Grand Rapids Ballet

05/20/2026

A heartfelt thank you to the Grand Rapids Ballet for helping our residents move with music 💙

Through movement, rhythm and connection, our residents enjoyed a meaningful experience filled with joy, creativity and fun. We are so grateful for community partners who share their talents and bring special moments like these to Clark.

05/08/2026

🩰 Artist Spotlight: Grand Rapids Ballet
Main Stage | 2p–3p

Grand Rapids Ballet is Michigan’s only professional classical ballet company. Under the artistic leadership of James Sofranko since 2018, the company has made an exciting transformation that has attracted world-class dancers and choreographers, generating local, national, and international attention. The company consists of 20 professional dancers and an additional apprentice and trainee program. Rehearsals, Grand Rapids Ballet School classes, and performances are held at their own Meijer-Royce Center for Dance and Peter Martin Wege Theater, as well as at DeVos Performance Hall, downtown Grand Rapids.

📍 Acrisure Amphitheater | Saturday, May 16th
🎟️ Free & open to the community!

05/03/2026

Today, May 3rd, company dancer Josué Justiz will take his final bow with Grand Rapids Ballet after eight seasons.

What makes Josué extraordinary is not only the range of what he danced, but the quality of attention he brought to each role. Technique was always the beginning, never the end. He leaves behind performances that audiences will not forget.

Thank you Josué, it’s been an honor.

04/30/2026

Lar Lubovitch’s “Duet from Concerto 622”

Considered “the most famous male duet in the international dance world” by The New York Times, this selection from a larger work created in 1985 honors the terrific love and loss of the AIDS crisis. Set to Mozart’s titular clarinet concerto, two men (Sam Epstein and Julian Gan ) dressed in white chinos and white polo shirts create connected shapes with their bodies—looping hearts with outstretched arms and fingers touching, arms across shoulders walking lightly downstage—and, at turns, support each other with beautiful lines and offer dynamic solos.

Come experience "Duet from Concerto 622" alongside three shorter works and the collaboration of Justin Peck and Sufjan Stevens' "In the Countenance of Kings" for our final weekend for the season.

Tickets are available online at grballet.com. To avoid online fees, please contact the Grand Rapids Ballet Box Office by phone at 616.454.4771 ext 110, or in person.

Photography: Ray Nard Imagemaker (.imagemaker)

04/29/2026

Turns out the Dance Medicine team at has some serious moves of their own. 🩰

On International Dance Day, we're celebrating the people who keep our dancers performing at their best. Thank you for everything you do for Grand Rapids Ballet.

04/29/2026

Grand Rapids Ballet closes its 54th season this weekend with the final performances of In the Countenance of Kings, May 1, 2, and 3 at Peter Martin Wege Theatre. Tickets are still available at grballet.com.

This weekend only, we are offering first-time subscribers the chance to sign up in person, and receive a complimentary Grand Rapids Ballet t-shirt (while supplies last). Subscribers receive paper tickets, the flexibility to swap performances, and priority access to the best seats in the house before they go on sale to the general public.

The 2026/27 season opens with Broken Wings, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's internationally acclaimed work drawn from the life of painter Frida Kahlo, followed by The Nutcracker and Ben Stevenson's Alice in Wonderland at DeVos Hall. The Junior Company brings a world premiere to the stage with Pinocchio from school director Attila Mosolygo, and the season closes with Jerome Robbins' iconic Fancy Free, Justin Peck's In the Countenance of Kings, a world premiere from company dancer Yuka Oba-Muschiana, and Jumpstart 2027.

04/29/2026

Last weekend marked the world premiere of Artistic Director James Sofranko's () "Yearning". Presented in three sections and set to beloved Ray LaMontagne songs, the work draws out the quiet pain at the heart of romantic partnership through a deeply felt interplay of movement and music.

Three performances remain. Come experience "Yearning" alongside three shorter works and the collaboration of Justin Peck () and Sufjan Stevens' () "In the Countenance of Kings".

Tickets are available online at grballet.com. To avoid online fees, please contact the Grand Rapids Ballet Box Office by phone at 616.454.4771 ext 110, or in person.

Photography: Ray Nard Imagemaker (.imagemaker)

04/28/2026

Review: "In the Countenance of Kings" is an Exquisitely High-Octane Celebration of Ballet

Written by Marin Heinritz

The 2025-2026 Grand Rapids Ballet season is ending with a bang. In The Countenance of Kings is an exquisitely high-octane celebration of the present and future of ballet.