Student Matinee March 14 and 22 2019 PBT DTH The matinee is a mixed repertory performance Balamouk 12 minutes long performed by DTH 10minute pause stay in your seats Orange 18 minutes long performed by both companies together ID: 770613
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Student Matinee! March 14 and 22, 2019
PBT + DTH
The matinee is a mixed repertory performance. Balamouk - 12 minutes long (performed by DTH)10-minute pause (stay in your seats!) - Orange - 18 minutes long (performed by both companies together)10-minute pause (stay in your seats!) - Rubies - 19 minutes long (performed by PBT) After the performance we’ll have a Question and Answer session with dancers! (about 30 minutes)
Contemporary Ballet
Classical and Neo-classical Ballet
Classical versus Neo-classical Ballet Classical Neo-classical Pointe work Pointe work (Mostly) Turn-out of the legs Turn-out sometimes altered Detailed narrative Plotless / non narrative Heavy theater sets / costumes Minimal sets / costumes Graceful, flowing, precise movements emphasis on athleticism Increased speed, energy and attack Ethereal qualities More grounded and real qualities Sleekly modern and sophisticated look Balance is vertically centered Balance can be off-center Symmetry important patterning important
“Hear the dance and see the music.” Choreographer George Balanchine
Background on the ballets
Performed by Dance Theater of Harlem Balamouk
Choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
“Until the age of seven I thought I was white, then my mother put me in front of a mirror and said; see who you really are; a young girl with Colombian origins.”
“Sparkling and joyous” “Kaleidoscopic” “Layered and colorful”
Orange Performed by both DTH and PBT dancers together
Stanton Welch, Houston Ballet
Rubies Performed by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
https://www.nycballet.com/ballets/r/rubies.aspx
The August Wilson Cultural Center
Reverence - Appreciation and Gratitude