There are a lot of exciting things happening in the area this year! As always, the Kennedy Center is bringing in world class companies for its winter season, and Misty Copeland is coming to D.C. in April for a performance as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake with the Washington Ballet.
The Mariisky Ballet in Paquita.
The Kennedy Center will kick off the season with the Mariinsky Ballet performing Le sacre du printemps, Le Spectre de la Rose, The Swan, and Petipa’s Paquita Grand Pas. American Ballet Theatre will be coming in March, performing Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, and a mixed repertoire featuring Theme and Variations, Pillar of Fire, and Rodeo. The famous New York City Ballet will be here in April performing two programs: 20th Century Classics, and all-Balanchine program, and 21st Century Choreographers, featuring works by Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, and artistic director Peter Martins.
ABT in Rodeo
The Scottish Ballet will be performing their take on Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire in their Kennedy Center debut in May, and the Royal Ballet will finish up the season, returning for the first time since 2009, to perform Carlos Acosta’s new full-length Don Quixote. For tickets or additional information, click here.
The Royal Ballet in Acosta’s DonQ.
The dance world is beyond excited to see Misty Copeland performing as Odette/Odile for the first time ever in the United States. She debuted the role last August in ABT’s tour of Australia, but will be performing again with the Washington Ballet in April. For information on her performances, click here.
Misty Copeland and Alexandre Hammoudi
