Ballet San Jose's new Artistic Director, José Manuel Carreño, has announced details of the 2013-2014 season including Company premieres by choreographers including Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Ohad Naharin, Vicente Nebrada, Jorge Amarante, Igal Perry and Dwight Rhoden; two story ballets including Karen Gabay's The Nutcracker and Roland Petit's Carmen; plus the return of acclaimed and popular ballets by Jorma Elo and George Balanchine. Check out the photos of past productions below!
A special benefit gala November 16 will kick off the season featuring members of Ballet San Jose and top guest stars from companies including American Ballet Theatre, English National Ballet, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet and others. All programs including The Nutcracker feature live music with Ballet San Jose Music Director George Daugherty conducting Symphony Silicon Valley and additional guest artists. The five-program, 24-performance 2013-2014 season-comprising the November 16 gala, The Nutcracker, and three mixed-repertory programs--runs November 16, 2013, through May 11, 2014, with all performances at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. A complete roster of dancers for the season will be announced in September. For more information, visit balletsj.org and follow Ballet San Jose on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BalletSJ, Twitter: http://twitter.com/balletsj, Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/115533886414740478353/115533886414740478353, YouTube:http://youtube.com/balletsj and Blog: http://balletsj.wordpress.com.Photo Credit: Bob Shmoler
Akira Takahashi and Amy Marie Briones.
Joshua Seibel
Amy Marie Briones
Maria Jacobs-Yu and Ramon Moreno
Ballet San Jose's production of Roland Petit's "Carmen"
Alexsandra Meijer and Jeremy Kovitch
Alexsandra Meijer
Ballet San Jose's production of Karen Gabay's "The Nutcracker"
Ballet San Jose's production of Roland Petit's "Carmen"
Alexsandra Meijer and Jeremy Kovitch
Ballet San Jose's production of Karen Gabay's "The Nutcracker"
Maria Jacobs-Yu
Shannon Bynum and Ramon Moreno with Shimon Ito (NL@BSJ), Lahna Vanderbush and James Kopecky
Alexsandra Meijer and Jeremy Kovitch
Serenade - Ballet San Jose. Photo by Robert Shomler
Alexsandra Meijer, Haley Henderson and Easton Smith
Serenade - Ballet San Jose. Photo by Robert Shomler
Alexsandra Meijer, Haley Henderson, Akua Parker and Easton Smith
Alexsandra Meijer, Haley Henderson, Akua Parker and Easton Smith
Ballet San Jose's production of George Balanchine's "Serenade".
Serenade - Ballet San Jose. Photo by Robert Shomler
Serenade - Ballet San Jose. Photo by Robert Shomler
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