West Australian Ballet 2022 season

photos: Septime Webre, Krzysztof Pastor

Platinum: Ballet at the Quarry

11 Feb – 5 Mar 2022

As the sun sets on hot summer nights, join us under the stars and surrounded by rugged natural beauty at the Quarry Amphitheatre as we treat you to a unique evening of contemporary dance.

Genesis

25 Mar – 2 Apr 2022

Surrounded by the industrial red brick walls and exposed wooden beams of West Australian Ballet Centre’s Studio One, feel the intimacy and rawness in this mini season of experimental short works as our dancers take control and showcase their choreographic flair.

ALICE (in wonderland)

06 – 21 May 2022

“A feast for the eyes that boldly marries ballet with theatre and puppetry. Journey with us as Alice takes another crazy tumble down the rabbit hole. Septime Webre is the artistic director of the Hong Kong Ballet following 17 years as artistic director of The Washington Ballet”.

STATE

24 Jun – 3 Jul 2022

Under the soft golden light of the State Theatre Centre, join us as the dancers of West Australian Ballet embody powerful artistic expression and new energies in this bold showcase of contemporary and neo-classical works.

Goldberg Variations

9 – 24 Sep 2022

Giving new life to J.S. Bach’s iconic Baroque masterpiece first performed in 1741,  Natalie Weir explores choreographic architecture in which partnership, human connection and the beauty of motion share a new kind of relationship.

Swan Lake

18 Nov – 11 Dec 2022

The ballet will present a new classical production of the ballet choreographed by Krzysztof Pastor.

“This unique Western Australian telling, set in 1880’s Fremantle Harbour, weaves ancient music and dance performed by Noongar artists into the iconic classical ballet Swan Lake“.

photos: Septime Webre, Krzysztof Pastor