Butler Ballet Announces 2011-2012 Season
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Butler Ballet’s 2011-2012 season will feature The Nutcracker, the annual Midwinter Dance Festival and Coppélia, as well as a student choreography showcase and Butler Chamber Dance’s participation in the Spirit & Place Festival.
The season begins Oct. 27-28 with the choreography showcase. On Nov. 4 and 5, Butler Chamber Dance will present @ Work, @ Rest, @ Play. The Nutcracker comes to life Dec. 1-4, Midwinter will be staged Feb. 17-18, 2012, and Coppélia bows April 20-22.
For more information about Butler Ballet, call (317) 940-9346. Ticket prices are listed below.
“I am very excited about our upcoming season and also very excited to showcase the incredible talents of our exceptional dancers,” Dance Department Chair Larry Attaway said.
More about each event follows.
Student Choreography Showcase
7 p.m. Oct. 27-28
Lilly Hall Studio Theatre 310
Free, but tickets required. Call (317) 940-6465
This student-planned and -executed concert will feature about a dozen examples of student choreography.
2011 Spirit and Place Festival
Signature Event
Butler University, Jordan College of Fine Arts Department of Dance present The Butler Chamber Dance
@ Work, @ Rest, @ Play
12:15 p.m. Nov. 4 at City Market; 12:15 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Circle Centre food court
Free
A site specific, interpersonal, interactive movement experience. The body at Work is focused and task-oriented, the body at Play is inventive and joyful, and the body at Rest is peaceful and still. The body speaks through movement. The people all around us are constantly expressing themselves by the way they walk, sit, stand and relax. How we react to each other is also expressed through our own personal movement vocabulary, we reveal our emotions entirely by the way we move and sometimes we communicate by not moving at all. The performers will move among the people gathered in these communal spaces, taking us all on a journey through the various motion states of Work, Rest and Play. Choreography by Butler Dance faculty members Susan McGuire, Cynthia Pratt and Larry Attaway.
The Nutcracker
7:30 p.m. Dec. 1
8 p.m. Dec. 2 and 3
2 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4
Clowes Memorial Hall
Tickets: $28.50, $21.50 adults; $23, $17 child/student/senior; $20, $14 groups of 15 or more (a $2 Clowes Hall renovation fee will be added to each ticket)
A holiday family tradition, Butler Ballet is proud to present The Nutcracker, where children and adults are dazzled and delighted by glorious scenery and costumes, spectacular dancing and magical moments. Twirl with the snowflakes and waltz with the flowers while waiting for the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker Prince. Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score performed by the Butler Ballet Orchestra and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir under the direction of Richard Auldon Clark.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 9 at the Clowes Hall box office and through Ticketmaster, (800) 982-2787, and online at ticketmaster.com. The box office is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
8 p.m. Feb. 17 and 18
Clowes Memorial Hall
Tickets: $28.50, $21.50 adults; $23, $17 child/student/senior; $20, $14 groups of 15 or more (a $2 Clowes Hall renovation fee will be added to each ticket)
Join Butler Ballet dancers as they explore the repertoire of choreographic masterpieces from the 20th century and invest in a new generation of masterworks for the 21st century created by our faculty of resident choreographers. This is your chance to see dance history in the making as the ballet stars of tomorrow are showcased in this unique and diverse evening of visual splendor.
Coppélia
8 p.m. April 20 and 21
2 p.m. April 22
Clowes Memorial Hall
Tickets: $28.50, $21.50 adults; $23, $17 child/student/senior; $20, $14 groups of 15 or more (a $2 Clowes Hall renovation fee will be added to each ticket)
Coppélia is one of the most revered and often imitated stories of E.T.A. Hoffman. A magical doll, a jealous bride-to-be, her well-meaning but not too bright fiancé, a highly eccentric and slightly mad doctor, a pastoral village filled with happy peasants, erratic and uncontrollable magic, and a beautiful wedding all come together for a “happily ever-after” finale that only classical ballet can create. Come join us in this family favorite set to the beautiful music of Léo Delibes, performed by The Butler Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Richard Auldon Clark, and indulge yourself in Butler Ballet’s exuberant production.
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