MADE IN THE USA: TRADITIONS & INNOVATIONSJune 15 and 16, 2012
The Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio Theatre
7:45 pm curtainTickets will be available via the Royal Opera House website beginning April 10th.
For more ticketing information, contact the Richmond Ballet Box Office at 804.344.0906
Richmond Ballet makes its international
debut in the Linbury Studio Theatre with Made in the USA: Traditions & Innovations.
Valse Fantaisie is George Balanchine’s joyful tribute to the
classical style, with waltz music by Glinka – a curtain-raising whirlwind of
continuous movement by one man and five ballerinas. John Butler’s After
Eden perfectly exemplifies this prolific and versatile choreographer’s
trademark combination of classic and contemporary styles through a stunning
dance narrative of Adam and Eve’s exile from the Garden of Eden. Ershter
Vals was created for Richmond Ballet by award-winning Chinese-American
choreographer Ma Cong. Inspired by both Hollywood’s World War II
films and the sounds of Klezmer music, its poignant imagery of dance in a
concentration camp celebrates the triumph of the human spirit. Swipe,
the thrilling climax to the programme, comes from one of today’s leading
American choreographers, Val Caniparoli. Another Richmond
Ballet commission, Swipe is an exhilarating classical and contemporary
dance fusion set to a genre-bending electro-remix of Londoner Gabriel
Prokofiev’s String Quartet No.2. Don’t miss Richmond Ballet’s
international debut representing the best of American dance – it promises
to be an evening of enjoyment, inspiration, and revelation!
Richmond Ballet to Perform at London's Royal Opera House in June --Richmond Times Dispatch
Richmond Ballet: Bravo --Richmond Times Dispatch
If you
would like some help arranging a travel package for London, please contact Pat
Franks at Covington Travel (patf@covtrav.com,
804-747-4171) or Ellen LeCompte (ellen@sterlingtvl.com,
804-353-0075, extension 3). Both Pat and Ellen are very knowledgeable
travel consultants and would be happy to help you arrange all the details of
your trip to London.
Richmond Ballet will also perform at The Margot Fonteyn
Theatre at White Lodge, The Royal Ballet’s Lower School in
Richmond-upon-Thames, at 6:30pm on June 19, tickets for that performance
are not yet on sale. Check back for more information!
AND Just Announced: Richmond Ballet will present London Preview performances here in Richmond at the Richmond Ballet Studio Theatre June 6 - 9, 2012!
