An enchanting experience awaits you at Kansas City Ballet’s Sugar Plum Fairy Children’s Ball! A delicious three course luncheon, face painting and a photo with the Sugar Plum Fairy are all part of the guest experience at the Children’s Ball. You are sure to feel the magic of the holidays as the Sugar Plum Fairy leads you on an adventure filled with lobby entertainment, activities and a performance by the Kansas City Youth Ballet. Following the event, guests are whisked away to attend the matinee performance of Kansas City Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. 

Tickets on Sale July 17, 2023.  

Visit our website, https://kcballet.org for more information. 

Choreography: Devon Carney 

Music: Peter I. Tchaikovsky 

Live music performed by Kansas City Symphony 

December 1, 2023 7:30 PM 

December 2, 2023 2:00 & 7:30 PM 

December 3, 2023 1:00 & 5:00 PM 

December 7, 2023 7:30 PM 

December 8, 2023 7:30 PM 

December 9, 2023 2:00 & 7:30 PM 

December 10, 2023 1:00 & 5:00 PM 

December 13, 2023 6:00 PM*  

December 14, 2023 7:30 PM 

December 15, 2023 7:30 PM 

December 16, 2023 2:00 & 7:30 PM  

December 17, 2023 1:00 & 5:00 PM 

December 20, 2023 7:30 PM 

December 21, 2023 2:00 & 7:30 PM 

December 22, 2023 2:00 & 7:30 PM  

December 23, 2023 2:00 & 7:30 PM 

December 24, 2023 1:00 PM 

Kansas City Ballet’s annual tradition, The Nutcracker continues to awe audiences year after year and is hailed as “positively oozing charm” by The Washington Post. 

The classic, Victorian-era story by E.T.A. Hoffman featuring Clara, the Nutcracker Prince, Dr. Drosselmeier, and the Sugar Plum Fairy is a magical theatrical experience wrapped with exquisite costumes, grand sets, and captivating choreography. Let your wonder ignite and feel the glimmer once more as your childhood dreams return and inspire you to IMAGINE AGAIN. 

Shortened blurb: Ignite your imagination with holiday magic! 

(*) Sensory Performance  

Tickets currently available to subscribers only. Single tickets will go on sale Aug. 21.  https://kcballet.org/events/the-nutcracker/ 

To purchase a subscription, visit https://kcballet.org/subscriptions/  

Celebrate the holiday season at Kansas City Ballet Guild’s annual gala, the Nutcracker Ball. The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center, a partner organization of Kansas City Ballet, will provide a delightful setting for the Ball, along with delicious cuisine, special presentations by Kansas City Ballet School Students, and after-dinner dancing with music by local band Kokomo. 

Proceeds from the Nutcracker Ball provide essential support for our Kansas City Ballet, a nationally recognized company. Your gift enables our dancers to perform classical and contemporary ballets by gifted national and international choreographers. 

Order online at www.kcballetball.org 

For more information or sponsorship opportunities, contact Ball Chairman Jo Anne Dondlinger at balletball@kcballet.org or 816.381.6942. 

Ball Cocktail hour 6 p.m. — 7 p.m.

Ballroom opens at 7 p.m.

October 13, 2023 7:30 PM 

October 14, 2023 7:30 PM 

October 15, 2023 1:30 PM 

October 19, 2023 7:30 PM 

October 20, 2023 7:30 PM 

October 21, 2023 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM 

October 22, 2023 1:30 PM 

Choreography: Val Caniparoli 

Based on: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 

Music by Krzysztof Penderecki, Henryk Górecki, Wozjciech Kilar, Henryk Wieniawski, and Frédéric Chopin 

Music compiled, edited and arranged by Ramona Pansegrau 

Witness the psychological torment and self-destruction of Henry Jekyll, a morally upright and well-mannered doctor, as he struggles against the vile urges of his alter ego Edward Hyde in Victorian England. This North American premiere of Val Caniparoli’s newest ballet focuses on the eternal struggle of good versus evil as it plays out within one man. 

Shortened blurb: The North American premiere of the classic Gothic suspense thriller. 

Single tickets will go on sale Aug. 14. https://kcballet.org/events/jekyll-hyde/  

To purchase a subscription, visit https://kcballet.org/subscriptions/  

5:15 – 6 p.m. | Jekyll & Hyde rehearsal
6 – 7 p.m. | Dance Speaks Panel  

Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director Devon Carney invites Dance Speaks patrons to join him and guests (TBD) in an engaging conversation inspired by the ballet Jekyll & Hyde. Get a sneak peek beforehand of a company rehearsal of Jekyll & Hyde and gain inside information about the production. The program includes an audience Q and A. 

Tickets $12 each and on sale August 14. 

https://kcballet.org/events/dance-speaks-ndp/