KANSAS CITY, MO (April 15, 2016) — The 58th season of Kansas City Ballet closes with a mixed–repertory program of four bold and electrifying works in one performance: Viktor Plotnikov's WORLD PREMIERE, Vesna, featuring the music of Antonín Dvorák, Yuri Possokhov's Diving into the Lilacs including music by Boris Tchaikovsky, Helen Pickett's Petal with music of Thomas Newman and Philip Glass and closing the program with Adam Hougland's Rite of Spring with the brilliant masterpiece score by Igor Stravinsky. The production will be accompanied by Kansas City Symphony conducted by Kansas City Ballet Music Director Ramona Pansegrau and runs May 6 through 15 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Festival Ballet Providence's (FBP) 2015-2016 Season, which was formally announced in June, opens in October 2015 with electrifying choreography, stunning staging, live music, and thrilling premieres. The company's thirty-eighth season of contemporary and classical dance includes Ballet Russes Reinvented, Up Close on Hope series, The Nutcracker, Hansel and Gretel, and Swan Lake.
Kansas City Ballet will present the 5th Annual KC Dance Day at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity today, Aug. 29th from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The capital city's freshest choreographic endeavor, The Now Unboxing Project, is proud to announce SLAG, a culmination of summer residency pieces in its first ever evening length showing. The performances are held tongiht, July 31 and August 1 at The Dirt Salon, 50 Bartholomew Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106.
The capital city's freshest choreographic endeavor, The Now Unboxing Project, is proud to announce SLAG, a culmination of summer residency pieces in its first ever evening length showing. The performances are held on July 31 and August 1 at The Dirt Salon, 50 Bartholomew Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106.
The multi-international award-winning SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW returns to London's Southbank Centre for a fifth consecutive Christmas season, playing the Royal Festival Hall from 16 December 2015 to 3 January 2016.
KANSAS CITY, MO (July 7, 2015) — Kansas City Ballet will present the 5th Annual KC Dance Day at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity on Saturday, Aug. 29th from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The full day will feature FREE dance performances, classes, demonstrations and FUN for the whole family. In addition to free classes, attendees will enjoy performances, prize drawings, giveaways and relaxing under the tent with food and beverages available for purchase from Two Guys and a Grill. Pre-registration for classes is recommended. Visit kcballet.org or register in person the day of the event.
Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) will top off its 2014-2015 season with Rhode Island and world premieres by new and veteran choreographers in the third program of the Up Close on Hope series. The program takes place in FBP's Black Box Theatre, 826 Hope Street over three consecutive weekends - April 10-11, 17-18, and 24-25, 2015, Friday nights at 8pm, Saturday night at 7:30pm - and will feature choreography by first-time and veteran choreographers. All of the pieces to be showcased offer an opportunity for audiences to experience some of the freshest, most exciting examples of contemporary dance seen today.
KANSAS CITY, MO (January 26, 2015) - The Kansas City Ballet today announced the 2015-2016 season. The 58th season will commence with the Kansas City Premiere of The Three Musketeers, choreography by Andre Prokovsky and music by Guiseppe Verdi, to be followed by the unveiling of Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director Devon Carney's all new production of The Nutcracker. Following the holiday classic, the winter program will feature the Kansas City Premiere of Swan Lake, choreography by Devon Carney, after Marius Petipa with the beloved music of Tchaikovsky. The 2015-16 season will finish with a joyful Spring Program featuring Kansas City Premieres of Adam Hougland's The Rite of Spring as well as new works by choreographers Helen Pickett, Viktor Plotnikov, and Yuri Possokhov. The Kansas City Symphony, conducted by renowned Kansas City Music Director Ramona Pansegrau, will accompany the 2015-2016 season.
The Hartt School Dance Division presents Hartt Dances Friday through Sunday, April 26 through 28, with performances on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM, and on Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 PM. All performances take place at Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT. Admission is $20, with discounts for seniors, students, and groups. For tickets and information, please call the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587, or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.
The Hartt School presents a variety of music, dance, and theatre performances this April, many of which are free, and all are open to the public. All events take place at the University of Hartford's main campus, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT, unless otherwise noted. Please call the University Box Office at860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for tickets and information.
Adapted from Providence author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg's book The Widow's Broom, this is Festival Ballet Providence's signature Halloween production. It features pumpkins, witches and a broom that will dance its way into your heart.
Adapted from Providence author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg's book The Widow's Broom, this is Festival Ballet Providence's signature Halloween production. It features pumpkins, witches and a broom that will dance its way into your heart.
Adapted from Providence author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg's book The Widow's Broom, this is Festival Ballet Providence's signature Halloween production. It features pumpkins, witches and a broom that will dance its way into your heart.
