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Candlelight Ballet: Featuring Tchaikovsky and More ⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Chicago. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Tchaikovsky accompanied by ballet dancers at the Thalia Hall under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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General Info
📍 Venue: Thalia Hall
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 65 minutes. Doors open 60 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be permitted
👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
♿ Accessibility: this venue is ADA compliant
❓ View the FAQs for this event here
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
🥂 VIP Opera Boxes receive a complimentary bottle of sparkling wine
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Chicago
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Tentative Program
Performers

🎁 Consider treating your friends and family to a Candlelight experience with our gift card! Check it out here 🎁
General Info
📍 Venue: Thalia Hall
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 65 minutes. Doors open 60 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be permitted
👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
♿ Accessibility: this venue is ADA compliant
❓ View the FAQs for this event here
🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
🥂 VIP Opera Boxes receive a complimentary bottle of sparkling wine
🎻 Check out all the Candlelight concerts in Chicago
🕯️ If you would like to book a private concert or buy regular tickets for a large group (+30 people), click here
🎁 To treat your friends and family to a Candlelight gift card, click here
Tentative Program
- Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake, Op. 20: Scene No. 1 (Swan Theme)
- Saint-Saëns – The Carnival of the Animals, R 125: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) 🩰
- Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II – Dance of the Little Swans
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Op. 71: No. 2 March 🩰
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Op. 71: No. 10c – Dance of the Reed Flutes
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Op. 71: No. 12b – Chinese Dance
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Op. 71: No. 12d – Russian Dance (Trepak)
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Op. 71: No. 12c – Divertissement. Arabian Dance 🩰
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Op. 71: No. 12a – Spanish Dance
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Op. 71: No. 14d – Waltz of the Flowers
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14c, Pas de deux. Variation II – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 🩰
- Tchaikovsky – The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I “The Spell”: No. 6, Waltz 🩰
- Offenbach – The Tales of Hoffmann: “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Barcarolle)
- Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor, WoO 1 No. 5
- Piazzolla – Oblivion
- Khachaturian – Suite from Gayane No. 3: V. Sabre Dance
- Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14a – Grand Pas de Deux (Intrada) 🩰
Performers
- Listeso String Quartet
- The Ballet Agency Dancers

User reviews
4.7 /5
based on 282 reviews
- Very well orchestrated!
- Wonderful performance!
- Beautiful experience!
- It was beautiful! Thought it was swan lake, but it was still wonderful!
- Magnificent experience
- The candles on the stage blocked the dance’s feet so you couldn’t see them on point.
- The audio could've been a bit louder. Beautiful with all the candles. The room was unique and classic.
- Great event. More of the strings than ballet. It was still a beautiful event.
- We loved it!! So amazing and beautiful! Thank you!
- Peace and beautiful setting to receive a wonderful evening of art and aural mastery. Thank you for your hard work/
- Spectacular show!
- Terrific dancers and engaging, accessible, talented and funny quartet
- The music and dance were excellent, really excellent. And I was very happy to discover such a cool, authentic room. Loved it!
- Loved every minute
- Splendid experience!
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Thalia Hall
Thalia Hall is a historic music venue and restaurant in Chicago that was initially built as a public hall in 1892. It has been restored and now features multiple dining and bar options, including Duse...