Inland Pacific Ballet Announces 2024-25 Season Commencing with Fall Dance Fest
Inland Pacific Ballet’s 30th season kicks-off with Fall Dance Fest 2024, a fundraiser to support the ballet company with an unforgettable evening of captivating dance performances and festive dinner, including ‘Stars and Stripes,’ a dynamic piece choreographed by Laurence Blake, performed by the IPB Company and IPBA Apprentice/Trainees; selections from IPB’s upcoming spring production of Shrek the Musical featuring talented IPB and Candlelight Pavilion musical guest artists; and a new work by renowned choreographer Arturo Fernandez, Ballet Master for Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Fall Dance Fest 2024 takes place on Saturday, September 28, 6 p.m. at Inland Pacific Ballet, Montclair, CA. Cost to attend is $125 per person and includes a festive sit-down dinner. Chic cocktail attire suggested.
Arturo Fernandez is the former Ballet Master Emeritus at LINES Ballet, having been an integral part of LINES Dance Center as one of the teachers for the open classes. LINES Ballet is a celebrated contemporary dance company that has been guided since 1982 by the unique artistic vision of Alonzo King in San Francisco. Fernandez has been the coordinator and teacher for most of the LINES Ballet auditions and has set Alonzo’s choreography for companies and universities worldwide including the Royal Swedish Ballet, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Washington University in St Louis, to name a few. Fernandez has taught master classes to Lyon Opera Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Paul Taylor Dance, Robert Moses’ Kin, Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Westside Ballet Academy, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, and many schools and universities where LINES Ballet has toured. He has been a master teacher, choreographer and coach for LINES Ballet’s Education Programs. Finally, he assisted Alonzo King in creating a new ballet for the San Francisco Ballet which premiered in 2018. At present he resides in Cathedral City with his husband and their dog Eddie and is an active member of the Task Force raising funding for the creation of the Palm Springs AIDS Memorial which will have its home in the park adjacent to the Palm Springs Art Museum.
The IPB 2024/25 Season will continue with its spectacular production of The Nutcracker in December at Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College in Claremont and the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside, followed by Shrek The Musicalin 2025.
Inland Pacific Ballet, founded in 1994 by Southern California natives Victoria Koenig and Kevin Frank Myers, quickly became one of Southern California’s cultural jewels. Its mission is to build and sustain a professional ballet company in the Inland Empire of Southern California, committed to producing exquisitely staged productions of full-length classic story ballets as well as presenting the best in contemporary choreography. Visit IPBallet.org for details regarding venues, schedules, and additional information on this year’s season.
Inland Pacific Ballet Fall Dance Fest, Image credit Inland Pacific Ballet