Orlando Ballet kicks off their 2025/2026 season with a double dose of classic Tchaikovsky chestnuts. Of course The Nutcracker will dance in the winter holiday season, but starting things off this fall is the romantic Russian composer’s elegant and lovelorn Swan Lake, featuring choreography by Christopher Stowell and live scoring from the Orlando Philharmonic. Past productions of this iconic heartbreaker have never failed to impress, so expectations are high.
Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 16-19, Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org, $43-$200.
Orlando Ballet Presents Swan Lake
Time Thu., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Oct. 18, 2 & 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Oct. 19, 2 p.m. 2025
Location Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando
This article appears in Oct. 15-21, 2025.