Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's 2013-14 season is packed with powerhouse pieces and choreographers from classical and contemporary dance.
The 44th season will open in October with a tribute to American dance icon Twyla Tharp that features two of her works. "In the Upper Room" from the 1980s is a stamina-testing piece set to a Philip Glass score that PBT last performed in 2010, packaged with Paul Taylor's 1940s period piece "Company B." This time, the program also will feature "Nine Sinatra Songs," one of the many times Ms. Tharp has choreographed to the music of Ol' Blue Eyes.
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Interesting season! I am excited to finally see Swan Lake and Don Quixote live, but aren't there any other Christmas ballet's other than the Nutcraker? Don't people get tired of doing and seeing the same story with a slight twist yearly? Then again, the Nutcracker is their biggest money earning show and also has the longest run. I guess the financial benefits are most important!
This seems like such an exciting season! I hope to be able to see some of them and see how they revamp shows that sometimes seem to get stuck in repetitive designs like swan lake and the nutcracker. The pieces that have chosen seem so timeless and that makes them so great and interesting. Also, being able to add in modern twists can really make or break these performances and it will be cool to try and see what they've done and see if it works. I just hope it isn't a extremely modern adaptation of any of their shows because I feel ballet is better when it is more classic.
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