Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season artistic director Michael Pink and the Milwaukee Ballet are having is far from the one they planned. But in pirouetting to the new realities, the ballet is creating work that s friendly to new audiences.
The ballet opened To the Pointe Thursday in two ways: as a live performance for a limited capacity audience at its Baumgartner Center for Dance, 128 N. Jackson St., and as a video on demand for ticketholders through March 7. In line with city health regulations, the socially distanced live audience is limited to 25% of capacity, maxing out at 50 people. To the Pointe features three classical ballets, plus choreography by Pink and Timothy O Donnell in a kindred spirit, set on classical music. These works challenge the dancers to exhibit grace while being exact in their form and technique.
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Montgomery Ballet returns to the stage in 2021 with a three piece line up part of a delightful evening with food, dancing, and revelry. Montgomery Ballet President Larry Stevens says the two-night performance / Mardi Gras party combo, dubbed Masks We Wear, is an event you can’t afford to miss.
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“Masks We Wear” evenings will be Saturday, February 20th at Commerce Beerworks and 27th at The Chapel at the Waters. The catered party begins at 5pm with drinks, live DJ, and dancing, leading into the performances beginning at 6pm.
Montgomery Ballet’s professional company members will perform two beautiful classical pieces Pas De Quatre – choreography by Jules Perrot, music by Cesare Pugni and Animated Frescoes – choreography by Marius Petipa, music by Pyotr Yershov. These pieces each include only four dancers, but demonstrate the artistry and elegance that ballet was founded on. Those will be followed by the debut of the title piece, Masks
Boston Ballet revisits Yakobson gems and previews new work for spring
By Jeffrey Gantz Globe Correspondent,Updated January 21, 2021, 4:30 p.m.
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Corina Gill and Isaac Akiba in Leonid Yakobson s Rodin. Rachel Neville Photography; courtesy of Boston Ballet
The third virtual program in Boston Balletâs 2020â21 subscription season, âLook Back, Focus Forward,â mostly looks back to the companyâs performances of Soviet choreographer Leonid Yakobson. In the program introduction, Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen calls Yakobson a âmonumental choreographerâ who âtransformed the art form,â and though Boston Ballet last presented Yakobsonâs work in 2019, itâs still a treat to watch these pieces again. The hourlong program is rounded out with Nissinenâs reflections on touring and then a quick preview of a new work, âZoom In,â by former Nederlands Dans Theater dancer Ken Ossola that Boston Ballet