CURRENT PERFORMANCES
Three ways to enjoy the Nutcracker from December 20 through January 6! Watch any or all free.
"A Sweet Treat: Highlights from the Nutcracker" 15-minute video of Nutcrackers through the years with the Donetsk Ballet and local ballet students: Performance
For educators and families: download free Google Slide with "A Sweet Treat: Highlights of the Nutcracker" (15-minute video) with information about the Nutcracker, ballet, and educational activities: Google Slide
Watch a free encore performance of IBE's 2016 Nutcracker with the Donetsk Ballet:
Past Performances
La Boutique Fantasque ( The Fantastic Toyshop)
From May 1, 2020, online
Archive performance of
A classic of from the early twentieth century. La Boutique Fantasque is a fun and witty ballet about friendship and loyalty. With music by Ottorino Respighi based on works by Gaichino Rossini, the baller provides a context for studying music, movement, and elements of literature and story-telling such as narrative, characters, motif.
With guest artist any a youth cast from Wissahickon Dance Academy.
The Nutcracker
With the world-class Donetsk Ballet on its US Tour and a supporting cast of local children and youth drawn through an open audition.
For the Philadelphia schools:
Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 10 AM
George Washington High School, 10175 Bustleton Ave., Philadelphia, PA
For the community:
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 6:30 PM; Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 2 PM
Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, 201 East Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Free parking; $30 adult/$20 senior/students
Sleeping Beauty
For the Philadelphia schools
Thursday, May 10, 2019 at 10 AM
George Washington High School, 10175 Bustleton Ave., Philadelphia PA
IBE’s free, fully staged production of The Sleeping Beauty, a ballet performed to the gorgeous music of Tchaikovsky provides a wonderful context for studying music, movement, and elements of literature and story-telling, such as narrative, characters, motifs, fairy tales, and oral tradition.
With guest artists and a youth cast from Wissahickonance Academy in Germantown, Willard Elementary School, and J.B. Kelly Elementary School.
The Four Seasons
For the Philadelphia schools
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 10 AM
Northeast High School, 1601 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111
INE’s free, fully staged original ballet to the music of Antonio Vivaldi interprets the passage of the seasons through the Greek myth of Persephone, whose annual journey to and from the Underworld marks the passage of spring, summer, fall, and winter. The Four Seasons provides a wonderful context for studying science (why do we have seasons?), ecology, music, language arts, geography, and more
A Midsummer Night's Dream
For the Philadelphia schools
Tuesday, June 6 2017 at 10 AM
George Washington High School, 10175 Bustleton Ave., Philadelphia PA
IBE’s free, fully staged ballet of William Shakespeare’s play about love and mischief features the music of Felix Mendelsohn, enchanting sets and costumes and a cast of memorable characters. It is a wonderful context for studying music, movement, and elements of literature and story-telling, such as narrative, characters, and motifs.
With guest artists and a youth cast from Wissahickon Dance Academy in Germantown, Northeast High School, and Blaine Elementary school