Category: ballet
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Big events this weekend!
We wanted to highlight a few of the many exciting events that are taking place this weekend! Pamela Madsen’s massive ORATORIO FOR THE EARTH is being premiered in the resonant Meng Concert Hall at Cal State Fullerton, 3 pm (Pacific time), today Sat. May 14th. Tenor AJ Rodriguez’ has dedicated his Master’s recital as a…
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Ballet set to music of Ethel Smyth (streams Dec. 19 & 20)!
We were excited to learn that Ballet Co. Laboratory’s big holiday production is The Snow Queen, set to music by Dame Ethel Smyth. Artistic Director Zoé Emilie Henrot sat down with Liane Curtis (WPA President) to talk about how she came to use Smyth’s music, including what she listens for in ballet music. Streaming pre-recorded…
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Fanny Hensel at the Ballet
“Fanny for ballet!!” read the text message. I blinked and did a double-take at the accompanying photo. Indeed, selections of Fanny Hensel’s “Das Jahr” — The Year — a cycle of piano pieces composed in 1841, were the music for a new ballet, “Her Notes,” choreographed by Jessica Lang and being premiered by the…