Ballet BC presents ZENITH at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, March 6 to 8

Monumental triple bill sees the return of Johan Inger’s PASSING along with world premieres from Fernando Hernando Magadan and Andrea Peña

Ballet BC returns to Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre with ZENITH from March 6 to 8 at 8 pm, with pre-show artist talks each evening at 7 pm.

The triple bill features three exciting works: a world premiere from acclaimed Spanish choreographer Fernando Hernando Magadan, the large-scale PASSING from Swedish choreographer and longtime Ballet BC collaborator Johan Inger, and a world premiere from Montreal-based rising star Andrea Peña.

Though this will be her choreographic debut with the company, Colombia-born multidisciplinary artist Peña was a dancer with Ballet BC early in her career. A recent recipient of Ballet BC’s Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award, she holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial design, and is known for exploring the intersection of choreography, design, and new media. Her creation for Ballet BC will continue to explore this crossroads, incorporating bold, surprising elements of scenic and costume design.

Spanish choreographer Magadan is a freelance choreographer, teacher, and stager with roots in professional gymnastics. Throughout his 15 seasons as a performer with Nederlands Dans Theater, he worked with prominent choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Crystal Pite, Sol León, Paul Lightfoot, Hofesh Shechter, and Inger. He was rehearsal director and artistic leader of the prestigious junior ensemble NDT 2 from 2018 to 2021. As a choreographer, Magadan’s movement vocabulary is highly physical, inventive, and musical. His latest creation for Ballet BC explores the immensity of space and connections to physics and gravity, as well as the fragility and vulnerability of being human.

Following its world premiere with Ballet BC in 2023, Inger’s PASSING has quickly become one of the company’s most beloved pieces of repertoire. Traversing a vast landscape of human emotion, PASSING takes audiences on an epic, theatrical, touching ride. The large-scale 50-minute piece, partially inspired by natural catastrophe, explores both intimate and societal relationships. Set to an original score by Amos Ben-Tal as well as selections from Erik Enocksson and Louis Hardin (a.k.a. Moondog), the work’s sonic journey is as beautifully complex and captivating as its movement language.

For tickets to ZENITH and more information, visit Ballet BC.

Post sponsored by Ballet BC.

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