2012-13 Season

[Helene]

Ballet Arizona's 2012-13 Season is:

• Giselle, 1-4 November 2012, with matinee and evening performances on Saturday and Sunday 3-4 November.
  
• Nutcracker, 7-24 December 2012
  
• Romeo and Juliet, 14-17 February 2013, with matinee and evening performances on Saturday and Sunday, 16-17 February.
  
• Director's Choice, 28-31 March 2013, Orpheum Theatre
  
  • "Le Carnaval des Animaux," choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, music by Camille Saint-Saens
    
  • "Diversions," choreography by Ib Andersen, music by Benjamin Britten
    
  • Untitled, choreography by Alejandro Cerrudo (World Premiere), music TBA
    

  [*]All Balanchine, 2-5 May 2013

  • Serenade (Tchaikovsky)
    
  • Momumentum pro Gesualdo/Movements for Piano and Orchestra (Stravinsky)
    
  • Western Symphony (traditional, arrangements by Hershey Kay)
    

"Diversions" was the ballet the company performed at the Kennedy Center in 2010.

[sandik]

Nice solid programming -- I'm envious of the Monumentum, and the Ratmansky Carnival.

[Helene]

I loved the "Monumentum"/"Movements" the company did to end the 2010-11 season, just gorgeous. I admit to dismay at seeing "Western Symphony" on the schedule, but I know they can do it, and casting it in my head brings a smile to my face, even if I don't like the ballet.

The "Director's Choice" program is also the opportunity to see what Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Alejandro Cerrudo does for a ballet company before the Nureyev Prize commission for PNB the following season.

[sandik]

The "Director's Choice" program is also the opportunity to see what Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Alejandro Cerrudo does for a ballet company before the Nureyev Prize commission for PNB the following season.

I'm chagrined -- that had slipped my notice!

[Helene]

It's hard to keep reading after "Ratmansky." It's easier when you're typing it