OKC BALLET OPENS
WITH RODEO: A TRIPLE
BILL
Single tickets to the opening performance of Oklahoma City Ballet’s
45th anniversary season are now available. Rodeo:
A Triple Bill will be presented October 21-23, 2016 on the Civic Center
Music Hall stage. This eclectic mixed
bill features one company premiere, one world premiere, and one ballet that has
not been performed by the company for over 30 years.
“Our
mixed bill programs have become some of the most anticipated and loved
performances that we offer,” said Artistic Director Robert Mills. “I am especially pleased to bring these three
works to our audiences. George
Balanchine’s Serenade is my favorite
ballet and it will be the first time our company will dance the work in its 45
year history. I have very special
memories dancing the lead in Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo. I know it will be a
work Oklahoma audiences will love, especially since it has been over three
decades since we have last performed it.
Lastly I have had a wonderful time creating my new work for this
program. I cannot wait to watch our
incredible dancers perform these three works.”
The
evening will open with George Balanchine’s
Serenade, a milestone in the history of dance. It is one of the signature works of New York
City Ballet’s repertory. This iconic piece
will grace the Civic Center stage for the first time. With a moving score by Tchaikovsky, dancers
“let down their hair” in this neo-classical ballet that has inspired artists
for decades.
OKC
Ballet’s Artistic Director Robert Mills will be presenting a World premiere
titled Our Private Rooms that has
been chosen as a recipient of the Artistic Innovations grant from the Mid-America
Arts Alliance. This abstract
contemporary ballet will “lift the walls” around our interpersonal relationships
that we maintain in private to provide contrast to our depicted public personas.
The
headlining ballet of the program, Rodeo,
will close the evening on a high note.
Choreographed by Agnes de Mille, with it’s famous score by Aaron
Copeland (think, “Beef. It’s what’s for dinner.”), this highly recognizable
ballet will be a treat for cowhands and city slickers. The cowboy boot clad dancers will portray the
story of the cowgirl who, with the best of intentions, tries to fit in with the
cowhands in an effort to find a “suitable man.”
For tickets and more information, visit the website at
www.okcballet.com or call (405) 848-TOES (8637).
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