Broken Wings (ballet)

Broken Wings
ChoreographerAnnabelle Lopez Ochoa
MusicPeter Salem
Premiere13 April 2016 (2016-04-13)
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Original ballet companyEnglish National Ballet
CharactersFrida Kahlo
Diego Rivera
DesignDieuweke van Reij
Created forTamara Rojo
Irek Mukhamedov

Broken Wings is a one-act ballet about Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, dramaturged by Nancy Meckler and designed by Dieuweke van Reij. The music was composed by Peter Salem, and featured Mexican folk song "La Llorona" sung by Chavela Vargas. The ballet premiered on 13 April 2016 at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, danced by the English National Ballet, with Tamara Rojo as Kahlo and Irek Mukhamedov as Kahlo's husband, Diego Rivera. Lopez Ochoa then created a three-act version titled Frida for the Dutch National Ballet, premiered in 2020.