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| ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Royal Ballet, London Wednesday, May 8 at 1:00pm Saturday, May 11 at 3:00pm Tickets are: $17.00 General Admission $15 Seniors/Students Runtime TBA Those familiar with Lewis Carroll’s literary menagerie of colorful characters will enjoy the clarity with which Christopher Wheeldon portrays them in dance. The whole Company is drawn into the fun, dancing a myriad of quirky characters: a twitchy White Rabbit, a tap dancing Mad Hatter, a sinuous caterpillar and so many more. Alice and the Knave of Hearts, deftly danced by two Royal Ballet Principal dancers, are at the centre of the story, and the role of The Queen of Hearts, another Principal, is wittily captured with hilarious results. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a brilliantly imagined show and, with a magical score, ingeniously inventive designs and a wealth of theatrical effects, has something for everyone to treasure. Don’t miss what the Telegraph called "a dazzling affair.…intoxicating and exceptional…[Wheeldon] - along with everyone else involved in this mind-boggling production - should also take a bow." |
| GISELLE Royal Ballet, London Wednesday, May 22 at 1:00pm Saturday, May 25 at 3:00pm Tickets are: $17.00 General Admission $15 Seniors/Students 150 minutes including one intermission Giselle, one of the greatest Romantic ballets, in sensitively rendered in Peter Wright’s production from the Royal Ballet. The titular role --- one of the most demanding in all ballet --- is expertly danced by Critics’ Circle National Dance Award winner Marianela Nuñez, with fellow winner Rupert Pennefather co-starring as Albrecht. |
| THE MAGIC FLUTE Ballet and Opera Wednesday, June 12 at 1:00pm Saturday, June 15 at 3:00pm Tickets are: $17.00 General Admission $15 Seniors/Students 134 minutes On the eve of the first global war a magical drama unfolds as Tamino sets forth on a perilous journey in pursuit of love, light and peace in a world afflicted by darkness, death and destruction. An eerie quiet descends over a landscape still untouched by conflict as Tamino waits anxiously with his fellow recruits for the command to go into battle. In the ensuing chaos he is transported to a twilight world caught between dream and nightmare where he is rescued from certain death by a trio of field nurses. When Papageno (keeper of the canaries employed to detect the presence of gas in the trenches) stumbles onto the scene and attempts to take credit for saving Tamino, the Sisters dispatch the two soldiers on a deadly mission. The duo must rescue Pamina, the lovely daughter of the Queen of the Night, who has been kidnapped by the dark lord, Sarastro. What follows is a spectacular musical adventure in which the destiny of a pair of young lovers may help determine the fate of nations and the lives of millions. Conducted by James Conlon Directed by Kenneth Branagh Starring René Pape, Joseph Kaiser, and Amy Carson |
