Ballet 5:8 presents Butterfly: Featuring Butterfly, Brothers & Sisters, and Meditations.

Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 7pm
Devos Center for Arts & Worship, Grand Rapids, MI.

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From the whispers of the past we hear a resound that cannot be silenced. Every human - beautiful or plain, desirable or marginalized - is precious and created with purpose. Join Ballet 5:8 for an evening of one-act ballets featuring Julianna Rubio Slager’s Butterfly, a story of hope in memory of the children of WWII Terezin. Also included: Slager’s popular work Meditations, on light and perspective, inspired by C.S. Lewis’ essay Meditation in a Toolshed, and Slager’s playful Brothers & Sisters, exploring the beauty and contrast of men and women.

Ballet 5:8 presents Butterfly: Featuring Butterfly, and Brothers & Sisters.

Saturday, October 12 | 3pm & 6pm
Sunday, October 13 | 3pm & 6pm
Ballet 5:8 Studios, Orland Park, IL

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From the whispers of the past we hear a resound that cannot be silenced. Every human - beautiful or plain, desirable or marginalized - is precious and created with purpose. Join Ballet 5:8 for an evening of one-act ballets featuring Julianna Rubio Slager’s Butterfly, a story of hope in memory of the children of WWII Terezin. Also included: Slager’s playful Brothers & Sisters, exploring the beauty and contrast of men and women.

Ballet 5:8 presents Butterfly: Featuring Butterfly, Brothers & Sisters, and Meditations.

Saturday, October 19, 2019, 7pm
Butler High School, Vandalia, OH

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From the whispers of the past we hear a resound that cannot be silenced. Every human - beautiful or plain, desirable or marginalized - is precious and created with purpose. Join Ballet 5:8 for an evening of one-act ballets featuring Julianna Rubio Slager’s Butterfly, a story of hope in memory of the children of WWII Terezin. Also included: Slager’s popular work Meditations, on light and perspective, inspired by C.S. Lewis’ essay Meditation in a Toolshed, and Slager’s playful Brothers & Sisters, exploring the beauty and contrast of men and women.

Ballet 5:8 and the Wheaton College Artist Series present The Space in Between. Featuring The Space in Between, Of Splendors and Horrors, and Meditations.

Friday, November 1, 2019 | 7pm
Wheaton College, Edman Chapel, Wheaton, IL

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In a grey town where the rain falls continuously stands a man at a bus stop, on the brink of heaven and hell. This dreamlike place is the setting for Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Rubio Slager’s The Space in Between, called “exceptionally well done” by Lauren Warnecke of See Chicago Dance. The one-act ballet inspired by C. S. Lewis’ novel The Great Divorce explores the nature of eternity and the joy found on its shores. Also included: Slager’s popular work Meditations, on light and perspective, based on C.S. Lewis’ essay Meditations in a Toolshed, and Slager’s Of Splendors and Horrors, inspired by C.S. Lewis’ book The Weight of Glory.

Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts, the official school of Ballet 5:8 presents Beyond the Nutcracker. This Ballet 5:8 twist on the classic holiday ballet is a favorite in the Chicago Southwest Suburbs!

December 21 at 2pm & 7pm | December 22 at 3pm
Lincoln Way West High School, New Lenox, IL

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This December, experience Ballet 5:8’s twist on the holiday classic The Nutcracker, set in the 1940’s! Featuring Tchaikovsky’s magical score, a cast of over 100 dancers from Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts and the Ballet 5:8 Studio Company, guest artists from the Ballet 5:8 professional company, former Ballet Magnificat! company member Jonathan Chapman, and original choreography by Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Rubio Slager. Bring the entire family and join Emma, Uncle Abrahms, and the angel Anastasis on a once-in-a-lifetime Christmas adventure that leads to the story of the first Christmas.

Ballet 5:8 presents Butterfly: Featuring Butterfly, Brothers & Sisters, Of Splendors and Horrors, and a World Premiere by Kevin Jenkins

Saturday, February 22, 2020, 7pm
Father Robert V. Carney Performing Arts Center
Milwaukee, WI

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From the whispers of the past we hear a resound that cannot be silenced. Every human - beautiful or plain, desirable or marginalized - is precious and created with purpose. Join Ballet 5:8 for an evening of one-act ballets featuring Julianna Rubio Slager’s Butterfly, a story of hope in memory of the children of WWII Terezin. Also included: a World Premiere by Kevin Jenkins, winner of multiple Dance Magazine and Pointe Magazine Editors Choice choreography awards, Slager’s Of Splendors and Horrors, inspired by C.S. Lewis’ book The Weight of Glory, and Slager’s playful Brothers & Sisters, exploring the beauty and contrast of men and women.

Ballet 5:8 presents Butterfly: Featuring Butterfly, Brothers & Sisters, Of Splendors and Horrors, and a World Premiere by Kevin Jenkins

Saturday, March 7, 2020 | 7:30pm
Studebaker Theater, Chicago, IL

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From the whispers of the past we hear a resound that cannot be silenced. Every human - beautiful or plain, desirable or marginalized - is precious and created with purpose. Join Ballet 5:8 for an evening of one-act ballets featuring Julianna Rubio Slager’s Butterfly, a story of hope in memory of the children of WWII Terezin. Also included: a World Premiere by Kevin Jenkins, winner of multiple Dance Magazine and Pointe Magazine Editors Choice choreography awards, Slager’s Of Splendors and Horrors, inspired by C.S. Lewis’ book The Weight of Glory, and Slager’s playful Brothers & Sisters, exploring the beauty and contrast of men and women.

Ballet 5:8 presents The Space in Between. Featuring The Space in Between, Of Splendors and Horrors, and Meditations.

Saturday, March 14, 2029 | 3pm & 7pm
KSU Dance Theater, Marietta, GA

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In a grey town where the rain falls continuously stands a man at a bus stop, on the brink of heaven and hell. This dreamlike place is the setting for Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Rubio Slager’s The Space in Between, called “exceptionally well done” by Lauren Warnecke of See Chicago Dance. The one-act ballet inspired by C. S. Lewis’ novel The Great Divorce explores the nature of eternity and the joy found on its shores. Also included: Slager’s popular work Meditations, on light and perspective, based on C.S. Lewis’ essay Meditations in a Toolshed, and Slager’s Of Splendors and Horrors, inspired by C.S. Lewis’ book The Weight of Glory.

Ballet 5:8 presents The Space in Between. Featuring The Space in Between, Of Splendors and Horrors, and Meditations.

Saturday, March 21, 2029 | 7pm
Halloran Centre at the Orpheum, Memphis, TN

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In a grey town where the rain falls continuously stands a man at a bus stop, on the brink of heaven and hell. This dreamlike place is the setting for Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Rubio Slager’s The Space in Between, called “exceptionally well done” by Lauren Warnecke of See Chicago Dance. The one-act ballet inspired by C. S. Lewis’ novel The Great Divorce explores the nature of eternity and the joy found on its shores. Also included: Slager’s popular work Meditations, on light and perspective, based on C.S. Lewis’ essay Meditations in a Toolshed, and Slager’s Of Splendors and Horrors, inspired by C.S. Lewis’ book The Weight of Glory.

Ballet 5:8 presents Butterfly: Featuring Butterfly, Brothers & Sisters, Of Splendors and Horrors, and a World Premiere by Kevin Jenkins

Saturday, April 4, 2020 | 7pm
Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines, IA

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From the whispers of the past we hear a resound that cannot be silenced. Every human - beautiful or plain, desirable or marginalized - is precious and created with purpose. Join Ballet 5:8 for an evening of one-act ballets featuring Julianna Rubio Slager’s Butterfly, a story of hope in memory of the children of WWII Terezin. Also included: a World Premiere by Kevin Jenkins, winner of multiple Dance Magazine and Pointe Magazine Editors Choice choreography awards, Slager’s Of Splendors and Horrors, inspired by C.S. Lewis’ book The Weight of Glory, and Slager’s playful Brothers & Sisters, exploring the beauty and contrast of men and women.