Figurante Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 From the Kennedy Center Website: http://kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.c...amp;event=BIBSB Celebrating the remarkable breadth and depth of American ballet as never before, the Kennedy Center brings together nine renowned companies, many of which are rare visitors to Washington. Through three mixed repertory programs--each featuring an envoy of dance from the eastern, middle, and western U.S.--audiences can immerse themselves in a full range of our nation's magnificent ballet spirit. East coast companies include Pennsylvania Ballet with In the Night, Jerome Robbins's masterpiece that reveals the soul of Chopin's nocturnes through three romantic pas de deux. D.C.'s own The Washington Ballet performs Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs danced to "My Way," "Strangers in the Night," and more. Boston Ballet stages a new work by their Choreographer-in-Residence Jorma Elo. From America's heartland comes Kansas City Ballet with Artistic Director Emeritus Todd Bolender's The Still Point, taking inspiration from Debussy's music and T.S. Eliot's poetry. Chicago's Joffrey Ballet performs Lilac Garden, Antony Tudor's haunting, Edwardian vision of lovers torn between society and their passionate longings. Houston Ballet's Velocity, by Artistic Director Stanton Welch, has been described as his "hyperkinetic tutu extravaganza." Arriving from beyond the Rocky Mountains is Salt Lake City's Ballet West performing Serenade, the first ballet George Balanchine created in the U.S., performed to the music of Tchaikovsky. Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet stages Jardí Tancat, Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato's first work, based on Catalonian folk songs. And Oregon Ballet Theatre will bring a work by Christopher Wheeldon. June 10 & 11 Ballet West--Serenade (Balanchine/Tchaikovsky) Pennsylvania Ballet--In the Night (Robbins/Chopin) Houston Ballet--Velocity (Welch/Torke) June 12 & 14 Pacific Northwest Ballet--Jardí Tancat (Duato/del Mar Bonet) Kansas City Ballet--The Still Point (Bolender/Debussy) The Washington Ballet--Nine Sinatra Songs (Tharp/various) June 13 & 15 Boston Ballet--Elo work to be announced Joffrey Ballet--Lilac Garden (Tudor/Chausson) Oregon Ballet Theatre--Wheeldon work to be announced -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arts Across America is made possible through the extraordinary generosity of Clarice and Robert H. Smith, Arlene and Robert P. Kogod and the Charles E. Smith Family Foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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