Aladdin and the Magic Carpet

Accompanied by the West Texas Symphony

March 28 & 29, 2026
at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center

Come see the story you know and love told in a whole new way.
With flying dancers, animated backdrops, live orchestra, and over 140 costumes
it’s sure to lift you out of your seat.

Tickets available here november 2025

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Did you know?

This ballet was a first in many ways, the most significant being it is the first full length ballet MFB created. Other exciting firsts include flying dancers and using digital projections as the backdrop. The result is a mesmerizing explosion of movement, light and color unlike anything MFB has performed before. All that paired with the drama of live orchestral accompaniment has made this, without a doubt, the largest collaborative project MFB has ever undertaken. And West Texans were the first to see it at the premiere performance in April 2022! We’re excited to bring it back.

Guest Artists

Announcement coming soon!

Meet the Choreographer

Jill Eathorne Bahr

Recognized for her unique and personal choreographic approach, Jill Eathorne Bahr has been heralded as being sleek and explosive in her range of styles. Works of Bahr include her nihilistic “Firebird” and the "World War II Slant of Life in France" in Last Vestiges of a Torch Song Café in addition to her primal tale of a matriarch society turned upside down, “The Rite of Spring”. Her "Zorro" was a heralded landmark success.

Jill Eathorne Bahr is CEO of Coastal Ballet USA, a pre‐professional Ballet and Academic Institution that offers a unique custom fit education for ballet dancers beginning in the 5th grade. She is a Senior Faculty Member and Choreographer for the Charleston Ballet Center for Dance under Directors Don & Patricia Cantwell.

Her awards include two National Endowment, (NEA) Fellowships, four Monticello Fellowships, William Habich Choreography Award, two South Carolina Arts Fellowships, and two Astral Choreography Awards. Her choreography can be found in the repertoires of Atlanta Ballet, Boston Ballet, Cary Ballet, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Ballet Eddy Toussaint, Eugene Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, Nevada Dance Theatre, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Ballet Michigan, State of Alabama Ballet, Ballet Omaha, Joffrey II Dancers, Douglas Anderson School of Arts, the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble, Florida Ballet at Jacksonville, Heartland Youth Ballet, Project Ballet, New American Youth Ballet and the Fort Wayne Ballet. She taught summer intensive workshops throughout the US including Boston Ballet (8 summers) and Ballet Aspen (3 summers). Jill was selected to participate in the notable Carlisle Project, a program that provided time, resources, and mentorship to gifted, committed choreographers. In 2008, Bahr was the recipient of the Governor’s Award – “Elizabeth Verner Award”‐ the highest Arts Award. In South Carolina. Jill has served on the National Endowment for the Arts Dance Panel and served as an Adjudicator with College Dance Festivals. She is a robust devotee of Regional Dance America. Jill has adjudicated all five regions and served as a National Adjudicator twice for Regional Dance America.

The Story

Aladdin Story

On the streets of Agrabah, a poor young street urchin named Aladdin is struggling to steal some food, along with his pet monkey, Abu.

His adventures begin when he spots a mysterious young woman.

To meet her, Aladdin removes her head scarf. It’s Princess Jasmine! She has snuck out of the palace to have some adventures of her own before her father, The Sultan forces her to marry. Despite the improper introduction, Aladdin and Jasmine have an immediate connection. They continue to spend the day together, unaware the evil sorcerer and royal advisor, Jafar is watching from the sidelines.

Jasmine sees some hungry children. She gives them some apples she takes from a merchant’s cart, not realizing she would have to pay for them. A chase ensues!

Jafar and the merchant accuse Aladdin of the theft and exile him into the desert. While wandering, Aladdin and Abu meet Al Tifl the Camel.

Exhausted, tired, and thirsty, Aladdin falls asleep and dreams of Jasmine.

Suddenly, Jafar appears! He tells Aladdin he’ll allow him back in Agrabah if he retrieves a magic lamp for him, hidden deep in the Cave of Wonders.

Aladdin and Abu venture deep into the Cave. It’s filled with gold, jewels, gems, and the Golden Gargoyles, protectors of the Lamp. A Magic Carpet leads Aladdin and Abu to the Lamp’s location.

Aladdin examines the lamp and is surprised to find it a little worn. When he attempts to polish it, a blue genie emerges!

Genie tells Aladdin that for waking him up, Aladdin is entitled to three wishes. After giving it some thought, Aladdin wishes to become a prince in hopes that he can be with Jasmine. And so Genie transforms Aladdin into Prince Ali, and they parade to the Sultan’s Palace.