Program
All Balanchine I
SEPT 26, 27, 28, OCT 3
Approx. 2 hours
Performance Dates
BALANCHINE’S VISION OF BALLET AMERICANA TAKES CENTER STAGE
Balanchine’s deep affection for his adopted home animates this program of ballets all set to American music. Western Symphony is a vivacious suite of dances taking inspiration from the mythical Wild West. A similarly buoyant spirit infuses Stars and Stripes, with Balanchine seamlessly wedding classical steps with the rhythmic marches of John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershey Kay. Tarantella employs a sprightly piece of music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk for a zesty and playful pas de deux that never fails to delight. Rounding out the program is The Unanswered Question from Ivesiana, a hypnotically alluring dance that captures the haunting, otherworldly music of Charles Ives.
Ballets on this Program
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Western Symphony
Western Symphony is a rodeo of frisky fillies and lonesome cowpokes with a rousing, non-stop finale that brings the curtain down.
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The Unanswered Question (from Ivesiana)
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Tarantella
The virtuosic pas de deux Tarantella showcases two pyrotechnical dancers in an ever growing profusion of steps.
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Stars and Stripes
Set to Sousa's buoyant marches and dressed in Karinska's delightful all-American costumes, Stars and Stripes contains as much pure dancing as many full-length classical ballets.