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On Stage: Michelle Cahill (left) and Keegan Harrig of the Tahoe Youth Ballet perform in Viduity. Photo by Danielle Hankinson |
CommentsTahoe Youth Ballet Presents Spring Season 2010
March 19 and 20, 7 p.m., North Tahoe High School Theater
Published: March 18, 2010 * Web Exclusive *Tahoe Youth Ballet presents its second performance featuring local and guest artists in its Spring Season at the North Tahoe High School Theater. The program will feature guest artist Stephen Straub of Suzanne Farrell Ballet and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet alongside six of Tahoe’s finest young dancers. Works presented include ballets by artistic director Christin Hanna, Constantine Baecher of the Royal Danish Ballet, former New York City Ballet dancer Deborah Wingert, and Madame Peff Modelski.
The program will feature four ballets. Guest artist Stephen Straub and the entire company of dancers will open the program in Deborah Wingert’s La Dernière Valse, a world premiere set to the romantic music of Maurice Ravel. Peff Modelski’s Celebration Tarantella is a lively dance for three ladies to an excerpt from Ottorino Respighi’s La Boutique Fantasque. In the evening’s second world premiere, artistic director Christin Hanna has choreographed Maturescence to the music of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. Another highlight of the program is guest choreographer Constantine Baecher’s ballet Viduity, set to music by Leos Janacek.
Tahoe Youth Ballet premiered last June to a standing ovation and rave reviews. Following the company debut, TYB was named a beneficiary of Wolfdale’s 13th Annual Bud Davis Memorial Abalone Dinner, which raised funds for this year’s spring performance. The company also hosted workshops, master classes, open rehearsals, and meet the artist events with visiting choreographers, dancers, and teachers. The company made its new home in the Cobblestone Center in September.
Tahoe Youth Ballet’s goal is to team young, emerging dancers with more experienced professionals for engaging evenings of classical and contemporary ballet. The company is comprised of six local dancers between the ages of 14 and 18 — Sierra Barter, Michelle Cahill, Keegan Harrig, Camille Joubert, Katie Mowris and Sierra Walsh — and led by Hanna.
Join Hanna and crew for an exciting evening of dance March 19 and 20 at North Tahoe High School Theater. Tickets $20/Adults, $10/Students and seniors. Info: 2945 Polaris Road, Tahoe City, (800) 838-3006, tahoeyouthballet.com
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