Canadian premieres by William Forsythe and Israel's Sharon Eyal are some of the highlights on Ballet BC's just-announced 2018-19 season.

To mark her 10th anniversary with the company, artistic director Emily Molnar will bring back some favourites during her tenure, as well as unveil new repertoire for the company over three programs.   

The season kicks off with Program 1, November 1 to 3, with a Canadian premiere by the lengendary Forsythe, Molnar's mentor at the Frankfurt Ballet, where she once danced. Enemy in the Figure is a poetic and theatrical work, pushing traditional ballet to contemporary extremes and playing with an undulating wooden screen, a rope, and a floodlight on wheels. Joining it on the program is one of the most beloved pieces in Ballet BC's repertoire, Medhi Walerski's Petite Ceremonie, as well as a new, bluesy premiere by Molnar herself.

Program 2 also features a world premiere, this time by rising Israeli choreographer Adi Salant, who's an alumna of the famed Batsheva Dance Company. It's bookended by two other strong works in the Ballet BC back catalogue: Finn superstar Jorma Elo's dark-and-edgy, speed-of-light 1st Flash and Cayetano Soto's endlessly entertaining Bob Fosse twist, Schachmatt. 

The spring's Program 3 boasts a premiere by Israeli collaborators Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, the creative forces behind the bold and alien Bill the company is staging this weekend at the Queen E., a work it recently took on a tour of the U.K.and Germnay. Like the piece being staged here now, Bedroom Folk pulses with house beats; it was created for the coolly contemporary Nederlands Dans Theater in 2015. It joins a program with a world premiere by locally based choreographer Serge Bennathan, who helms the local company Les Productions Figlio, directed Toronto's Dancemakers from 1990 to 2006, and has created two previous pieces for Ballet BC. His new creation is set to an original score by Montreal-based composer and collaborator Bertrand Chenier. Minus 16, a favourite at companies around the world by legendary Batsheva choreographer and artistic director Ohad Naharin, rounds out the roster. 

In December, Ballet BC also presents Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker.

Season subscriptions will be on sale soon, and single tickets go on sale September 4. For more detailed information, visit balletbc.com.