PROGRAM TWO

Program Two brings together three works — two of them Company premieres — that explore imagination and characterization. Solitaire by Sir Kenneth MacMillan unfolds as “a kind of game for one,” following a solitary figure who drifts between observer and participant in a series of elegant, interconnected sections. Beneath the elegance is a sense of longing, as the central character seems to never quite belong with the ensemble.

In Lyric Pieces, Jessica Lang creates a sequence of poetic scenes that feel both playful and refined but are enhanced by an ever-changing set that seems to breathe and transform alongside the dancers.

Rounding out the program is Alexei Ratmansky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Bursting with color and energy, the work is inspired by Mussorgsky’s famed piano score and the vivid watercolor imagery of Wassily Kandinsky. As New York Times critic Alastair Macaulay observed, the ballet reveals its dancers “vividly, individually, intimately.”

Repertoire will include:

Solitaire (Company Premiere) | Choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan | Music by Malcolm Arnold

Lyric Pieces | Choreography by Jessica Lang | Music by Edvard Grieg

Pictures at an Exhibition (Company Premiere) | Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky | Music by Modest Mussorgsky

Featuring Live Music by the Sarasota Orchestra

SARASOTA ORCHESTRA