Many award-winning choreographers have created ballets for both the Broadway stage and for ballet companies to perform on their own. Don't miss this opportunity to see Saint Louis Ballet celebrate the "essence" of American musical theatre with these remarkable ballets that project the style, energy and rhythms of the Broadway stage. With accompaniment by full orchestra – the Springfield Symphony Orchestra for the third consecutive year.
INTERPLAY
BY TONY AWARD WINNER JEROME ROBBINS
CAROUSEL (A DANCE)
BY TONY AWARD WINNER CHRISTOPER WHEELDON
WHO CARES?
BY GEORGE BALANCHINE
April 25 @ 7:00p
April 26 @ 2:30p & 7:00p
April 27 @ 2:30p
Touhill Performing Arts Center
INTERPLAY
By 5-Time Tony Award Winner
Jerome Robbins (West Side Story)
Music by Morton Gould
Interplay’s young dancers take part in lighthearted competition as they revel in the exuberant yet cool melodies of the ballet’s jazz-infused score.
Using the interplay of classical and vernacular choreography, Robbins experimented with choreographic patterns and the interactions of dancers in various formations. Morton Gould's score is full of humor and jazzy orchestration and revels in the swingtime rhythms of the 1940s.
CAROUSEL (A DANCE)
By Tony Award Winner
Christopher Wheeldon (MJ The Musical)
Music by Richard Rodgers
This charming distillation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Carousel recalls the poignant romance and thrilling drama of the celebrated Broadway production.
WHO CARES?
By Geoge Balanchine
Music by George Gershwin,
Orchestration by Hershy Kay
Gershwin’s radiant melodies serve as the basis for syncopated group dances and balmy, romantic duets.
Balanchine choreographed Who Cares? to 16 songs Gershwin composed between 1924 and 1931. Balanchine used the songs not to evoke a particular era but as a basis for a dynamic that is uniquely American and, more specifically, evocative of New York City: Balanchine’s choreography brings out the exuberance of city life.