Sorciere X Carmilla

Selah Dance Collective presents
Sorciere X Carmilla
A Gothic Double Bill of Witchcraft, Desire, and the Monstrous Feminine

October 30-November 1, 2026

This Halloween, enter a world of witches, vampires, forbidden desire, and dangerous women.

Selah Dance Collective and Novus Contemporary Ballet present Sorcière X Carmilla, a gothic double bill exploring the monstrous feminine through contemporary dance and ballet.

In Chloé Roberts’ Sorcière, the witch becomes a vessel for feminine power, transformation, and rebellion. Visceral and atmospheric, the work examines the fear and fascination surrounding women whose bodies, knowledge, and identities resist control.

Then, Meredith Ventura and Angelia Lane premiere Carmilla, a new one-act contemporary ballet inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu’s landmark 1872 Gothic novella. Written more than twenty years before Dracula, Carmilla tells the story of a mysterious female vampire and her increasingly intimate relationship with a young woman named Laura. Ventura and Lane’s adaptation draws out the story’s queer Gothicism, sensuality, horror, and ambiguity, asking where desire ends and danger begins.

Together, the two works reclaim the witch and the vampire—figures historically used to embody fears of female appetite, sexuality, independence, and power.

Dark, sensual, theatrical, and just in time for Halloween, Sorcière X Carmilla brings an evening of Gothic dance to the intimate stage at Center Stage Theater.

For additional information, visit the links here: selah.dance and www.novusballet.com

Performance Dates and Times:
Friday, October 30 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 31 at 2:00 pm
Saturday, October 31 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 pm

Ticket Prices:
General Admission: $35 (Plus $2 online convenience fee)
Student with ID: $20 (Plus $2 online convenience fee)
VIP seating: $50 (Plus $2 online convenience fee. Seating in first two center rows.)

**All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.**

All seating is general admission unless otherwise noted. For all performances, there is limited late seating once the performance begins. Please plan your arrival time accordingly.

You can use e-tickets, print-at-home tickets, or request that Will Call tickets wait for you at the Box Office. If you have any questions, please email Jim Sirianni at info@centerstagetheater.org.

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