Ariana Barr returns to Ballet Edmonton as a choreographer after dancing with the company for six seasons from 2018 to 2024. Raised in Victoria, BC, and a celebrated artist within the Canadian dance community, Barr has developed a distinctive artistic voice shaped by her extensive performing career and deep curiosity about the body, care and human experience. Her return marks a meaningful homecoming and an exciting new chapter in her creative journey.

The program also features a new work by Diego Ramalho. Ramalho and Barr joined Ballet Edmonton together in 2018 as the first two dancers invited by Artistic Director Wen Wei Wang to help shape a new era for the company. Now, years later, their artistic paths reunite on stage in a celebration of two voices that have grown alongside Ballet Edmonton and continue to evolve in different and exciting directions.

Completing the program is a new creation by one of Ballet Edmonton’s emerging choreographers, reaffirming the company’s commitment to nurturing new artistic voices and creating opportunities for the next generation of dance-makers.

A celebration of continuity, transformation and creative possibility, this season finale honours the artists who have helped shape Ballet Edmonton’s story while embracing those who will carry it forward.