Grand Rapids Ballet: Broken Wings

Grand Rapids Ballet: Broken Wings is a ballet performance at Peter Martin Wege Theatre in Grand Rapids on 24 October 2026, 19:30. Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa created Broken Wings, which draws on the life and art of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. The ballet features surrealist imagery taken from Kahlos art, characters from her life including her husband and creative partner Diego Rivera, and a score by Peter Salem that incorporates elements of Mexican folk music. It has been seen in London, Amsterdam, Chicago, Houston and San Francisco. The program also includes a revival of James Sofrankos A Dreamer, inspired by the life and studies of theoretical astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, with a score by Philip Glass and Ludwig van Beethoven.