Grand Rapids Ballet

This performance is made possible through a grant from the Frey Foundation and the support of Paul Knapp.

Grand Rapids Ballet, Michigan’s only professional classical ballet company, returns to Great Lakes Center for the Arts with a vibrant mixed repertoire program showcasing a diversity of styles and the extraordinary range of their dancers. In addition to works by master choreographer Lar Lubovitch, artistic director James Sofranko, and dance world sensation Jennifer Archibald, the program will feature Trey McIntyre’s Be Here Now—a celebration of the music and cultural revolution of the 1960s.

Set to a beloved soundtrack including Janis Joplin, The Mamas and the Papas, Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, and more, Be Here Now was a huge hit with audiences earlier this year and now makes its way to Northern Michigan. Also on the program: Lubovitch’s tender duet Concerto 622, called “the most famous male duet in the international dance world” by The New York Times; Sofranko’s driving Diablo Rojo, which showcases the competitive spirit of four dancers set to a Spanish guitar score; and Archibald’s While Away, a wistful new work set to Grieg’s Holberg Suite that blends ballet with the edge of hip-hop.