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TUESDAY, October
7
7:00–9:00 p.m.
Study
Club: Understanding Balanchine
A basic introduction
to understanding ballet and the works of George Balanchine
Led by Beth Genné,
associate professor of dance, School of Music, and associate
professor of art history, Residential College, College of
Literature, Sciences and the Arts, University of Michigan
LOCATION:
Vandenburg Room, 2nd Floor, Michigan League, 911 North University
Ave.
PRESENTER: University Musical Society
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FRIDAY, October 17
7:00–9:00 p.m.
Advanced
Ballet Master Class
An advanced Balanchine technique master class led by the
Ballet Master of the Miami City Ballet
Advanced dancers
only; registration required. To register, contact Dance
Gallery Studio at 734.747.8885. Free for members of Dance
Gallery; $15 for non-members.
LOCATION:
Dance Gallery Studio, 815 Wildt St.
PRESENTER: University Musical Society
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SATURDAY, October 18
6:00 p.m
UMS Artist Interview: Edward Villella
A pre-performance interview with Edward Villella, artistic
director, Miami City Ballet
Interviewed by Beth Genné, associate professor of dance,
School of Music, and associate professor of art history,
Residential College, College of Literature, Sciences and
the Arts, and Christian Matjias, assistant professor of
dance and music, School of Music, University of Michigan
LOCATION:
Vandenburg Room, 2nd Floor, Michigan League, 911 North University
Ave.
PRESENTER: University Musical Society
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SATURDAY, October 18–SUNDAY,
October 19
Saturday, 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, 2:00 p.m
Balanchine/Stravinsky!
Performances by the Miami City Ballet, Edward Villella,
artistic director
Repertoire includes Balanchine/Stravinsky Apollo,
Agon and Stravinsky Violin Concerto
For related event, see Performance Related Educational
Presentation (October
19).
LOCATION:
Power Center for the Performing Arts, 121 Fletcher St.
PRESENTER: University Musical Society
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FRIDAY, October 31
8:30 p.m.
Balanchine/Tchaikovsky!
A performance by the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Suzanne Farrell,
artistic director
Repertoire includes Balanchine/Tchaikovsky Mozartiana,
Tempo di Valse from The Nutcracker, Pas de Deux and
Serenade
LOCATION:
Power Center for the Performing Arts, 121 Fletcher St.
PRESENTER: University Musical Society
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FRIDAY, October 31–SATURDAY, November 1
Friday, 8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., 2:00–5:30 p.m.;
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m., 2:00–4:00 p.m.
From
the Mariinsky to Manhattan: George Balanchine and the Transformation
of American Dance
A two-day public symposium featuring presentations on Balanchine’s
work and its impact in Russia and the U.S. by internationally
recognized scholars and acclaimed Balanchine-trained dancers
LOCATION:
Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St.
PRESENTER: Center for Russian and East European Studies
and Department of Dance
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FRIDAY, December 12
8:00 p.m.
Heart's
Plunder
An open rehearsal of a work-in-progress, this program integrates
the poetry of Anna Akhmatova with Prokofiev's Visions Fugitives
danced by Peggy Lyman, former principal dancer with the
Martha Graham Company, and Peter Sparling, University of
Michigan. Readings by Sarah-Jane Gwillim, University of
Michigan. Introduction to the life and times of Akhmatova
by Brad Damare, University of Michigan.
LOCATION:
Dance Gallery Studio, 815 Wildt St. (at W. Summit St.)
PRESENTER: Department of Dance and Center for Russian
and East European Studies
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THURSDAY, February 5–SUNDAY, February 8, 2004
Thursday–Saturday, 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, 2:00 p.m
Dances
for St. Petersburg
The University Dance Company delves into St. Petersburg’s
rich traditions of dance and music. Guest artist Alonzo
King choreographs Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 15,
while Peter Sparling and Jessica Fogel create dances to
music by Stravinsky, motivated by poems of two influential
Russian poets, Anna Akhmatova and Osip Mandelstam. Gay Delanghe
looks at the 1904 trip to St. Petersburg by American modern
dance pioneer Isadora Duncan and its influence on the legendary
Russian ballet choreographer Michel Fokine, and Ruth Leney-Midkiff
explores St. Petersburg’s reputation as the “Venice of the
North” through the work of painter Mikhail Larionov.
LOCATION:
Power Center, 121 Fletcher St.
PRESENTER: U-M Department of Dance
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