Founded in 2002, Ballet Kelowna is the sole professional dance company in British Columbia’s Interior. The organization is committed to its role as a leader in the region through encouraging, promoting, and developing Canadian dancers and choreographers. The Company’s Artistic Director and CEO, Simone Orlando, is an award-winning choreographer and former dancer with Ballet BC and The National Ballet of Canada.

Ballet Kelowna has toured to over 80 communities including recent debuts in Atlantic Canada and Quebec and has been invited to perform at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Toronto’s Fall for Dance North Festival, Beijing’s China International Performing Arts Expo, and the 2023 Western Arts Alliance Conference. Repertoire includes commissioned works by Gioconda Barbuto, Cameron Fraser-Monroe, Alysa Pires, Wen Wei Wang, Kirsten Wicklund, and many more. Ballet Kelowna was recently named the 2024 Artistic Company of the Year by the British Columbia Touring Council.

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