Dorothy on the yellow brick road but watch out for the Wicked Witch and her flying monkeys! This production features fantastic special effects and gorgeous sets and costumes. With music from Matthew Pierce performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Who’s the ‘fairest of them all?’ It’s the treasured fairy tale of a jealous Queen, her beautiful stepdaughter, and a kiss from a handsome Prince. A one-hour, narrated ballet, Snow White features Cincinnati Ballet Second Company – CB2 dancers and young performers from the Otto M. Budig Academy. It’s the perfect introduction to dance, even for the youngest members of your family. Arrive early for free lobby games, crafts, photos, and more.
A triple bill of emotion concludes the 2024-2025 Season at the Aronoff Center, featuring works from choreographers Alexander Ekman, and David Morse, and a regional premiere from Annabelle Lopez Ochoa.
Ekman’s Cacti is a playful and witty parody of contemporary dance. The work is an affectionate, pointed, and often hilarious deconstruction of the affectations of dance.
Both intimate and cinematic, Morse’s Our Story looks at the unique singularity of history’s darkest chapter – the Holocaust – and asks profound questions about what is required of each of us to appreciate our shared humanity.
The program is capped with Delmira, a regional premiere from Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. The dramatic work was inspired by the life of 20th-century Latin American poet Delmira Agustini, one of the first female poets of the modern era. Ochoa tells her story using the symbolism that Agustini employed in her writing.
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