Opera & dance / Heartside, downtown Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Ballet
Michigan's only professional ballet company, dancing since 1971. It lives in a converted bus garage with its own 300-seat theatre next door, and takes big shows like The Nutcracker to DeVos Performance Hall.
Next up: Broken Wings: Frida Kahlo's life in ballet with Grand Rapids Ballet · Fri, Oct 16 · 7:30 PM
Quick facts
- Opened
- 2007
- Seats
- 300 (Peter Martin Wege Theatre)
- Resident companies
- Grand Rapids Ballet · School of the Grand Rapids Ballet
01 / Playbill
Now on stage
From the venue’s own calendar, updated automatically. Tap a title for details and tickets.
- Oct 167:30 PM
Broken Wings: Frida Kahlo's life in ballet with Grand Rapids Ballet6 performances · Oct 16 – Oct 25 - Oct 172:00 PM
GRBeKids Matinee Series – Oct 172 performances · Oct 17
Announced lineup
What the venue announced on its own site when we last checked (2026-09-26). Click through for exact times and tickets.
- BalletAlice in Wonderland ↗
- BalletJumpstart 2027 ↗
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
Grand Rapids Ballet began in 1971 as the Grand Rapids Civic Ballet under founding artistic director Sally Seven. It later merged with the Summerfest conservatory school and put professional dancers under contract for the first time in the early 1990s. In 2000 it moved into a converted bus garage on Ellsworth Avenue, and in September 2007 it opened the adjoining 300-seat, LEED-certified Peter Martin Wege Theatre, creating the Meijer-Royce Center for Dance. Big productions such as The Nutcracker play DeVos Performance Hall. The 2026-27 season includes Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Frida Kahlo ballet Broken Wings, Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free and Alice in Wonderland on February 19-21, 2027.
- Michigan's only professional ballet company
- A bus garage turned dance center
- Alice in Wonderland: February 19-21, 2027
Plan your visit
The company's home is at 341 Ellsworth Ave SW in the Heartside neighborhood downtown. Always check where your show plays: the Peter Martin Wege Theatre or DeVos Performance Hall. Showtimes and tickets are at grballet.com, or call (616) 454-4771.
Theaters nearby
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Summer & outdoor theater / Grand Rapids
Circle Theatre
Grand Rapids' summer community theatre since 1953. It started in a hotel room, then played a park pavilion that housed the zoo's monkeys in winter. Today it's at Aquinas College's Performing Arts Center.
Broadway & big houses / Grand Rapids
DeVos Performance Hall (Broadway Grand Rapids)
Grand Rapids' big 2,404-seat stage, where the Broadway tours land and the Grand Rapids Symphony plays. This fall brings The Notebook and Maybe Happy Ending, and The Phantom of the Opera arrives in August 2027.
Community theaters / Grand Rapids
Dog Story Theater
A small black-box stage on State Street SE in Grand Rapids that local companies, comedians and performers rent for their own shows. The new Dog Star Series adds three bigger productions a year.
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