Ballet of Lights in Adelaide brings a luminous twist to the city’s deep-rooted love of dance. Presented at a variety of iconic Adelaide venues, the show bridges tradition and innovation through fibre‑optic costumes and reimagined choreography. Just as Adelaide has long nurtured ballet as both heritage and experimentation, this radiant performance transforms classic stories like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Peter Pan into living art. In a city known for celebrating creativity at every turn, Ballet of Lights feels right at home, illuminating Adelaide’s enduring commitment to beauty, movement, and imagination.
What is Ballet of Lights?
Ballet of Lights reimagines classical storytelling through a shimmering new lens. Merging ballet’s expressive grace with luminous fibre‑optic costumes, it transforms beloved tales like Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Sleeping Beauty into 60‑minute performances of light and movement. With a small ensemble of five or six dancers, each step gleams with emotion — a delicate interplay of music, colour, and choreography that captures ballet’s timeless beauty in fresh and accessible form.
Ballet of Lights in Adelaide: Which story is being performed now?
Shown at prestigious Adelaide venues, Ballet of Lights offers a 60‑minute journey suitable for audiences aged five and above. New tales are always in rotation, ensuring something enchanting is on the horizon.
Cinderella
First penned by Charles Perrault in 1697, Cinderella endures as a story of hope and transformation — the kind where kindness and resilience lead to magic. Ballet of Lights captures this emotional arc through radiant fibre‑optic costumes, their glow mirroring Cinderella’s own metamorphosis. With music interwoven from Tchaikovsky, Handel, and Rossini, the production fuses classical elegance and technology, turning her flight from the ball into a visual poem of light and grace.
Peter Pan
Adapted from J. M. Barrie’s 1904 play, Peter Pan remains an emblem of youth’s imagination and wonder. In Ballet of Lights, the stage becomes Neverland — a dreamscape of flight, mischief, and glowing silhouettes that blur the line between shadow and sparkle. Classical compositions lift the atmosphere, deepening the story’s emotion while colour and motion paint the thrill of adventure across the stage.
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty, based on the fairy tales of Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, symbolises renewal and triumph over darkness. Ballet of Lights breathes vivid modernity into this timeless tale, with dancers moving through radiant hues that shift as the curse takes hold and dissolves. The blend of Tchaikovsky’s stirring score and the fibre‑optic light play enhances every tender reunion and shattering spell.
Ballet of Lights Reviews in Adelaide
This show has a 4.6 out of 5 star rating from thousands of viewers in over 80 cities. Right here in Adelaide audiences have been giving the show astounding reviews too!
“Great night out enjoyed the Ballet immensely”– August 2025
“AMAZING!! Absolutely stunning”– August 2025
“A truly beautiful performance.”– August 2025
“Loved it. I took my mother (87) my daughter and 6year old granddaughter they also loved it.”– August 2025
“Great show, thoroughly enjoyed it.”– August 2025
Adelaide’s enduring love for ballet meets its innovative spirit in Ballet of Lights — a show where heritage and imagination intertwine. Whether you’re a lifelong dance lover or new to the art form, this radiant experience promises to illuminate Adelaide’s artistic skyline once more.