A small ballet company in B.C. that was on shaky financial ground two years ago will wrap up its latest season with a spring tour that includes a stop in Coquitlam.
The Evergreen Cultural Centre is the seventh out of nine dates for Ballet Kelowna's Forward: A Mixed Repertory Programme, to be shown on Friday.
And featured on its program are two world premieres and a company premiere.
Former Royal Winnipeg Ballet dancer Shawn Housell will present a new work set to Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin while the company's new artistic director, Simone Orlando, a former Ballet BC principal dancer, has a piece set to Mozart.
The program also includes Jedidiah Duifhuis dancing to Byrd Music by the renowned choreographer James Kudelka, and the world premiere of Lee Dances, based on excerpts from three original works Winter Journey (2006) by Orlando, Creaturehood (1996) by Hounsell and Dedications (2009) by Boston Ballet alumni Heather Myers for the Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award.
Tickets for Ballet Kelowna on Friday, April 17 at 8 p.m. are $35/$30/$15 at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) by calling the box office at 604-927-6555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
