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2026/27 45th Anniversary Season

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We invite you to experience Jekyll & Hyde, a bold and provocative world premiere that pushes the boundaries of ballet and explores what happens when Virtue versus Vice!

“Richard and I are super excited to share this new production with our Madison community. You can expect an intense, immersive experience that blurs the line between dreams and reality, light and darkness.”
- Ja’ Malik, Artistic Director

Whether you are a lifelong ballet enthusiast or simply love powerful storytelling, this is a performance that will challenge your expectations and stay with you long after the curtain falls. As we celebrate Madison Ballet’s 45th season, We look forward to sharing this extraordinary production with you.

This is a perfectly mysterious and thrilling artistic creation for Halloween weekend! Preview performance, Thursday, October 29, opening night on Friday the 30th, Halloween afternoon and evening on October 31st, or Sunday November 1st, at MYArts Starlight Theater.

Ticket link in bio or visit our website for more information.

Photo of company Artist @alex_vrba
Photo by Darren Lee
Art Design by Nicole Welch taken in MYArts-Madison Youth Arts Center by @madisonballet

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You’re invited to join us!

Celebrate 45 Years with Madison Ballet!
The curtain is rising on a season unlike any other. Experience breathtaking performances, exciting world premieres, live music, and the extraordinary artistry that has made Madison Ballet a cultural cornerstone for 45 years.

You can purchase tickets starting today and be part of this historic anniversary season. Every performance is an opportunity to celebrate, be inspired, and witness the future of ballet coming into view.

Reserve your seats now for the 2026-2027 season — this is a season you won’t want to miss.

Ticket link in bio or visit MADISONBALLET.org you can also purchase tickets via @overturecenter or visit their box office in person when in the downtown area.

Graphic Design: Nicole Welch
Photo 1: @ellencranephoto
Photo 2: Darren Lee
Photo 3,5 & 6: Tom Davenport
Photo 4: Monika Ford taken in Madison Ballet by @madisonballet

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You’re invited to join us!

Madison Ballet’s 45th Anniversary Season: Coming Into View is about to take center stage, and you won’t want to miss a moment.

Season tickets go on sale starting—Friday, August 14, at 10:00 a.m.

Visit our website to see the full line up of programs we have coming for our 26/27 season.

Photo by @ellencranephoto taken in Madison Ballet by @madisonballet

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THE TWO SIDES OF JEKYLL & HYDE

There is something fitting about two choreographers collaborating on a ballet about the divided self.

Each brings a distinct imagination, a different way of working, and a personal understanding of what movement can reveal.

Yet the result must become a single work, with its own dramatic identity.

For choreographers Ja’ Malik and Richard Walters, that challenge is part of the attraction of creating Jekyll & Hyde, a new full-length ballet opening the company’s 45th anniversary season.

See JEKYLL & HYDE @ Madison Youth Arts Center October 29 - November 1, 2026

(And hear more about the creative process behind Jekyll & Hyde in EP 15 of At the Barre with Madison Baller. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music!)
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🚨FLASH SALE 3 DAYS ONLY🚨

This world premiere creation is perfect for Halloween weekend! Madison Ballet unveils a gripping new interpretation of one of literature’s most haunting psychological thrillers. Jekyll & Hyde transforms Robert Louis Stevenson’s timeless tale into a powerful evening of contemporary ballet, where beauty and brutality, reason and desire, light and darkness collide.

AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH SUNDAY
This is your chance to experience the Thursday, October 29 preview, or Saturday, October 31 afternoon or evening performance and save 20% off all tickets. Sale runs NOW through 11:59pm on Sunday, 10/18.

Use this code at checkout to receive the discount:
MB45JH

Visit our website or link in bio or visit the @overturecenter Box office to save even more!

Photo by Darren Lee
Company Artist @alex_vrba taken in Overture Center for the Arts by @madisonballet

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🎙️AT THE BARRE WITH MADISON BALLET // Episode 16 | Jekyll & Hyde: Costume Designer Janessa Urwin

In this episode of At the Barre with Madison Ballet, host Chris Fahrenthold sits down with Janessa Urwin, costume designer for Madison Ballet’s upcoming production of Jekyll & Hyde, to explore how costumes help tell a story.

Janessa shares her journey from professional ballet dancer to costume designer, including how an unexpected opportunity at American Repertory Ballet opened the door to a new career in the arts. She discusses the creative process behind designing costumes for Jekyll & Hyde, from researching Victorian influences and medical imagery to using color, texture, and structure to bring each character to life.

Drawing on her experience as a dancer, Janessa explains why functionality and safety are essential to costume design and how every garment must support the dancers’ movement as well as partnering demands.

Key points in this episode:

✨Janessa’s journey from professional ballet dancer to costume designer

✨The balance between visual storytelling, movement, and safety in ballet costume design

✨The research and creative collaboration behind the costumes for Jekyll & Hyde

✨How color, texture, and historical influences help distinguish the production’s characters

✨Career paths in the arts beyond performing and advice for dancers exploring their next steps

See JEKYLL & HYDE @ Madison Youth Arts Center October 29 - November 1, 2026

🎙️Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon music
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🎙️AT THE BARRE WITH MADISON BALLET // Episode 15 | Jekyll & Hyde: Ja’ Malik & Richard Walters on Bringing a New Story Ballet to Life

Choreographed collaboratively by Ja’ Malik and Richard Walters, Jekyll & Hyde explores the duality of human nature, the tension between our public and private selves, and the ways beauty and darkness can coexist.

Key points in this episode:

✨How Michael Nyman’s score for the documentary McQueen inspired the production

✨How two choreographers with different creative processes collaborate to build a cohesive, full-length production

✨Exploring the duality of human nature, from the personas we present to the struggles we keep hidden

✨The contrast between ballet’s seemingly effortless beauty and the physical demands and sacrifices behind the scenes

✨How Ja’ Malik and Richard Walters are blending classical ballet technique with contemporary movement to develop characters and tell a more complex story

✨The role of costumes, projections, lighting, and visual design in building the world of Jekyll & Hyde

Whether you’re a longtime ballet enthusiast or new to the art form, this conversation offers a behind-the-scenes look at how a new story ballet takes shape, and an invitation to experience dance with curiosity, openness, and a willingness to be challenged.

See JEKYLL & HYDE @ Madison Youth Arts Center October 29 - November 1, 2026

🎙️Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon music
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🎙️AT THE BARRE WITH MADISON BALLET // Episode 14 | Welcome to Madison Ballet Outreach

Season two is here! In our first episode, Director of Outreach Chris Fahrenthold sits down with Outreach Programs Coordinator Caitlin Sloan to talk about Madison Ballet’s exciting new chapter and what audiences can expect from the 2026–27 season.

Key points in this episode:

✨What’s changing, and what isn’t, with the transition from Madison Ballet Special Projects to Madison Ballet Outreach

✨How becoming part of the company will allow Outreach to expand its programming

✨The role of the trainee program and why trainees are such an important bridge between student life and a professional ballet career

✨How Madison Ballet is bringing ballet directly into schools, libraries, bookstores, and other community spaces

✨The importance of creating context around ballet and helping audiences understand what they are seeing on stage

At its core, this episode is about connection: connecting Madison Ballet with its community, connecting audiences with the artists who make ballet, and creating more opportunities for people to discover (and fall in love with!) the art form.

🎙️Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon music
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Wear your best steam punk, Victorian or eerie costume to the MYARTS Starlight Theater for Madison Ballet’s Halloween Costume Contest held during intermission**. Great Prizes await the most spirited and imaginative costumes.

Join Madison Ballet at our 2:00 P.M. & 7:00 P.M. performances on October 31st for enthralling performances as the Company performs our new production Jekyll & Hyde.

Performance ticket required**

Jekyll & Hyde runs October 29th - November 1st.

Tickets are on sale now, visit website or click link in bio to secure your seats today!

#halloween #jekyllandhyde #ballet #dance #theater taken in MYArts-Madison Youth Arts Center by @madisonballet

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📢 INTRODUCING! At the Barre: a Madison Ballet Podcast

At the Barre is your behind-the-scenes look at the ideas, stories, and creative processes shaping Madison Ballet’s work.

Hosted by Chris Fahrenthold, each episode brings our community a little closer to the dancers, choreographers, and collaborators who are making ballet in Madison right now.

Whether you’re a seasoned balletomane, current or former dancer, or simply curious about how dance gets made, we warmly invite you into the room where it happens.

🎙️SEASON TWO available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon music
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The company opens its 45th season with a contemporary dance-theater production about identity, desire, and the line between restraint and obsession.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more. by @madisonballet

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