There’s a reason dance music has endured for centuries. Heard live, performed by a full orchestra at full flight, it’s something else entirely. It was written to make you feel something, every note shaped to carry emotion that words alone can’t hold. Longing. Joy. Wonder. The kind of feeling that rises in your chest before you’ve even had time to name it.
This is music built from drama and tenderness and breathtaking beauty, shaped to reach straight past the thinking mind and into something deeper.
A Night at the Ballet is an evening of exactly that. The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, under the inspired direction of Jonathan Lo, Music Director of The Australian Ballet, brings some of the world’s most treasured dance music to life on the Festival Theatre stage. Bernstein’s irrepressible energy. Prokofiev’s sweeping passion. Tchaikovsky’s shimmering, timeless magic.
Dance scores are among the most expressive music ever written. You don’t need to know the story. You don’t need any background at all. The music finds you wherever you are.
If you’ve never sat inside Festival Theatre and let a live orchestra wash over you, there is nothing quite like it. And if you have, you already know why you’re coming.
Bring someone you love. Dress up a little and give yourself a night that feels truly special. Some music doesn’t just move you; it stays with you long after the lights come up.
For tickets, visit aso.com.au
