sandik Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 The company just sent round their press release for next year -- here are the highlights: OBT Exposed! August 2006 South Park Blocks Free Fall Program October 14 ˆ 21, 2006 Keller Auditorium with Full Orchestra The Four Temperaments (1946) George Balanchine/Paul Hindemith Adin (2004) Christopher Stowell/Serge Rachmaninov The Concert (1956) Jerome Robbins/Frederic Chopin 4T’s and The Concert are company premieres -- Adin is a revival George Balanchine‚s The NutcrackerTM December 8 ˆ 24, 2006 Keller Auditorium with Full Orchestra Winter Program March 3 ˆ 10, 2007 Keller Auditorium A Peter Martins Ballet Company premiere A Helgi Tomasson Ballet World premiere A Kent Stowell Ballet World premiere Spring Program April 27 ˆ May 5, 2007 Newmark Theatre Apollo (1928) George Balanchine/Igor Stravinsky il nodo (2004) Julia Adam/Renaissance dances Eyes on You (2005) Christopher Stowell/Cole Porter Apollo is a company premiere, the Adams and the Stowell are revivals Early Summer Program June 8 ˆ 10, 2007 Keller Auditorium with Full Orchestra Firebird (2004) Yuri Possokhov/Igor Stravinsky Sleeping Beauty, Act III (1890) Christopher Stowell after Marius Petipa/ Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky Firebird is a revival, SB is a new version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helene Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Is Act III the hunting party/vision scene/search for Aurora/awakening Act? Or the last act/Aurora's Wedding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leigh Witchel Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Usually the Wedding is considered Act III - There is a prologue and three acts in the full version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helene Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Thanks, Leigh! It looks like Stowell's strategy might be the same here as for Swan Lake: present the big party scene with lots of divertissements and the big pas de deux and variations for a first viewing. For Swan Lake, this will turn into a full-length the following season (this June). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbro Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I'm trying to envision the Vision scene, etc. as a stand-alone act, and it just isn't working for me. But the music for it has been playing in my head for the past few days. I've never seen Swan Lake's Act III on its own, but it should work as a suite of divertissements. I just don't know how you would deal with the Rothbart factor, the apparition of Odette, or bringing it to a satisfying conclusion. When it's part of the full ballet, you don't need the big dance for the full company. It's a cliff-hanger I am really, really sorry. I just couldn't think of another way to state it. :giveup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTX Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) I've never seen Swan Lake's Act III on its own, but it should work as a suite of divertissements. I just don't know how you would deal with the Rothbart factor, the apparition of Odette, or bringing it to a satisfying conclusion. I don't remember what else was on the program in Fall of '04, but the audience seemed to think SL Act III stood on its own very well, including the cliffhanger ending. I'm really looking forward to the full production. Edited April 8, 2006 by XTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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