Ballet Under the Stars
Presented by The Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation
Ballet Under the Stars 2025
Join us this fall as we kick off the 2025-2026 season with free events & dance performances for the whole family in Phoenix and across the Valley. During our Ballet Under the Stars performances, you’ll have a chance to see several exciting contemporary and classical ballet excerpts!
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy a varied program, ranging from classical to contemporary. You won’t want to miss this perfect show for the entire family – it is a great way to introduce ballet to your children for the first time!
ASL interpretation will be present.
Know before you go!
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Parking Maps
- Fountain Park, Fountain Hills
- Chandler Park, Chandler
- Centennial Plaza Park, Peoria
- Sahuaro Ranch Historic Park, Glendale
- Estrella Lakeside Amphitheater, Goodyear
- Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix
Program
Click here for the full program
The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts from the Prologue)
Choreography: after Marius Petipa
Adaptation and Additional Choreography: Daniela Cardim
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nocturne
Choreography: Daniela Cardim
Music: Frederic Chopin, Nocturne No. 13
Class Act
Class Act is a project that combines the experience and mentorship of Ballet Arizona’s Teaching
Artists with the creative imagination of students from local schools to create, choreograph, and
perform new dance works.
9/18 McDowell Mountain Elementary School (Fountain Hills)
9/19 Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary (Chandler)
9/20 Apache Elementary School (Peoria)
9/25 Foothills Elementary School (Glendale)
9/26 Westar Elementary School (Goodyear)
9/27 Alhambra Traditional School (Phoenix)
Take Me With You (excerpt)
Choreography: Robert Bondara
Staging: Agnieszka Wolna-Bartosik
Music: Radiohead
Casting – Coming soon!
All performances begin at 7 pm and are FREE to enjoy:
Learn How to Support This Wonderful Program!
Please consider making a gift to Ballet Under the Stars here and help continue this special tradition of bringing families and friends together in parks across the Valley – and beyond – to enjoy an evening of ballet. And please tell your family, friends, and neighbors to attend in a nearby location… They can thank YOU for helping to bring it to the stage!
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