These ballets were built up from scratch, including original choreography, staging and costume design. Scroll our timeline below to check them out!
A collection of scenes from our favorite storybook ballets, including Cinderella, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan.
For its 10th anniversary, DBT returned to its very first show, Aladdin, to mark the occasion.
2018’s Winter Showcase again saw an amazing array of talented artists perform their work in Aerial Silks, Lyra and Contemporary Dance, with guest artist ShaLeigh Danceworks. DBT premiered new works by new choreographers in both Aerial and Contemporary dance.
2018 marked the second time DBT performed Cinderella. This beautiful ballet was initially added to our spring performance rotation in 2014.
2017’s Winter Showcase saw an absolutely astounding array of talented artists perform their work in Aerial Silks, Lyra and Contemporary Dance, with guest artist ShaLeigh Danceworks. DBT premiered new works by new choreographers in both Aerial and Contemporary dance.
2017 was a great year for Peter Pan. DBT continued its community involvement by providing a free presentation to the special needs community of the Triangle.
Durham Ballet Theatre proudly premiered our Winter Aerial and Contemporary Dance Showcase in 2016 to sold out audiences for both performances.
DBT performed The Little Mermaid in front of our largest special needs audience yet. We had over 6oo guests enjoy our performance with new set pieces and costumes!
Guest dancers George Sanders and Ruben Suarez joined the cast to take leading roles of Aladdin and the Evil Vizier. Mr. Sanders dedicated his performance to his long time friend Samuel Sporn, who passed away in 2015.
DBT performed our original full-length ballet, Cinderella at the Carolina Theatre for two performances on May 10, 2014. Once again, DBT had dancers and actors of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. This year, in meeting our mission of bringing the arts to the entire community, DBT provided a free performance for a very special group of children and adults and their caretakers.
DBT performed the Gilbert & Sullivan's comic ballet at the PSI Theatre at the Durham Arts Council in downtown Durham.
We performed our original full-length ballet, Peter Pan at the Carolina Theatre for two performances. We had dancers and actors of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. In meeting our mission, DBT provided a free performance of Peter Pan to a very special group of children and adults, their families and caregivers.
We performed our original full-length ballet, Aladdin at the Carolina Theatre for two performances for the first time. We maintained our previous level of diversity in age and number of performers-of-color. DBT provided a free performance of Aladdin on May 11, 2012, as a service to the community, for over 460 special needs children and adults, their families and caregivers.
We performed our original full-length ballet, The Little Mermaid, for an audience of special needs children and adults at no charge at the Carolina Theatre. We provided a “friendly” platform for over 250 individuals with special needs affording them the opportunity to attend the ballet; an experience that most would not have been able to attend.
Our two performances had dancers and actors from ages ranged from 3 years old - 52 years old and maintained our number of performers-of-color.
We gave two performances of the ballet Peter Pan. We had performers from age 3 years to 72 years old and we increased the number of performers-of-color from the previous year's Aladdin.
Our first production was an adaptation of Carl Davis's Aladdin, a full-length ballet performed at the Historic Carolina Theatre of Downtown Durham, NC with rehearsals held at Legacy Studios for the Performing Arts, LLC, also in Durham, NC. The youngest performer in Aladdin was 3 years old and the eldest was 55 years old.
