Three very different masterpieces spanning centuries and continents — plus an audience favorite with a food theme — will be on the program May 1 and 3 when Ballet Nebraska closes out its fifth season with Momentum: International Masters. Those works are: Paquita, Valse Fantaisie, On My Mother’s Side and The Diner
Performances of Momentum: International Masters will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Joslyn Art Museum, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at the Arts Center at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs. Tickets for the Joslyn performance are available from Ticket Omaha (402-345-0606, or online at ticketomaha.com.) Tickets for the Arts Center performance are available from the Arts Center box office (712-388-7140 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.) More information is available from balletnebraska.org.
Ballet Nebraska is the region’s professional dance company. Momentum: International Masters is supported by season sponsor Omaha Steaks, along with major support from the Iowa West Foundation and additional support from the Lincoln Financial Foundation, Mutual of Omaha, the Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and The Reader.