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| 2008 Notes on Programs |
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| Program 1 � Start our 75th Season with a look at where we came from.
Part of the 5 Series Filling Station-Last performed - 1998 � 1st All American Ballet/ A ballet for our times � Filing Station attendant as hero � Bold Cartoon costumes and neon lighting � Honky-tonk music mixes with period dancing to the �big apple� (Charleston-like) � Paved the way for ballets like Fancy Free and Rodeo. 7 for Eight Diamonds-Last performed-2003 � Diamonds for our Diamond Jubilee Season � Radiant, Imperial and Timeless � Set to Tchaikovsky�s Polish Symphony � All white traditional costumes for women and men � A ballet for all times. Program 2-Romance is in the air around Valentines Day. Part of the 5 Series Divertimento 15 � Last performed � 2007 � Romance that is courtly and polite � Demanding intricate footwork � With the right ballerina as focal point, this can really shine � Traditional costumes � pastel colors and rosette details � 5 women and 3 men make for pairing and repairing Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes � Last performed - 1997 � Romance that is free and joyous � High, T-Square Lifts � All white costumes for women and men, reflecting Balanchine�s Diamonds from Program 1 � Piano on stage give the feeling of intimacy � Choreography is deceptively simple The Firebird � Last performed � 2007 � Romance as Fairytale � Bold pallet of primary colors � Comic and touching at the same time � Score brings out the Russian folk side of the ballet � Amazing flashing egg Program 3-The only Full Length Ballet of the Season Part of the 3 Series Giselle � Last performed � 2005 � Subtle ballet, which is difficult to get just right � Story of love beyond death � Willies in white form breathtaking patterns � Ballet will let the new soloist shine and bring back the stars of past � This will sell out fast Program 4 � All Jerome Robbins Tribute Night Part of the 5 Series Fancy Free � Last performed � 2007 � Jerome Robbins first big hit-inspired his �On the Town� � Finger snapping fun ballet about three sailors on leave in NY City � Showcase for male dancers and romantic pdd for 1st sailor with 2nd women � 50�s period costumes and sets � Reminder: Sun Mat of �07 season saw this twice (once replacing �On Common Ground in Program 6, which ended with Rodeo� In the Night-Last performed � 2005 � Chopin under a starry sky � 3 couples take turns portraying love � Alternately suggests attraction and repulsion � Costumes flow and cling � Perfect union of melody, mood and movement West Side Story Suite- New to SFB � SFB dancers get a chance to sing � Songs to expect: �Cool�, �America� � Each character is an individual and multidimensional � Women in Swing-skirts from the 50�s, men in jeans and t-shirts � Ballet captures forbidden love and explosive tensions of street gangs |
| Program 5 �It�s all about the Pas de deux
Part of the 3 Series Carousel (a dance) � Last performed - 2007 � Transfixing, tender pdd, set against a carnival atmosphere. � Dance to �Carousel Waltz� and �If I Loved You� � Inspired by the Broadway Musical � Corp dancers form a human carousel, complete with stripes in their costumes � You won�t want to let this moment go Pas de deux from After the Rain- Last performed Gala? � At long last love � removed from �07 Season but restored here � Includes the lift that is featured on the cover of the brochure � The first part is for 3 couples � the second part is an extended pdd � Men support women, as they cantilever out into space � Music by Arvo Part (not John Coletrain) WP - Set to Rachmaninov's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini". Eden/ Eden � Last performed � 2007 � Watch the pdd evolve before your eyes as the dancers discover what their bodies can do � �what�s this elbow for?� �How far up can this leg go?� � Brave New World is now a ballet � Will mankind survive cloning? � The talk of the last season � everyone who missed it wished they had been there � It was one of the last chances in �07 for us to see Muriel Maffre and Gonzalo Garcia � who will replace her? � I�m sure it is a contender for an Izzy award. Program 6 � Three great ballet companies come help us celebrate, each with a gift that only they can bring. Part of the 5 series National Ballet of Canada � A Delicate Battle � There will be snow � Danced under a silver canopy � Costumes a mix of modern and period � First creation of Matjash Mrozewski�s, who debuted last season with �Concordia� � Inspired by the artist�s struggle to create in a corporate world New York City Ballet � Duo Concertant � Something pure and simple between the Silver and Gold. � Piano, violin and 2 dancers in stark, streamline costumes � Another work by Balanchine, set to Stravinsky � The dancers are at first just listening and then gradually are inspired to dance � Explores the question of which is most important, music or dance. Les Ballets de Monte Carlo (not Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) � Altro Canto � Opulent Karl Langerfeld costumes (some of gold .) � Dancers make true poetry of movement � Illuminated by a ceiling of candles � Music by Montiverdi � his works mark transition from Renaissance to Baroque. �Choreographer, Mailot, is carrying on the Neo-Classical tradition |