New ballet features Leonard Cohen's music

WINNIPEG ― Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet is ready to end its current season with a spectacular show at the Centennial Concert Hall on May 9-13. The complex and beautiful songs of Canadian music legend Leonard Cohen will come to life at Pure Ballet with the world premiere of "The Doorway: Scenes from Leonard Cohen."

Jorden Morris’s new contemporary ballet explores the achingly honest and emotional journey to love and longing through a series of dance vignettes, and performances by singers-songwriters Allison Crowe and Cris Williamson, duo Keith and Renée...