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Festival Ballet Providence Artistic Director Mihailo Djuric announces the Company's 30th Anniversary Season opening in October 2007 and continuing through spring of 2008. The season of 6 productions also marks Djuric's 10th season as the artistic leader of the company. He has chosen a program that celebrates the strength of the company: the talents of the Company dancers, world-class neo-classical masterpieces, refreshing stagings of the great classics and exiting new contemporary works by a stable of young choreographers Mr. Djuric has championed during his tenure in Providence.
Mr. Djuric notes, "I'm celebrating this landmark year with popular repertory that I know will resonate with audiences, but give them the Festival Ballet Providence touch. Our audiences have come to greatly appreciate the unique quality of Festival Ballet Providence productions, and this season will be no different. My esteem for Viktor Plotnikov's work over the years made it a no-brainer to have him create a new Cinderella for the Company, and to revive Coma, which blew our audience away in a program that was complement with outstanding works by Balanchine and Robbins. Based on the high level of last year's performances, the Tudor and De Mille Trusts gave the Company access to their best works. That kind of stature is incredibly gratifying. "
VMA Subscription Series
VMA Arts & Cultural Center
1 Avenue of the Arts
Providence RI
19 to 21 OCTOBER, 2007
Cinderella
Time: 730pm on Oct 19 & 20, 230pm on Oct 21
Tickets: $17.00 to $62.00
Group, senior, student and Friday discounts available
The main stage season opens October 19-21, 2007 with the world premiere of Viktor Plotnikov's full-length production of Cinderella. Using the Prokofiev score, this production will follow the familiar story, but with the unique movement and unexpected twists audiences have come to expect from Plotnikov. To order tickets contact www.tickets.com , 800.919.6272 , VMA Arts & Cultural Center box office 401.272.4VMA.
8 to 10 FEBRUARY, 2008
Masters of Motion
Coma, Rodeo & The Leaves are Fading
Time: 730pm on Feb 8 & 9, 230pm on Feb 10
Tickets: $17.00 to $62.00
Group, senior, student and Friday discounts available
Festival Ballet Providence celebrates Valentine's Day early with a special triple-bill, Masters of Motion, featuring the revival of last season's most stunning ballet, Plotnikov's Coma with music by Arvo Pärt. The program is rounded out by two other world class ballets, renowned masterpieces by Agnes De Mille and Antony Tudor. De Mille's Rodeo to Aaron Copeland's score is a fun-filled and energy packed piece that was the predecessor to her Broadway triumph, Oklahoma. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Tudor's birth, Festival Ballet Providence was granted the rights to one of his most luminescent and romantic works, The Leaves Are Fading (music by Dvorak). To order tickets contact www.tickets.com , 800.919.6272 , VMA Arts & Cultural Center box office 401.272.4VMA.
25 to 27 APRIL, 2008
Swan Lake
Time: 730pm on Apr 25 & 26, 230pm on Apr 27
Tickets: $17.00 to $62.00
Group, senior, student and Friday discounts available
The VMA season concludes with what has been hailed as "the most impressive, moving and enduring" of the classical ballets, Swan Lake. This icon of ballet, will be choreographed by Djuric and Ballet Mistress Milica Bijelic after the original by Petipa and Ivanov. To order tickets contact www.tickets.com , 800.919.6272 , VMA Arts & Cultural Center box office 401.272.4VMA.
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Up CLOSE, On HOPE
Festival Ballet
Grand Studio
825 Hope Street
Providence RI
3 to 17 NOVEMBER, 2007
Up CLOSE, On HOPE I
Time: Saturdays November 3, 10, & 17, 7:30 pm
Sundays November 4 & 11, 6:00 pm
Tickets: $40.00
Group, senior, student and Friday discounts available
The company presents the fifth season of its award-winning series, Up CLOSE on
HOPE with two different programs in the 90-seat Leach Grand Studio Black Box Theater
at the organization's facility, 825 Hope Street on Providence's East Side. Up CLOSE on
HOPE offers audience members an intimate dance experience, exciting mixed
contemporary repertory, world premieres, hors d'oeuvres and wine intermissions, and
performers so close you can almost touch them. Choreographers for this "bold"
contemporary series will include Mihailo Djuric, Mark Harootian, Gianni
DiMarco and Viktor Plotnikov, joined by some young talent, new to Rhode Island audiences.
To order tickets contact Festival Ballet Providence at 401.353.1129, info@festivalballet.com or www.festivalballet.com.
8 to 29 MARCH, 2008
Up CLOSE, On HOPE II
Time: Saturdays March 8, 15, 22, 29, 7:30 pm
Sundays March 16, 6:00 pm
Tickets: $40.00
Group, senior, student and Friday discounts available
The company presents the fifth season of its award-winning series, Up CLOSE on
HOPE with two different programs in the 90-seat Leach Grand Studio Black Box Theater
at the organization's facility, 825 Hope Street on Providence's East Side. Up CLOSE on
HOPE offers audience members an intimate dance experience, exciting mixed
contemporary repertory, world premieres, hors d'oeuvres and wine intermissions, and
performers so close you can almost touch them. Choreographers for this
contemporary series include Mihailo Djuric, Mark Harootian, Gianni
DiMarco and Viktor Plotnikov, joined by some young talent, new to Rhode Island audiences.
To order tickets contact Festival Ballet Providence at 401.353.1129, info@festivalballet.com or www.festivalballet.com.
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Annual Holiday Production
Providence Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Providence RI
Phone: 401-421-2787
14 to 16 DECEMBER, 2007
The Nutcracker
Time: 730pm on Dec 14, 230pm & 730pm on Dec 15, 1pm & 630pm on Dec 16
Tickets: $18.00 to $60.00
Group, senior, student and Friday discounts available
The Company brings its holiday favorite, The Nutcracker, to the resplendent Providence Performing Arts Center for five memorable performances. Lush sets, bravura dancing and brilliant costumes sparkling with co-sponsor Swarovski crystal stones make this production memorable for the entire family. To make the visit to The Nutcracker even more special,
Festival Ballet Providence sponsors a scrumptious holiday buffet, Clara's Tea and
Brunch, at Federal Reserve preceding the Sunday matinee performance.
Nutcracker tickets may be ordered through PPAC at 401.421.ARTS or www.ppacri.org.
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