{"id":33204,"date":"2019-09-06T03:40:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=33204"},"modified":"2019-09-04T11:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T18:51:39","slug":"premieres-audience-faves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2019\/09\/06\/premieres-audience-faves\/","title":{"rendered":"Premi\u00e8res & audience faves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artists of Ballet BC in a previous production of Bill<\/em>. (photo by Cindi Wicklund)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ballet BC\u2019s 2019\/20 season marks its 34th anniversary year, as the company continues to celebrate life as movement. The new season features a North American premi\u00e8re, a Ballet BC premi\u00e8re and the return of five renowned choreographers.<\/p>\n

Reveling in the beauty of our humanity, the season opens with Program 1, Oct. 31-Nov. 2. It features the premi\u00e8re of BUSK<\/em> by Canadian choreographer Aszure Barton and B.R.I.S.A.<\/em> by Johan Inger. Inspired by the world of busking and set to an atmospheric score, Barton\u2019s BUSK<\/em> showcases her versatile and poignant choreography. Inger\u2019s B.R.I.S.A.<\/em>, a probing and liberating piece exploring themes of awakening and change, returns to the stage by popular demand.<\/p>\n

In Program 2, March 4-7, the company revisits the pleasure, pain and politics of young love with Romeo + Juliet<\/em> by Medhi Walerski. In response to unprecedented demand and soldout performances for 2018\u2019s world premi\u00e8re of Romeo + Juliet<\/em> in Vancouver, Ballet BC returns to this iconic story set to Sergei Prokofiev\u2019s score. Crafted by Walerski, an original voice in international dance, it is an innovative and contemporary retelling of the full-length classic.<\/p>\n

The season closes May 7-9 with the return of two of the most influential artists in international dance today, both of whom are from Israel. Ballet BC will be the first North American company to perform Hora<\/em> by Ohad Naharin, following the success of the audience favourite Minus 16<\/em> in previous seaons. Program 3\u2019s dynamic lineup features the much-anticipated return of Bill<\/em> by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar.<\/p>\n

For the holidays in December, Ballet BC presents Alberta Ballet\u2019s retelling of holiday classic The Nutcracker<\/em>. With choreography by Edmund Stripe, sets and costumes designed by Emmy Award-winning designer Zack Brown, and Tchaikovsky\u2019s musical score played live by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, this extravagant production is set in turn-of-the-century Imperial Russia. Reflecting an era noted for its opulent grandeur, this show, which runs Dec. 28-30, displays more than a million dollars in sets and costumes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2019\/20, we are excited to continue a dialogue about dance and its power to transform and connect us in ways that echo across time, place and culture. Today, more than ever, we need channels of expression that examine society and our place in it,\u201d said Ballet BC artistic director Emily Molnar. \u201cDance can move people to feel and interpret life in new and meaningful ways. This season we are eager to delve deeper into a dance with each of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

All performances are at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets and more information can be found at balletbc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Artists of Ballet BC in a previous production of Bill. (photo by Cindi Wicklund) Ballet BC\u2019s 2019\/20 season marks its 34th anniversary year, as the company continues to celebrate life as movement. The new season features a North American premi\u00e8re, a Ballet BC premi\u00e8re and the return of five renowned choreographers. Reveling in the beauty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[785],"tags":[6769,3119,8922,4330,7011,2344],"class_list":["post-33204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performing-arts","tag-choreography","tag-dance","tag-gai-behar","tag-israel","tag-ohad-naharin","tag-sharon-eyal"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}