carbro Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Thanks to printscess for the heads up on this one! OBT is touring the world this year -- musically, that is! Highlights include: The season-opening world premiere of Christopher Stowell's A Midsummer Night's Dream! Ravel's fiery Bolero, featuring the full OBT orchestra! The very best of Russian classical ballet in Yuri Possokhov's majestic Raymonda! Company premieres by William Forsythe, Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine! Powerful audience favorites, Almost Mozart and Just! And much more! PROGRAM 1: THE GERMANIC LANDS OCTOBER 13 - 20, 2007 MORE INFO BUY TICKETS THE VERTIGINOUS THRILL OF EXACTITUDE COMPANY PREMIERE William Forsythe (Schubert) ALMOST MOZART James Kudelka (Mozart) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM WORLD PREMIERE Christopher Stowell (Mendelssohn) GEORGE BALANCHINE'S THE NUTCRACKER DECEMBER 8 - 24, 2007 MORE INFO BUY TICKETS George Balanchine (Tchaikovsky) PROGRAM 2: FRANCE FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 1, 2008 MORE INFO BUY TICKETS ZAIS COMPANY PREMIERE Christopher Stowell (Rameau) AFTERNOON OF A FAUN COMPANY PREMIERE Jerome Robbins (Debussy) A WORLD PREMIERE PAS DE DEUX Christopher Stowell (Léo Delibes) BOLERO WORLD PREMIERE Nicolo Fonte (Ravel) PROGRAM 3: AMERICA APRIL 18 - 27, 2008 MORE INFO BUY TICKETS THROUGH EDEN'S GATES Kent Stowell (Bolcom) JUST Trey McIntyre (Cowell) SLAUGHTER ON 10TH AVENUE COMPANY PREMIERE George Balanchine (Rodgers) PROGRAM 4: RUSSIA JUNE 6 - 8, 2008 MORE INFO BUY TICKETS RUBIES George Balanchine (Stravinsky) TOLSTOY'S WALTZ WORLD PREMIERE Christopher Stowell (Various Composers) RAYMONDA WORLD PREMIERE Yuri Possokhov (Glazounov) The company caps its season with its Kennedy Center debut as part of the Center's Ballet Across America series. On June 13 and 15, it performs Rush (Wheeldon/Martinu) on a program including Boston Ballet and the Joffrey. Also, with 28 dancers, OBT's roster is now ranked. You can find it here. Link to comment
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