Sunday, March 27

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Ballet Tucson closes out its season.

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Ballet Tucson will open “ReINVIGORATE” with George Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” a piece that Mullin describes as Balanchine’s “love letter to New York and to American jazz.”

 

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A review of the National Ballet of Canada by Denise Sum for danceviewtimes.

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Rudolf Nureyev's The Sleeping Beauty is a signature ballet for the National Ballet of Canada. A lavish production with challenging choreography for the whole company, it has been used to mark many special occasions. It opened the inaugural season at the company's current home, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, in 2006. This ballet was also a highlight of the company's 60th anniversary.  The last time they performed The Sleeping Beauty in Toronto was in 2018, marking Marius Petipa's 200th birthday. This year, the production turns 50. The NBoC has come a long way since its premiere and Nureyev's production, a huge investment at the time, has paid off and then some. It continues to be a touchstone for company dancers. 

 

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Dayton Ballet revives "The Great Gatsby."

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The production, which charmed Dayton audiences in 2017, will return to the Victoria stage the weekend of April 8-10. In addition to great dancing, it’s staged with local blues singer Felita LaRock, recorded music by Billy Novick and the Blue Syncopators, colorful period costumes and a narrator who tells the juicy tale. The full professional company of Dayton Ballet, along with dancers from Dayton Ballet II and the Dayton Ballet School, will take the stage.