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DATE
9 OCT 2010, SAT -
10 OCT 2010, SUN
10 OCT 2010, SUN
TIME
8pm
(2hrs including intermission)
(2hrs including intermission)
VENUE
Theatre
PRICE
$20, $40*, $70**, $100, $120
Concessions: for students, NSF and senior citizens: $25*, $45** da:ns early bird packages (until 29 Aug)
Save 20% with 4 or more tickets+
Save 15% with 2 to 3 tickets+
da:ns saving packages (from 30 Aug)
Save 15% with 4 or more tickets+
Save 10% with 2 to 3 tickets+
+ Applicable to Category 1 and 2 only. Does not apply to concession tickets. All Upper Secondary Schools, JCs, CIs and ITEs may use Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise up to 60% of this programme.
Concessions: for students, NSF and senior citizens: $25*, $45** da:ns early bird packages (until 29 Aug)
Save 20% with 4 or more tickets+
Save 15% with 2 to 3 tickets+
da:ns saving packages (from 30 Aug)
Save 15% with 4 or more tickets+
Save 10% with 2 to 3 tickets+
+ Applicable to Category 1 and 2 only. Does not apply to concession tickets. All Upper Secondary Schools, JCs, CIs and ITEs may use Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise up to 60% of this programme.
SYNOPSIS
"Vibrant and ethereal, delicate and strong, Kent blends a regal, almost old-fashioned presence with cutting-edge technique" - Dance Magazine
"Simkin has amazing dexterity and flexibility…dancing with exceptional fluency and abandon…[He] stole the show with his incredibly daring leaps and turns in midair, which he executed so effortlessly and flawlessly" - ballet.co.uk
"It was the intimacy of their dramatic portrayals as much as the dazzle of their dancing that won Zehr and Konvalina a well-deserved ovation. ...[the partnership] showed all the promise of such pairings of exceptional talents" - Dance Magazine
"Simkin has amazing dexterity and flexibility…dancing with exceptional fluency and abandon…[He] stole the show with his incredibly daring leaps and turns in midair, which he executed so effortlessly and flawlessly" - ballet.co.uk
"It was the intimacy of their dramatic portrayals as much as the dazzle of their dancing that won Zehr and Konvalina a well-deserved ovation. ...[the partnership] showed all the promise of such pairings of exceptional talents" - Dance Magazine
"[Takeshima is] a steely imp of a dancer" - ballet.co.uk
"[Coumes-Marquet's] dancing is at once muscular and androgynous: an unfurling succession of extravagant lunges, orientalist ports de bras and rococo pirouettes" - The Guardian
"[Coumes-Marquet's] dancing is at once muscular and androgynous: an unfurling succession of extravagant lunges, orientalist ports de bras and rococo pirouettes" - The Guardian
An international line-up of ballet stars are set to take your breath away with their sublime grace and technical brilliance. This season's Ballet Gala features some of the best principal dancers and soloists from leading ballet companies in the world. From the American Ballet Theater comes the radiant Julie Kent, as well as Daniil Simkin and Cory Stearns. Kent, whose illustrious career has earned her innumerable accolades, is widely lauded for the sensitivity and strength she brings to her portrayals. With her elegant poise, regal beauty and exquisite lines, she embodies the ideals of a classical ballerina. Simkin, who is often compared to Baryshnikov, has not only wowed audiences with his phenomenal technique, agility and infectious charm but has also amassed a huge following online.
The stellar cast also includes Bridgett Zehr and Zdenek Konvalina from National Ballet of Canada, Yumiko Takeshima and Raphaël Coumes-Marquet from Dresden SemperOper Ballett, Elisa Carrillo Cabrera and Mikhail Kaniskin from Staatsballett Berlin.
Mastery, poise and charisma are on display in this programme comprising an array of classical and neo-classical works in solos and duets. Kent and Stearns enthrall with their pas de deux from Kudelka's Cruel World, capturing the passion and the pain of a relationship, while Simkin's solos of Le Bourgeois and Fallen Angel are set to captivate. Takeshima and Coumes-Marquet perform with eloquent fluidity in David Dawson's On the Nature of Daylight, a dance of "continuous subdued rapture". Wonderfully spellbinding are Zehr and Konvalina in two of Balanchine’s choreographies, Coppelia and "Diamonds" from Jewels, as well as Cabrera and Kaniskin in their pas de deux from La Sylphide and Bigonzetti's Caravaggio. These and more scintillating dance awaits at the Ballet Gala!
For more information and video clips, please visit www.dansfestival.com.
