Upcoming Events
- The Nutcracker – Dec 6-23
- Hamlet - Feb 13-15
- AVST Project – Mar 26 - Apr 5
- Cinderella – May 8-10
About the Performances
NINE SINATRA SONGS
Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, made famous by Baryshnikov’s turn in
the lead role in 1984, is a dazzler of a ballet in which
the Tony award winner blends romantic ballroom dancing
and the familiar sounds of Frank Sinatra’s swinging
style.
Choreography by Twyla Tharp
Music: Song Sung by Frank Sinatra
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EPISODES
An exciting artistic partnership brings George
Balanchine’s muse, Suzanne Farrell, and her company, The
Suzanne Farrell Ballet, together with Ballet Austin to
perform Episodes. This rare and important work was
created in 1959 by master choreographer Balanchine to
compositional sketches by composer Anton Webern.
Ballet Austin travels to the Kennedy Center in
Washington, D.C. to perform with The Suzanne Farrell
Ballet the week of October 6, 2008 and then that company will visit
Austin for a
reciprocal collaboration to open our season at The Long
Center. The performances are
part of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet’s Artistic
Partnership initiative. Ballet Austin is only the second
company to participate in this unique program.
About The Suzanne Farrell Ballet:
In just over a decade, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet has evolved from an educational program of the Kennedy Center to a highly lauded ballet company, hailed by the New York Times’ Chief Dance Critic in 2007 as “one of the most courageous projects in ballet today.”
In 1994, the Education Department of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts began a series of ballet master classes with the legendary Suzanne Farrell, which provided serious ballet students the opportunity to study with one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. In the fall of 1999, Ms. Farrell took cues from the masters of ballet with whom she studied to direct the Kennedy Center’s production of, Suzanne Farrell Stages the Masters of 20th Century Ballet. That performance, celebrating the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Season, is considered the birth of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet.
Since 2001, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet has performed annually at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and has toured both nationally and internationally. Notably, the Company accepted an invitation to perform as a tribute to Ms. Farrell, a 2005 Honoree, as part of the nationally televised Kennedy Center Honors gala. To date the Company has over thirty-five ballets in its repertoire including works by Ms. Farrell’s mentors George Balanchine, Maurice Béjart, and Jerome Robbins.
Committed to carrying forth the legacy of George Balanchine through performances of his classic ballets, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet announced the formal creation of the Balanchine Preservation Initiative in February 2007. This initiative serves to introduce rarely seen or “lost” Balanchine works to audiences around the world.
In November 2007, the Company launched an Artistic Partnership outreach program. The mission of this initiative is to salute, support, and galvanize ballet companies throughout the United States. The Farrell Ballet has selected Ballet Austin as an Artistic Partner during the 2008/09 season.
The two companies will perform together in the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater, October 8-12, 2008.
Choreography by George Balanchine
Featuring The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Music by Anton Webern
LIMINAL GLAM
Our own award-winning and internationally sought-after
choreographer, Stephen Mills, will create his first
world premiere, Liminal Glam, in the new Long Center, set to the
music of Academy Award nominated composer, Philip Glass.
Choreography by Stephen Mills
Music by Philip Glass
Costume Designs for Liminal Glam:
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