JUBILEE OF DANCE

From George Balanchine's dazzling classical showpiece Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux to Stanton Welch's high energy tour-de-force Divergence, you'll thrill to highlights from Houston Ballet's most requested productions. Order your tickets early for what promises to be one very enchanted evening.

JUBILEE OF DANCE
  Featuring:
  
  CLEAR (2001)
  First Movement  
  Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
  Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor and the first and second
  Movements from the Violin Concerto in G minor
  Choreography by Stanton Welch
  Costume Design by Michael Kors
  Lighting by Lisa Pinkham

  SWAN LAKE (2006)
  Act II, Big Swans
  Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
  Choreography by Stanton Welch, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
  Scenic and Costume Designs by Kristian Fredrikson

  FALLING (2005)
  First Movement
  Music by W. A. Mozart
  Choreography by Stanton Welch
  Costume Design by Holly Hynes
  Lighting Design by Lisa Pinkham

  LITTLE DANCER (2008)
  Pas de Deux
  Music by Philip Glass
  Choreography by James Kudelka
  Costume Design by Denis Lavoie
  Lighting by Scott Zielinsk

  PLAY (2004)
  Men's Dance
  Music by Moby (Play)
  Choreography and Costumes Conceived by Stanton Welch
  Lighting Design by Lisa Pinkham

  THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
  Male solo from the Blue Bird Variation
  Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
  Choreographed by Marius Petipa

  MEDIÆVAL BÆBES (2008)
  Ah Si Mon Moine
  Music by Mediæval Bæbes
  Choreography and Costume Design by Stanton Welch
  Scenic Design by Thomas Boyd
  Lighting Design by Lisa Pinkham

   SWAN LAKE (2006)
   Act I, Hungarian Solo
   Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
   Choreography by Stanton Welch, after Marius Petipa and Lev
   Ivanov Scenic and Costume Designs by Kristian Fredrikson

  THE FOUR SEASONS (2007)
  Autumn Pas de Deux
  Music by Antonio Vivaldi
  Choreography by Stanton Welch
  Scenic Design by Thomas Boyd
  Costume Design by Kandis Cook
  Lighting Design by Christina R. Giannelli

  SYMPHONY IN C (1947)
  Fourth Movement and Finale
  Music by Georges Bizet
  Choreography by George Balanchine
  Costume Design - after Karinska.
  Lighting Design by Christina R. Giannelli

  PUNCTILIOUS (2007)
  Music by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
  Carnival Overture
  Choreography by Stanton Welch

  SOLO (1997)
  Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
  Sigiswald Kuijken's amplified recording of Bach's Suite for Violin in
  D   Minor  
  Choreography by Hans van Manen
  Staged by Mea Venema
  Costume Design by Keso Dekker
  Lighting Design by Jan Hofstra

  TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX (1960)
  Choreographed by George Balanchine
  Music by Peter IIyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
  Staged by Victoria Simon
  Costumes after Karinska
  Lighting by Christina R. Giannelli

  DIVERGENCE (1994)
  Music by Georges Bizet (1838-1875), L'Arlésienne, Suites No. 1 & 2
  Choreography by Stanton Welch
  Costumes by Vanessa Leyonhjelm
  Lighting by Francis Croese

7:30 PM Friday, December 5, 2008 




Purchase tickets by phone at 713.227.2787 or 800.828.2787.

Groups of 10 or more may purchase tickets at a discounted rate by calling 713.523.6300, ext 409.  

   

Age Recommendation: at least 5 years of age

 

 

 

Performance in the Brown Theater at Wortham Theater Center,
501 Texas Avenue at Smith Street.

 

Ballet: Tu Tu
Dancer(s): Sara Webb and Connor Walsh
Photo by: Drew Donovan