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Diablo Ballet celebrates its 29th Season

featuring Gerald Arpino’s Confetti in honor of his Centennial Celebration

Company dancers Julia Meister and Lucas Tischler. Photo by Rosselyn Ramirez

Diablo Ballet will celebrate its 29th Season with thrilling ballets featuring a brand-new production of Shakespeare’s magical and enchanting A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Julia Adam, set to Felix Mendelssohn’s beautiful score; the magic and artistry of the legendary Swan Lake featuring highlights from the ballet including the White and Black Swan divertissements; an expanded version of the smash holiday hit, The Nutcracker Suite by Julia Adam; the thrilling Tarantella, by George Balanchine; the company premiere of the festive Confetti by Gerald Arpino the former Artistic Associate of the Joffrey Ballet in honor of his Centennial Celebration, and the classical ballet Paquita featuring the whole company. Also included is the return of Orange choreographed by Stanton Welch, Artistic Director of the Houston Ballet; a command performance of the glorious Sur le Fil by Penny Saunders; and a new work by company dancer and choreographer Michael Wells and Derion Loman who was featured on “So You Think You Can Dance” and “World of Dance”. 

Performances will be in-person at the Lesher Center for the Arts with a virtual option if preferred. Season Subscriptions are now available, and single tickets are also available. For more information, visit www.diabloballet.org. 

About Diablo Ballet 

Since 1994, Diablo Ballet has been the award-winning, professional dance company for Contra Costa County. Presenting acclaimed classical and contemporary ballets, the company is committed to exposing youth to the arts through its renowned PEEK Outreach Programs which has reached over 70,000 underserved school children in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties since 1995. Also, Diablo Ballet has served hundreds of at-risk teenagers incarcerated within the Juvenile Justice system since 2015, and in 2019, the company began working with teenagers housed at the Behavioral Health Unit at John Muir Hospital, Concord. In August 2019, Diablo Ballet opened the first Ballet School in Contra Costa County run by a professional ballet company, located in Pleasant Hill. 


By Krissy Gray