Broken Wings: Frida Kahlo's life in ballet with Grand Rapids Ballet
Grand Rapids Ballet dances Broken Wings on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 2 p.m. at the Peter Martin Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth SW in Grand Rapids. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's ballet draws on Frida Kahlo's life and art, with surrealist imagery and a score laced with Mexican folk music. James Sofranko's A Dreamer, inspired by Stephen Hawking, shares the bill.
From internationally acclaimed choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Broken Wings is inspired by the life and art of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. San Francisco Classical Voice called it an “intensely vivid spectacle,” and it has played London, Amsterdam, Chicago, Houston and San Francisco. Expect surrealist imagery taken from Kahlo's paintings, a Peter Salem score with elements of Mexican folk music, and characters from her life, including her husband and creative partner Diego Rivera.
The program also revives James Sofranko's A Dreamer, inspired by the life and studies of theoretical astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, set to music by Philip Glass and Ludwig van Beethoven. The production includes sensitive topics and mature themes. It's at the Peter Martin Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth SW, Grand Rapids.
The program also revives James Sofranko's A Dreamer, inspired by the life and studies of theoretical astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, set to music by Philip Glass and Ludwig van Beethoven. The production includes sensitive topics and mature themes. It's at the Peter Martin Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth SW, Grand Rapids.
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