Delfos Danza Contemporánea Makes Ravinia Premiere, 8/27-29

Hailing from Mazatlan, Mexico, dance company Delfos Danza Contemporánea makes its Ravinia debut on Friday, Aug. 27, with the piece When Disguises Are Hung Up (Cuando los Difraces se Cuelgan), with additional performances at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28 and 1 p.m. on Sunday, August 29.

These Bennett • Gordon Hall performances celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence, and are also part of Ravinia's Ruth Page Festival of Dance celebrating the late dancer/choreographer. Founded in 1992 by Mexican choreographers/dancers Claudia Lavista and Victor Manuel Ruiz, Delfos Danza Contemporánea has a vision of creating dynamic new works characterized by fluid physicality and dramatic narratives, as well as developing a professional training program for contemporary dancers. Their work has been presented throughout Mexico as well as Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Canada, the United States, Italy, Spain, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea and Greece. The company has received the Mexican National Dance Award and was named Best Dance Company in Mexico by the Critics Union, the Artistic Merit Award in Brazil. Prior to the Aug. 28 performance, a panel discussion with Mario Lavista will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Bennett • Gordon Hall. The discussion will be moderated by composer Elbio Barilari featuring composer Shulamit Ran and conductor and scholar Carmen Helena Téllez. Acclaimed composer Mario Lavista, whose daughter Claudia serves as co-artistic director of Delfos, will discuss his work. A special ticket and dining package is available for the Aug. 27 and 28 performances for $60. Delfos will also take part in Ravinia's Kraft Kids Concert series with a kids show at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, in Bennett • Gordon Hall.

Virtuoso violinist Leila Josefowicz, who made her Ravinia debut on the Rising Star series in 1991, returns to Ravinia at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25, for a recital in Bennett • Gordon Hall. A recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and a United States Artists Cummings Fellowship, Josefowicz is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music and was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in recognition of her passionate advocacy and genuine commitment to the music of today. The program includes works by Brahms, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Erki Sven Tüür and Schubert. This performance, which also features pianist John Novacek, is specially priced at only $10 for reserved seats. There are no lawn sales for this concert.

The Claremont Trio celebrates Robert Schumann's 200th birthday with a concert at

6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 24, in Bennett • Gordon Hall performing the composer's Trio No. 2 in F Major as well as works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Ravel. The only piano trio to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Claremonts participated in Ravinia's Steans Music Institute in 2002. This concert is specially priced at only $10 for reserved seats. There are no lawn sales for this concert.

Pianist Andreas Klein makes his Ravinia Festival debut on at 6 p.m. Sunday,

Aug. 29, in Bennett • Gordon Hall. His program will include Mozart's Sonata in A Minor, Ravel's Sonatine and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 3 in A Minor. Klein's career as a soloist has taken him to the world's most prestigious venues, including London's Wigmore Hall, Berlin's Philharmonic Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. This concert is specially priced at only $10 for reserved seats. There are no lawn sales for this concert.

Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela makes its Ravinia debut at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, in the pavilion. Playing together for more than 15 years, Mexico City natives Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero have made their home in Dublin, Ireland where they released their chart-topping debut album in 2006.

Ravinia welcomes the second performance of the Counting Crows' Traveling Circus & Medicine Show featuring Augustana and Notar at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 24. Selling more than 20 million records worldwide, Counting Crows have produced such hits as "Mr. Jones," "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Hanginaround." Their number-one hit "Accidentally in Love," which was featured on the Shrek 2 soundtrack, was nominated for a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award.

Poi Dog Pondering, whose 1997 concert drew the largest audience in Ravinia's history, returns to the festival at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 27. Formed in Hawaii in 1986, Poi Dog Pondering will feature a retrospective of songs from their 20-plus-year career as well as songs from their newest album, 7. Local band JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound from Chicago's Uptown neighborhood will open.

Four-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood, famous as the 2005 winner of American Idol, returns to Ravinia for a sold-out show at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 29. Underwood remains one of the biggest female artists on the charts today, with albums and number-one singles such as "Before He Cheats," "I Told You So" and "Last Name," earning her multiple Grammy awards, CMT Music awards, Billboard Music awards, American Music awards, Academy of Country Music awards, among many others.

Jazz vocalist Tony Andriacchi returns to Ravinia's Martin Theatre at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25, with The Carey Deadman Big Band to pay tribute to the singers of the American popular songbook such as Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.

Ravinia Festival is located at Lake Cook and Green Bay roads in Highland Park. For concert information or to purchase tickets, please visit Ravinia.org or contact the box office at 847-266-5100. All season long Ravinia will accept donations of non-perishable food and toiletry items for local food depositories that can be dropped off near the information booth at the main entrance of the park. Follow, connect and interact online at backstage.ravinia.org, Ravinia.org/facebook and Ravinia.org/twitter. Listen to Ravinia 2010 artists on the newly created internet radio station raviniaradio.org. Ravinia Festival is a not-for-profit organization.

Tuesday, August 24, 6 p.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

Robert Schumann 200

Claremont Trio +

Schumann: Trio in F Major, Op. 80 *

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Trio No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 70 *

Ravel: Trio

Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Tuesday, August 24, 8 p.m. - Pavilion

Counting Crows' Traveling Circus & Medicine Show

featuring Augustana & Notar

Tickets: $65/Lawn $27/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, August 25, 6 p.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

Leila Josefowicz, Violin

John Novacek, Piano

Brahms: Scherzo in C Minor, WoO 2 (Sonatensatz)

Shostakovich: Sonata Op. 134

Stravinsky: Duo concertante

Erki Sven Tuur: Conversio

Schubert: Rondo in B Minor, D. 895

Program Sponsor: Dale and Betsey Pinkert

Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, August 25, 8 p.m. - Martin Theatre

Tony Andriacchi and The Carey Deadman Big Band

Tickets: $25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Friday, August 27, 6 p.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

Ruth Page Festival of Dance

Mexico 200

Delfos Danza Contemporánea +

C. Lavista/Ruiz: When Disguises Are Hung Up (Cuando los Difraces se Cuelgan) *

Music by M. Lavista and others

Featured Sponsor: Motorola Foundation

Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Ticket & dining package $60/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Friday, August 27, 8 p.m. - Pavilion

Poi Dog Pondering

with special guest JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound +

Season Sponsor: Walgreens

Media Support: WXRT

Tickets: $45/Lawn $22**/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Saturday, August 28, 11 a.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

Kraft Kids Concert

Mexico 200

Delfos Danza Contemporánea

C. Lavista/Ruiz: When Disguises Are Hung Up (Cuando los Difraces se Cuelgan)

Music by M. Lavista and others

Featured Sponsor: Kraft Foods Inc.

Media Support: 101.9FM THE MIX

Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 10 a.m.

Saturday, August 28, 4:30 p.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

Panel discussion with Mario Lavista

Elbio Barilari, moderator

Shulamit Ran

Carmen Helena Téllez

Tickets: FREE to those holding tickets to main stage performance/Park opens at 4 p.m.

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Saturday, August 28, 5:30 p.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

Ruth Page Festival of Dance

Mexico 200

Delfos Danza Contemporánea

C. Lavista/Ruiz: When Disguises Are Hung Up (Cuando los Difraces se Cuelgan)

Music by M. Lavista and others

Featured Sponsor: Motorola Foundation

Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Ticket & dining package $60/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Saturday, August 28, 7:30 p.m. - Pavilion

Rodrigo y Gabriela +

Season Sponsor: State Farm Insurance Companies

Media Support: 93XRT

Tickets: $45/Lawn $16**/Park opens at 5 p.m.

Sunday, August 29, 1 p.m. - Bennett • Gordon Hall

Ruth Page Festival of Dance

Mexico 200

Delfos Danza Contemporánea

C. Lavista/Ruiz: When Disguises Are Hung Up (Cuando los Difraces se Cuelgan)

Music by M. LaVista and others

Featured Sponsor: Motorola Foundation

Tickets: $40/No lawn sales/Park opens at 12 p.m.

Sunday, August 29, 6 p.m.- Bennett • Gordon Hall

Andreas Klein, Piano +

Mozart: Sonata in A Minor, K.310

Ravel: Sonatine

Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 *

Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 4 p.m.

Sunday, August 29, 7 p.m. - Pavilion

Carrie Underwood

Season Sponsors: Allstate Insurance Company, Exelon

Media Support: US99.5 America's Country Station, Michigan Avenue magazine

Tickets: Pavilion and lawn SOLD OUT/Park opens at 4 p.m.

Repertoire being performed at Ravinia for the first time is marked with an asterisk (*). Artists making their Ravinia debut are marked with a plus sign (+). Lawn ticket prices are increased by $5 on the day of the show when marked by a double asterisk (**). All artists and programs are subject to change.

 

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