All performances take place at Brandywine Ballet’s resident theater at the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall located at 700 South High Street (southwest corner of High St. and University Ave.), West Chester.
Tickets ranging from $22 – $37 are on sale now at www.brandywineballet.com and (610) 696-2711. Student, Senior, and Group discounts are available. Ballet & Dinner ticket upgrades are also available in conjunction with Avalon Restaurant and WCDish.com ($35 three-course dinner/person).
In a special “one-night only” appearance last June, Brandywine Ballet performed the company premiere of George Balanchine’s Valse-Fantaisie to rapturous applause for a select audience at Longwood Gardens. The company will conclude its 2010-2011 Season this April (specifically on the 29th and 30th at 7:30pm) by performing again this Balanchine masterpiece for a wider audience at Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall, as part of a diverse repertory program called All Mixed Up.
Set to Valse Fantaisie in B minor by Russian composer Mikhail Glinka, who has been called the Mozart of his country, the piece has been described as light and fast. Brandywine Ballet welcomes special guest artist Jonathan Stiles of Pennsylvania Ballet in Valse-Fantaisie’s principal male role, alongside Brandywine Ballet’s Hannah Telthorster.
Resident Choreographer Nancy Page explores the role that hope and love play in the grieving process in her new work Requiem, set to the popular Mozart work. With ethereal stage production touches underway, such as ghost lights and subtle fog-hazing, Ms. Page’s new choreography aims to deliver on the sacred and metaphysical themes echoed in the music.
Brandywine Ballet will also perform the company premieres of Christopher Fleming’s (formerly of New York City Ballet) Café Music and Big Band Sweet, as well as an expanded version of Eric Bean Jr.’s (Koresh Dance Co.) Jogo, debuted by the company at Rose Tree Park last summer. Rounding out the program on a contemporary and Big Band inspired note, these pieces feature the music of Benny Goodman, Paul Schoenfield, and New Zoo. True to its namesake, Brandywine Ballet’s spring production-series All Mixed Up offers an exciting array of contemporary dance styles that the company has increasingly gained attention for in the last few seasons, as well as the classical balletic archetype, for which it first rose to acclaim.
More information may be found at www.brandywineballet.com.
