Dale Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 BOSTON BALLET OPENS FALL SEASON WITH EXCLUSIVE GALA PERFORMANCE FEATURING ACCLAIMED COMPANY DANCERS AND SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST HERMAN CORNEJO WHAT: Boston Ballet’s one-time-only all-star gala performance, Night of Stars. This benefit evening will feature Boston Ballet, Boston Ballet School, the full Boston Ballet Orchestra and renowned guest artist Herman Cornejo. The program features works by master choreographers George Balanchine, Marius Petipa, August Bournonville and Roland Petit as well works by today’s dynamic contemporary choreographers Christopher Wheeldon, Helen Pickett and Jorma Elo and rising young artists Heather Myers and Boyko Dossev. WHO: The performance will showcase Boston Ballet’s international roster of acclaimed principal dancers performing solos, pas de deux, and excerpts from classical and contemporary ballets. This year’s guest artist is American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Herman Cornejo. Cornejo will perform the pas de deux from Vasily Vainonen’s Flames of Paris with Boston Ballet principal dancer (and his sister), Erica Cornejo. Daniil Simkin, previously announced as a guest artist for the event, will not perform due to Visa complications. Complete casting and repertory for Night of Stars is attached. WHEN: Friday, October 12, 8pm WHERE: Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont Street, Boston. TICKETS: Tickets for season ballets can be purchased by phone through Telecharge at 800.447.7400, online at www.telecharge.com <http://www.telecharge.com> , or in person at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Wang Theatre box office, located at 270 Tremont Street in Boston's Theatre District, open Monday- Saturday from 10am - 6pm. Prices for Night of Stars: A Gala Benefit Performance range from $50 - $125. Contact the Boston Ballet box office at 617.695.6955 or visit www.bostonballet.org <http://www.bostonballet.org> for details. MEDIA RSVP: Meghan Clinton, Goodman Media (212) 576-2700 ext. 223 or mclinton@goodmanmedia.com The complete Night of Stars: A Gala Benefit Performance program follows: (Casting and repertoire subject to change) Danse Russe from Petrushka Music: Igor Stravinsky Musicians: Boston Ballet Orchestra led by conductor Jonathan McPhee Midsummer Night’s Dream (pas de six and Adagio) Music: Felix Mendelssohn Choreography: George Balanchine Dancers: Larissa Ponomarenko, Roman Rykine, Erica Cornejo, Carlos Molina and Ensemble Found Music: Franz Shubert Choreography: Heather Myers Dancers: Boston Ballet II Etesian (excerpt) Music: J.S. Bach, Ludwig von Beethoven Choreography: Helen Pickett Dancers: Company Fairy Doll Music: Joseph Bayer Choreography: Nicholas Legat Dancers: Mindaugas Bauzys, Dalay Parrondo, Jared Redick Taming of the Shrew (pas de deux) Music: Kurt-Heinz Stolze after Scarlatti Choreography: John Cranko Dancers: Lorna Feijóo, Reyneris Reyes The Four Temperaments (excerpt) Music: Paul Hindemith Choreography: George Balanchine Dancers: Melanie Atkins and Company La Sylphide (excerpt) Music: Herman Løvenskjold Choreography: Sorella Englund after August Bournonville Dancers: Company Flower Festival (pas de deux) Music: Edvard Helsted Choreography: August Bournonville Dancers: Jeffrey Cirio (Boston Ballet II), Sylvia Deaton (Boston Ballet School trainee) Crane Music: W.A. Mozart Choreography: Boyko Dossev Dancers: Misa Kuranaga, Jaime Diaz Le Cygne Noir (Black Swan) Music: Edgar Cosma after P.I. Tchaikovsky Choreography: Roland Petit Dancer: Altankhuyag Dugaraa Brake the Eyes (excerpt) Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nancy Euverink Choreography: Jorma Elo Dancers: Larissa Ponomarenko and Company Flames of Paris (pas de deux) Music: Boris Asafiev Choreography: Vasily Vainonen Dancers: Erica Cornejo, Herman Cornejo Polyphonia (pas de deux) Music: Gyorgy Ligeti Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Dancers: Kathleen Breen Combes, Yury Yanowsky Grand pas Classique Music: Daniel Auber Choreography: Marius Petipa Dancers: Lorna Feijóo, Roman Rykine Défilé Music: Handel Staging: Pino Alosa and Margaret Tracy Dancers: Company, Boston Ballet II, Boston Ballet School Link to comment
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