Mary Lynn Slayden Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Virginia Ballet Theatre's 45th Anniversary Gala March 9th, 10th and 11th TCC Roper Performing Arts Center Join Virginia Ballet Theatre in celebrating 45 years of dance with an evening of intrigue and fantasy through three very diverse pieces. Firebird, a piece originally staged for VBT in 1997 by Frank Bove to the music of Igor Stravinsky, tells the story of a Prince who frees a Princess from a wicked sorcerer with the help of a mystical Firebird creature who is part bird, part woman. Cameron Basden, current Ballet Mistress and Assistant Artistic Director with The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, sets Glenn White Suite, a tribute to Tidewater Ballet Association graduate and principal dancer with The Joffrey, Glenn White. The piece includes sections from Kettentanz, Birthday Variations and Suite Saint Saens, collaborations of Gerald Arpino, current Director of The Joffrey Ballet, Robert Joffrey and Glenn White. VBT Artistic Director, Frank Bove, and former Principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Duncan Cooper, collaborate on the world premiere of Mr. Evil & The Forever Diamond, a contemporary piece paying homage to the spy films and television shows of the 1960s. Tickets available through TicketMaster or by filling out a ticket order form and mailing it to the Virginia Ballet Theatre, Attn: Tickets at 134 W. Olney Road in Norfolk, VA 23507. Orders may also be faxed it to the VBT box office at 757.622.7904. Link to comment
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