Ballet Wichita
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Kansas’s only professional dance company:
Performing, teaching, and inspiring since 1974.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Ballet Wichita, a non-profit arts organization and one of Wichita’s oldest and largest performance arts organizations, performs for over 23,000 people annually. Over the past three years, the company has increased its reputation for creating and presenting new, entertaining, exceptional dance and continues to build its touring schedule, performing classics to communities throughout the state. Through the company’s arts outreach programs, each year Ballet Wichita buses nearly 6,000 elementary-age students to its annual matinée performances of “The Nutcracker” (often a first-time exposure to both dance and live theatre for students). Ballet Wichita engages new audiences by performing its family friendly, free Ballet in the Park series in the summer and fall in local parks throughout the region. In small, impromptu and intimate appearances throughout the year, the company collaborates with schools and local arts and non-profit organizations to promote dance and support the thriving Arts scene in Wichita. These alliances have expanded the company’s educational and outreach programs that have received commendation and support from both the Kansas Health Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts, and helped earn us the 2015 Arts Organization of the Year Award from the City and Wichita. Through the Ballet Wichita Institute, BW is committed to providing exceptional opportunities in dance for dancers of all ages and skill levels, including the chance to train with professional guest artists in residencies and master classes. Students attending our workshops and dancing in our productions represent nearly all the studios and numerous universities and colleges from across South Central Kansas; we are grateful for the enduring relationship we have with the talented teachers, schools, and countless arts and cultural organizations in our community.
09/22/2026
Meet Albergo, the Lover, danced by Timothy Cao.
He is the reason for Giselle's grief, and the one who has to answer for it. His is the story that carries the show's hardest question: what do we owe the people we've wronged?
Find out what answer he comes to and join us at The Spirit Bride, coming to Wichita this October.
🕯 October 9 & 10 at 7:00 PM
📍 DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University
🎟 https://balletwichita.ludus.com/
You know, we do what we gotta do…
Experience the haunting beauty of The Spirit Bride.
🕯️ October 9 & 10
🌼 DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University
🎟️ Tickets available now at the link in bio
Foam roller or flower bouquet? We will never know…
Join us for The Spirit Bride!
🕯️ October 9 & 10
🌼 DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University
🎟️ Tickets available now at the link in bio
09/18/2026
Meet Giselle, danced by Hannah terBeek.
The whole of The Spirit Bride begins with her: a first love, a fragile heart, and the betrayal that changes everything. Everything waiting beyond the veil starts with what happens to Giselle.
Want to find out? Join us this October.
🕯 October 9 & 10 at 7:00 PM
📍 DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University
🎟 https://balletwichita.ludus.com/
You don’t need to know ballet to get lost in this story. The Spirit Bride is a haunting reimagining of Giselle, weaving together love, betrayal, remembrance, and the connection between the living and those who have passed.
Opening night is getting closer. Experience The Spirit Bride this October.
🕯️ October 9 & 10
🌼 DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University
🎟️ Tickets available now at the link in bio
09/16/2026
A very sparkling thank you to everyone who joined us at Sparkling Social at Goldfinch Coffee and Cocktails ✨
Thank you for showing up, for supporting the work, and for being part of what this company is building. Nights like this happen because of you.
If you missed it, we hope you'll join us at the next one.
If you'd still like to make a sparkling gift, there's still time to join:
https://givebutter.com/sparklingsocialfall26
Photography by Hannah Crickman
This is how the beginning of rehearsal often looks. Our Artistic Director, Logan Pachciarz, shows the dancers the movement; they follow along, and piece by piece, he begins bringing his vision for The Spirit Bride to life.
Every detail helps tell the story. The movement, the marigolds that mark the way home, and the visual world that separates the living from the dead all have a place in this production.
Look closely. The story is in the details.
🕯️ October 9 & 10
🌼 DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University
🎟️ Tickets available now at the link in bio
A haunting story, powerful movement, and a performance unlike anything else on the Wichita stage. This October, step into the world of The Spirit Bride.
Experience the haunting beauty of The Spirit Bride.
🕯️ October 9 & 10
🌼 DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University
🎟️ Tickets available now at the link in bio
Some loves don’t end at death.
The Spirit Bride is a new contemporary ballet inspired by Giselle, where the dead don’t disappear. They stay with us, in memory, in grief, in the things left unresolved.
Co-created with Newman University and danced to Adolphe Adam’s original score alongside new contemporary music. Swipe through for the story.
🕯️ October 9 & 10 at 7:00 PM
📍 DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University
🎟 Tickets at the link in our bio
Inspired by the timeless ballet Giselle and the traditions of Día de los Mu***os, The Spirit Bride reimagines a familiar story through a contemporary lens while honoring the themes that have made it endure for generations.
Every rehearsal brings new depth to that vision.
Join us for The Spirit Bride!
🕯️ October 9 & 10
🌼 DeMattias Fine Arts Center at Newman University
🎟️ Tickets available now at the link in bio
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