Thursday, February 11, 2010
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre announces 2010-11 season
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "The five productions of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's 2010-11 season feature four full-length ballets, including a world premiere, and a celebration of the genius of mid-20th century choreographer George Balanchine."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
It seems like the Pittsburgh Ballet has a very good season coming up. Of course there is Nutcracker, but there will also be Gershwin Premiere, The Three Musketeers, and Dracula. The short statement about Dracula makes me cry a little for society, as Terrence S. Orr says "Before there was Edward in 'Twilight,' there was Dracula. This ballet is a wonderful love story." Its so sad Twilight has taken over societies fixation of vampires, there are so many other good vampire love stories. Hopefully, PBT can show that with Dracula.
GA! I would die to see the tribute to Balanchine piece featuring "The Prodigal Son" and "Agon." I know its so....formal ballet, but I really love his choreography. I know everyone does it, and that its nothing new or innovative, but...but its BALANCHINE and its beautiful tutu dancing at it most sophisticated. I'm all for new age, edgy dance, but sometimes you just want to watch the old-school stuff.
The new season sounds wonderful. Dracula would be interesting to see because I can't even imagine how the novel would translate to a ballet. Also, I am guessing that the Nutcracker is something that is performed every year because it was on this season and I wanted to go see it and didn't have a chance, Looks like I can the next. The Three Musketeers is another one like Dracula that I cannot imagine the novel translating to ballet but I guess I will just have to go see them. Sounds like a good season because of course in Birmingham the ballet just show the same thing each year so this is exciting.
PBT had a fantastic season this year, they really encapsulated the major ballets of the past century. It's hard to follow up a time-less season including Swan Lake, Cinderella and Nutcracker. Yep, we will see Nutcracker again, but they did a good job of getting some of those big names back in, like Dracula, Three Musketeers, and Agon. I'm looking forward to seeing these timeless stories played out by PBT. I'm looking to see if they adapt them, but how they keep the original versions of the pieces.
Post a Comment