Description
Cacti & Other Works
Music: Various Artists (Details Below)
Runtime: 2 hours and 15 minutes, inclusive of intermission
Enjoy the best of contemporary and classical ballets this spring! In this mixed program, Ballet Arizona celebrates masterful and inventive choreography. Experience three short but dynamic ballets, similar to a collection of short stories.
Featured Ballets
Apollo
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Igor Stravinsky – Apollon Musagète
The ballet that garnered celebrated choreographer George Balanchine international recognition, this 1928 classic returns to the stage at Ballet Arizona.
Roman Zavarov in “Apollo.” Choreography by George Balanchine. © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo by Rosalie O’Connor.
Concertante
Choreography: Hans van Manen
Music: Frank Martin – Petite Symphonie Concertante
Internationally celebrated as one of the grand masters of contemporary ballet, Hans van Manen’s distinctive style is epitomized in Concertante. Blending refined simplicity, tension, structure, and musicality in its portrayal of human relationships.
Dancers from Nationale Opera & Ballet. Photo by Altin Kaftira.
Cacti
Choreography: Alexander Ekman
Music: Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, & Franz Schubert (arrangement “Death and the Maiden” by Andy Stein)
Performed live by guest artists Opus 76 Quartet
A gleeful parody of the artform’s greater excesses, Cacti is an affectionate, cutting and often hilarious deconstruction of the pretentions of dance. Dancers run, fall, writhe, and try to escape their invisible prisons – with a few cacti along the way. But what does it all mean?
Ballet Arizona dancer Eastlyn Jensen. Photo by Ed Flores.
Ballet Arizona dancer Eastlyn Jensen. Photo by Ed Flores.
