Grand Rapids Ballet: Broken Wings

Grand Rapids Ballet: Broken Wings is a ballet performance at Peter Martin Wege Theatre in Grand Rapids on 25 October 2026, 14:00. Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa created Broken Wings, inspired by the life and art of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. The ballet has been seen in London, Amsterdam, Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco. It features surrealist imagery taken from Kahlo's art, a score by Peter Salem that incorporates elements of Mexican folk music, and characters from her life, including her husband and creative partner Diego Rivera. The program also includes a revival of James Sofranko's A Dreamer, inspired by the life and studies of theoretical astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, with a score by Philip Glass and Ludwig van Beethoven.