“Tchaikovsky: The Man Behind the Music” will have its world premiere Friday-Sunday, March 29-31, at the Tulsa PAC. It is the first full-length ballet Tulsa Ballet has created since “Dorothy and the ...
If any composer could be considered synonymous with ballet, it would be Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, whose music is the foundation of three of the most beloved ballets of all time — “The Sleeping Beauty,” ...
It’s impossible to imagine the Christmas season without “The Nutcracker,” a beloved ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Written in 1892, this two-act classical ballet remains a symbol of the holiday ...
Two months ago, the Yakima Symphony Orchestra was joined on stage for a holiday pops program by the Yakima School of Ballet for excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s final ballet, the much-loved “Nutcracker.” ...
It is, for so many of us, the permanent soundtrack of the holiday season. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker,” like no other music, conjures up images for me of warm fireplaces, ...
Tonight through Sunday, the world renowned Bolshoi Ballet will be in the midst of touring their landmark production of “Swan Lake.” The company will only be performing in eight cities nationwide, ...
"We are thrilled to partner with the Fairfax Ballet to bring The Nutcracker to thousands of people of all ages in Fairfax County and across the DC region," said Jonathan Kerr, Executive Director, ...
Focus in on a small sliver of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” say Act II, No. 14 Scene, and you can hear the composer’s influence on a hundred years of Hollywood scores. In this three-minute excerpt from ...
If you ask Septime Webre what’s so special about “Swan Lake”, he’ll tell you it’s the Tchaikovsky score, the themes and fantastical storyline and the classic choreography. “The music sweeps us into a ...
Mimes can summon the vision of a white-faced character using exaggerated hand movements to demonstrate being trapped in an invisible box. Throughout history, though, ballet dancers have studied the ...
It was obvious the BBC Symphony Orchestra should ask the one-time Bolshoi chief conductor back for Tchaikovsky ballet music after they excelled together at the Barbican in the composer's Third ...