2008-2009 Season The Toreador
The Nutcracker
Hidden Talents
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Song & Dance
The Little Mermaid
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February 15th - 18th, 2007 (HISTORICAL) |
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STYLE CLASSIQUE A BAY AREA PREMIERE! Choreographed to W. A. Mozart's Symphony No. 39 in E Flat Major and costumed by the late David Guthrie with additional new costumes by Maggie Heaman, this ballet is for 11 couples. The curtain raises with two dancers center stage in period costumes (as in Mozart's time), where a court dance is performed. This stately dance is the theme upon which the entire ballet in 4 movements is built. Choreography that reflects the classical style of the past period is danced with contemporary classical ballet technique. A frenzy of quick darting movements brings LE STYLE CLASSIQUE and one of Mozart’s musical masterpieces to a rousing and satisfying finish. Choreography: DENNIS NAHAT Music: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Lighting: KENNETH KEITH
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ONTOGENY Ontogeny traces the life cycle of an individual organism from its inception through its death. The piece combines modern ballet, pointe work and acrobatics to chronicle the development of the organism. Dancers move non-stop to pulsating music on a darkened stage, creating a continuos flow of extremely physical movement. It was one of the first contemporary all leotard designed ballets utilizing a full vocabulary of modern movement to be danced on the ABT stage. The last time the piece was performed in San Jose was in 1994. Choreography: DENNIS NAHAT Music: KARL HUSA Lighting: KENNETH KEITH |
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DISTRATTO ("The Distracted") A BAY AREA PREMIERE! IL DISTRATTO is an intriguing, abstract work in five movements, set to Haydn's "Symphony No. 60", a middle-period Haydn work originally composed as incidental music for Regnard's 1774 play "Le Distrait." In the last movement, the violins retune their lowest string from F to G to reflect the "distraught" state of the play's principal character. Christensen reflects the music in his choreography. Christensen described the work as "an instructive analysis of how dancers learn...training each part of the body separately." But what sets it apart are its comic touches. Lights illuminate only legs and ankles. Ultra-violet lights make costumes appear fluorescent. You see the top of one dancer, the legs of another. Each part of the body is isolated...legs, feet, arms, hands, head. But all must come together to produce a final result. IL DISTRATTO is one of Christensen's most popular and enduring works. Choreography: LEW
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SEPTEMBER Choreography: TSUTOMU BEN LIDA |
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION: |
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San
Jose Center for the Performing Arts 255 Almaden in San
Jose, CA Tickets:(408) 288-2800 |
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