Main Stage Relaxed Performance
Upcoming Events:
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Acts II and III
Tuesday March 12, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Relaxed Performances are designed to welcome the Disability Community into artistic spaces. We are excited to welcome families who can find access to the arts limited to see ballet in a more relaxed and approachable environment. The National Ballet of Canada held our first mainstage performance in 2022 with The Sleeping Beauty followed by Cinderella in 2023. This season we will be doing a main stage Relaxed Performance of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Acts II and III. Each Relaxed Performance is structured to ensure that children and adults who are Neurodiverse, members of the d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Disability Communities feel safe, celebrated, and cared for.
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Accommodations and Suggestions
The National Ballet offers tickets at a nominal price and offers suggestions to accommodate various needs.
- If you need to move in and out of the auditorium during the performance, we recommend booking an aisle seat for ease of accessibility
- Have issues accessing stairs or prefer not to use them? Please see the provided map to note the location of the stairs when selecting the best accessible seats
- For the partially sighted, we recommend sitting as close to the stage as possible
- There are seats set aside in the ASL viewing area
- We offer audio description throughout the ballet for those who wish it
- If you have a service animal, we have set aside seating areas with more room for the dogs
- We have designated an area with more space where people can sit with no one immediately beside them
- Anyone seated in their devices can select certain seats to accommodate the devices
- If you require a support person for communication, mobility or medical needs, we have accommodations for them
Venue Guide
A venue guide and video have been created to help people prepare for their visit.
Fact Sheet
The National Ballet of Canada’s Relaxed Performances and the accompanying Visual Guide are made possible in part through the generous support of Ruth Watts-Gransden.
The National Ballet of Canada’s Education and Community Engagement programmes are generously supported by the Anna McCowan-Johnson Dance Accessibility Fund at The National Ballet of Canada, Endowment Foundation.