P4 – NOTES UNSPOKEN

Program Four introduces the Company’s third World Premiere of the Season with the addition of a new ballet by choreographer Gemma Bond. Over the past several years, Bond has received commissions by several acclaimed ballet companies around the world.

In celebration of the 90^th anniversary of the ballet’s world premiere, Antony Tudor’s Lilac Garden returns to the Company’s repertoire as it unfolds under the backdrop of an evening garden party in Edwardian England. Known as a psychological ballet, this dramatic narrative work navigates the emotional love triangle of a young woman, her lover, and the man she must marry.

Concluding with Ricardo Graziano’s Valsinhas, Portuguese for “little waltzes,” Program Four’s ending sees a gender split cast, with one entirely female and the other entirely male, all with the same choreography. With 25 waltzes at less than a minute in length, this ballet is playful and fast moving, acting as a perfect finale to close out the Program.

Repertoire will include:

WORLD PREMIERE
Choreography by Gemma Bond
Music to be announced

Lilac Garden
Choreography by Antony Tudor
Music by Ernest Chausson

Valsinhas
Choreography by Ricardo Graziano
Music by Franz Schubert