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Louisville Ballet Presents Stravinsky s THE RITES OF SPRING Via Digital Performance
Tickets on sale now for the ballet, created by resident choreographer Andrea Schermoly.by BWW News Desk
Louisville Ballet has announced the next original ballet art film in their digital Season of Illumination - The Rite of Spring. The digital performance will stream from April 22 through May 31 and tickets are on sale now.
Created by Louisville Ballet Resident Choreographer Andrea Schermoly, and filmed inside the Ballet s Main Street studios by KERTIS Creative, this world-premiere production explores themes of humanity, community, sacrifice, and escape. Performed to Stravinsky s provocative score, Schermoly s Rite of Spring pays homage to the seminal Stravinsky ballet - first choreographed at the start of the 20th century by Vaslav Nijinsky for Sergei Diaghilev s Ballet Russes.
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Gettin the tutus ready for take off: Jess Taunt, left, Paul Thomson, Jemima Scott, Patricia Barker, Paul Mathews and Mayu Tanigaito.
As the Royal New Zealand Ballet gears up for a nationwide tour, Sarah Catherall goes behind the scenes in Wellington and talks to some of the main players – both onstage and off. The stage manager
Paul Thomson has worked at the Royal New Zealand Ballet for 2½ years. I’m like the old fuddy duddy here, especially among the younger dancers. I’m the one who is the “no’’ guy – no water on stage, no food on stage, take your earphones out. I didn’t know a huge lot about ballet before I started here but I really enjoy watching it, especially the modern stuff. I have to know every production intimately. I’m thinking, “Who is coming on when, who is exiting?” – you have to know every piece as much as the dancers do but in a totally different way. We don’t need to know the dance moves, but we need to know