Ballet Vancouver is dedicated to the creation and presentation of innovative and engaging ballet productions. The company presents multiple home performances annually, in addition to national and international touring. Ballet Vancouver’s programming encompasses homecoming performances by locally trained ballet stars, coupled with appearances by renowned international ballet artists and ballet companies.
VANCOUVER’S CLASSICAL BALLET COMPANY
The company offers the community access to distinguished local and international performers and instructors, from lauded companies such as American Ballet Theatre, The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and The National Ballet of Canada, among others. In addition, emerging, diverse local talent is fostered through outreach programs and choreographic development initiatives.
Photo of Luciana Paris by James Jin
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF BALLET VANCOUVER
Joshua Beamish
Photo of Joshua Beamish by Peter Eastwood
Joshua has created works in collaboration with The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Dutch National/Het Nationale Ballet Junior Company, Cape Town Opera, Vancouver Opera, New York City Ballet Principal Ashley Bouder for The Ashley Bouder Project, Martha Graham Company Principal dancer Lloyd Knight, Compania Nacional de Danza de Mexico, Ballet Edmonton, Cape Dance Company/South Africa, Toronto Dance Theatre, Ballet Kelowna, Santa Barbara Dance Theater, the Universities of Alberta, Missouri and Simon Fraser, Purchase College at SUNY and The Juilliard School, Ballet Jorgen Canada and Kansas City’s Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance, among others.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Photo of Cynthia Robinson by Georgie Lawson
Ballet Vancouver’s Board of Directors is composed of ten impassioned individuals. The Board is led by President, Cynthia Robinson. Cynthia is part of the Stó:lō Nation and her home community of Ch’íyáqtel First Nation.
ARTISTIC ADVISORY
Ballet Vancouver has the tremendous support from an Artistic Advisory Committee of visionary and influential leaders across the ballet world, including former Principal Dancer and current Associate Artistic Director with the New York City Ballet, Wendy Whelan; Goh Ballet Academy Director and former Principal Dancer with The National Ballet of Canada, Chan Hon Goh; Principal Dancer with The National Ballet of Canada, Heather Ogden; former First Soloist with the English National Ballet and Principal Dancer with Hong Kong Ballet, Crystal Costa; Executive and Artistic Director, Dancers of Damelahamid, Margaret Grenier; Head of Intensives and Talent Identification at The Royal Ballet School and former Royal Ballet Soloist, Paul Kay; and Principal Dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Céline Gittens.
PERFORMANCES
Photo of The Joffrey Ballet ensemble in ‘After the Rain’, by Herbert Migdoll
Ballet Vancouver: After the Rain & Other Works
April 23-25, 2025 - Vancouver Playhouse
The company's inaugural program will feature the Vancouver premiere of After the Rain by The Royal Ballet Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon, a two-part ballet known for its emotional depth and elegant simplicity, originally performed by New York City Ballet; the world premiere of a new creation choreographed by Joshua Beamish, in collaboration with Indigenous artist and fashion designer Yolonda Skelton, which centres a harmonious, thoughtful integration of Indigenous design and ballet; the live Vancouver premiere of Redemption by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, a solo journey of a fallen angel that explores themes of solitude and contemplation, which received its digital premiere at the 2021 PuSh Festival for Performing Arts; and the Vancouver reprise of Wen Wei Wang’s Swan, a modern reimagining of the ballet classic Swan Lake performed en pointe.
Ticket sales open in February 2026.