EVENTS
Cacti & Other Works
Date and Time
Sunday Mar 22, 2026
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM MST
Location
Orpheum Theatre
203 W Adams St
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Fees/Admission
To purchase tickets call the Ballet Arizona Box Office at 602-381-1096 or click here.
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Ballet Arizona 2835 E Washington St Phoenix, AZ 85034
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Cacti & Other Works
Description
March 19 - 22, 2026
Orpheum Theatre
Choreography: George Balanchine, Alexander Ekman, and Hans van Manen
Music: Various Artists (Details Below)
Enjoy the best of contemporary and classical ballets this spring! In this mixed program, Ballet Arizona celebrates masterful and inventive choreography. Experience three short but dynamic ballets, similar to a collection of short stories.
Featured Ballets
Apollo
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Igor Stravinsky – Apollon Musagète
The ballet that garnered celebrated choreographer George Balanchine international recognition, this 1928 classic returns to the stage at Ballet Arizona.
Concertante
Choreography: Hans van Manen
Music: Frank Martin – Petite Symphonie Concertante
Internationally celebrated as one of the grand masters of contemporary ballet, Hans van Manen’s distinctive style is epitomized in Concertante. Blending refined simplicity, tension, structure, and musicality in its portrayal of human relationships.
Cacti
Choreography: Alexander Ekman
Music: Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, & Franz Schubert (arrangement “Death and the Maiden” by Andy Stein)
A gleeful parody of the artform’s greater excesses, Cacti is an affectionate, cutting and often hilarious deconstruction of the pretentions of dance. Dancers run, fall, writhe, and try to escape their invisible prisons – with a few cacti along the way. But what does it all mean?
