I truly enjoyed Ballet of Lights at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The parking was seamless, and the venue was excellent, with great legroom between the rows. The pitch of the rows could have been steeper to allow better viewing. The ballerinas were fantastic, constantly smiling and making the audience happy, and the story was well-executed, but I do concur that if you come looking for professional ballerinas, at the highest level for $50, you will be disappointed. Average is what you should be expecting and average is what was delivered.The main reason for three stars instead of five is that the use of the LED lights in the costumes was limited. Only one scene was performed in complete darkness, which was magical, and a few more dark scenes would have elevated the experience even further

There were no stage decorations, the whole show was blant and boring. There were only 6 dancers and it felt very immature/fit for kids. The only reason I am giving dancers a 3 is because of the guy, who actually seemed like a professional. I dont mind these performances at all however for the price we paid (50 euro EACH) the quality was so low. Plus theatre didnt have adequate aircon and it was a sweatbox. Costumes were horrible and same throughout the whole dance. Music was too low also, not a great experience at all.

The lights on the costumes intermittently stopped working, There were only 6 dancers but the story needed more. The performers appeared inexperienced with perhaps the exception of the only man there. And the staging and backgrounds were basic, almost non-existent. All in all very disappointing for the cost per ticket.

I took my daughters (6 & 3) here expecting their first ballet experience to be magical and memorable. Instead, it was a huge disappointment. We were honestly counting down the minutes for it to end.What made it worse was how misleading the marketing was. This was promoted as an “illuminated Sleeping Beauty experience,” so families arrived expecting something visually magical and immersive. Kids were showing up in full Disney princess dresses expecting enchantment, storytelling, lights, and theatrical effects. What we got felt more like: ballerina sleeps, prince dances with her, annoys another girl, then dances with a bunch of subpar fairies for 15 minutes.There was no real magic, emotion, or storyline. The production felt flat and underdeveloped. The costumes were subpar, there were only about five dancers most of the time, and it felt like the same dance repeated over and over again.To be fair, the dancers themselves were fine, but the weak choreography and overall experience completely overshadowed their talent. The dancing often looked out of sync and clunky, which pulled us out of the performance entirely. My daughter’s elementary school musical honestly had more creativity and energy.Maleficent didn’t even have horns, a proper cape, or any dramatic effects. Aurora’s finger was literally “pricked” by Maleficent’s bare finger — there wasn’t even a spinning wheel shown. Major scenes seemed missing or confusing, and Aurora spent what felt like half the show lying on the ground.The saddest part is this was supposed to introduce my daughters to ballet, and now they both said they never want to see ballet again.As harsh as this sounds, we genuinely had more fun dancing in the rain before the show than we did inside the theatre. A complete letdown.

Cheap and tacky. Terrible production and amateur dancers. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!