A Day at the Colorado Ballet!
Brother Ari Breitman has graciously invited the Brethren to a performance at the Colorado Ballet on Sunday February 26th at 2pm at a discounted rate. Ticket prices will vary depending on group size. If you are interested, contact Curt Robinson, JW.
Colorado Ballet will present a collection of three master ballet works to live music by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra in Ballet MasterWorks. The production includes Firebird, by choreographer Yuri Possokhov, Choreographer in Residence for the San Francisco Ballet and music by Igor Stravinsky. The ballet is based on the Russian folklore tale of the Firebird, a magical bird with dazzling glowing feathers who helps a prince rescue a beautiful maiden from an evil sorcerer.
Ballet MasterWorks will also feature Serenade, choreographed by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings in C.” Serenade was the first original ballet Balanchine created in America and includes unexpected events from the first rehearsals into the choreography. The ballet includes 28 dancers in blue costumes in front of a blue background and according to the Balanchine Trust, the ballet is a milestone in the history of dance.
Rounding out the program, Colorado Ballet will perform Petite Mort by choreographer Jiří Kylián and music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Kylián created Petite Mort for the Salzburg Festival on the second centenary of Mozart’s death and according to his website, he based the choreography on two slow movements of two of Mozart’s most famous piano concertos. He said that in the moment of ecstasy or pleasure, people are reminded of the fact that life is short and death is relatively close. This is the first time that Colorado Ballet will present a Kylián ballet.
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