In April, Guadalajara’s majestic Teatro Degollado will transform into the magical island of Never Never Land as the Jalisco Ballet presents a spectacular new production of Peter Pan — a large-scale ballet featuring more than 85 artists on stage, complete with flying sequences and immersive multimedia.
The production, with ten performances running April 10-12 and 17-19, brings together the state’s only professional troupe with guest dancers from San Diego Ballet under the choreography of Septime Webre, the artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet and one of contemporary ballet’s most influential figures.
Webre, the seventh son in a large Cuban-American family, created this version especially for Mexico, setting the classic J.M. Barrie story within a visual universe inspired by the Yucatán Peninsula. The production weaves together elements of Mayan civilization, the 18th and 19th-century pirate era, and Mérida’s early 20th-century cultural boom — all while preserving the beloved narrative of the boy who refuses to grow up.
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