All Events
Living Stories Tour
February 6-8, 2025
Syracuse University
A collaborative performance of live music, poetry and dance bringing the stories of displaced youth to life.
Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet is creating a new work with the Cuatro Puntos Ensemble and Narratio, a refugee youth organization that supports creative expression for displaced populations. Fellows from the Narratio Fellowship Program will be telling their stories through poetry set to music by Iraqi composer Ameen Mokdad and visualized through choreography by ECB Artistic Director Elisa Schroth.
Putting on the Ritz Gala
February 13, 2025
Wadsworth Mansion
Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet presents: The Putting On The Ritz Gala!
A black tie 1920s inspired fundraising dinner and dance.
Event Schedule:
Cocktail Hour - Cash Bar 6:00 pm
Hors d'oeuvres & Dinner Stations 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Live Music, Dancing & Silent Auction 8:00 - 10:00 pm
The Gala is Ekklesia Ballet’s most important fundraising event of the year. This event not only launches brilliant artistic works, but also supports valuable education and community engagement initiatives in our city. This event is open to the public and is for ages 18 years and older. Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet is a non-profit 501c3 organization. All donations are tax deductible and will go into furthering our Mission!
Uncaged
April 13th, 2025
The Bushnell Performing Arts Center
“Uncaged: Illuminating female Afghan Artists through music and dance” is a project inspired by original artwork created by women working secretly within Afghanistan.
A new 25 minute ballet score has been commissioned from UK composer Sadie Harrison to be performed by the US Cuatro Puntos Ensemble and Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet Company with choreography by Elisa Schroth. The work is based on 5 artworks, which have been procured from within Afghanistan with the help of the Belfast charity Beyond Skin. The project is a multimedia celebration of an extraordinarily rich culture with dancers, artists, poets and musicians of the highest caliber, and it will be premiered on April 13, 2025 at The Bushnell Theater.