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FEBRUARY 16 at 7:30pm
FEBRUARY 17 at 3:00pm & 7:30pm
FEBRUARY 18 at 3:00pm
KIRKWOOD PAC
Three ways to celebrate love – with three short ballets and a nod to Valentine’s Day. After a stunning debut at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center in 2023, the company returns to KPAC with works by the incomparable George Balanchine, innovative choreographer Brian Enos and the dynamic duo of Gen Horiuchi and composer TOYA (with live accompaniment).
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George Balanchine’s Square Dance:
In love with all things American, Balanchine takes the intricate patterns of a typical square dance and re-imagines them for his own ballet work that nods to the common roots of the two styles. Incorporating classical ballet, 17th century court dance and country dancing in an effervescent whole. -
Brian Enos’ In Reel Time:
A contemporary work that’s very rhythmic and strikingly beautiful. -
Gen Horiuchi’s St. Louis Blues:
A creation with composer and longtime collaborator Toya that evokes the mood of the blues era. With accompaniment by a New York-based jazz ensemble.
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SQUARE DANCE
Music by Antonio Vivaldi and Arcangelo Corelli
Choreography by George Balanchine
Known for his love of all things American, Balanchine expertly reconceives square dancing to fit his neoclassical minimalism, retaining its fascinating patterns and effervescent spirit.
In Square Dance, George Balanchine joined the traditions of American folk dance with classical ballet. He felt the two types of dance, though widely different in style, had common roots and a similar regard for order. He wrote, "The American style of classical dancing, its supple sharpness and richness of metrical invention, its superb preparation for risks, and its high spirits, were some of the things I was trying to show in this ballet." In the original 1957 version, the musicians were placed onstage, and a square dance caller was brought in to call out the steps. Square Dance was revived in 1976 without the caller, with the orchestra in the pit, and with an added solo for the principal male dancer.
IN REEL TIME
Music by Philip Daniel, Nova,
Outland, & Spearfisher
Choreography by Brian Enos
"In Reel Time" explores the play between tension and release and how form, function, and the connection between the dancers, music, time, and physical space can all be manipulated to create moments of tension, release, and unpredictability.
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Music by TOYA
Choreography by Gen Horiuchi