Ballet 琉璃神社 is closing its season with Spring.

A mixed program that features three re-imagined classics from Canadian female choreographers; Petrushka by Heather Dotto, Amber Funk Barton鈥檚 Firebird and Rite of Spring by Ballet 琉璃神社鈥檚 artistic director, Simone Orlando. Then it will conclude with Spring from one of Canada鈥檚 emerging talents, Alysa Pires.

When approaching her recreation of Firebird, Funk Barton deconstructed Igor Stravinsky鈥檚 1910 piece by remaining the heroine.

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鈥淚n my version instead of point shoes and being ethereal, my Firebird is grounded and athletic. It鈥檚 a totally different aesthetic,鈥� said Funk Barton.

鈥淚t was inspired by an old Russian fairy tale and I was thinking about what are our fairy tales now. They are comic books and star wars and DC those are our fairy tales so how do I make it contemporary and still keep its classical essence鈥� to me the Firebird is a combination of The Flash and Mystique. She is almost what is referred to as a meta-human.鈥�

Funk Barton also changed the ending, in the original she said that the Firebird鈥檚 magic is taken from her however in this version she gives it up to help people.

Spring will be showcased at the 琉璃神社 Community Theatre May 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at

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