Learn More About the 24/25 Season
Click below to see what is in store for the 24/25 Season and how you might be able to support as an audience member, donor, or supporter!
Liberty Rising
An Evening Celebrating the Voices of American Ballet
📅 Saturday, July 26, 2025
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Bank of America Performing Arts Center – Thousand Oaks, CA
Celebrate the energy, creativity, and diversity of the American spirit through dance! Liberty Rising is Ballet Project OC’s vibrant summer performance that captures the heart of American culture—blending jazz influences, contemporary movement, and powerful storytelling.
This exciting evening features passionate, world-class dancers performing works by dynamic, well-known American choreographers, as well as bold original choreography created exclusively for Ballet Project OC. Together, these pieces reflect themes of resilience, innovation, and the rich artistic voices that define American ballet today.
Whether you’re a lifelong dance enthusiast or new to the world of ballet, Liberty Rising is a one-night-only experience that promises to entertain, uplift, and inspire. Come celebrate the past, present, and future of American creativity through movement.
Starbound
Bringing Ballet Into the Future
📅 Thursday, Oct 16, 2025
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Irvine Barclay Theatre- Irvine, CA
Step into the next era of movement with Starbound, Ballet Project OC’s bold new program that reimagines what ballet can be. Rooted in classical technique but reaching far beyond tradition, Starbound launches audiences into a world of innovation, creativity, and limitless possibility.
Featuring a powerful blend of original contemporary works and acclaimed 21st-century choreography, the program includes Christopher Wheeldon’s evocative pas de deux This Bitter Earth—a lyrical and deeply moving piece of work set to a haunting blend of orchestral and vocal textures, the piece invites audiences into an intimate world of emotional depth and grace.
Alongside this celebrated work, Starbound showcases cutting-edge new choreography and visionary collaborations that reflect the evolving voice of ballet today. With a cast of fearless, world-class dancers, this performance honors the tradition of ballet while boldly pushing it forward.
