Dance St. Louis and the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series will co-present three performances by the renowned Kansas City Ballet at Edison Theatre Nov. 12-14.
Shows begin at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. Tickets are $28 for adults; $23 for students, seniors and Washington University faculty and staff; and $18 for Washington University students.
Tickets are available at the Edison Theatre box office, (314) 935-6543; the Dance St. Louis box office, (314) 534-6622, the Dance St. Louis Web site, www.dancestlouis.org; and through MetroTix, (314) 534-1111. The Dance St. Louis box office is located at 634 N. Grand Ave. Edison Theatre is located in the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd.
The centerpiece of the program is Six Solos, a suite of rarely seen 20th century masterpieces restored by William Whitener, artistic director of the Kansas City Ballet. Since joining the company in 1996, Whitener has made a special project of preserving significant dances that are at risk of extinction, and it from such works that he has selected the suite, which DanceMagazine has described as “a stunning kaleidoscope of solo.”
The suite begins with Lotte Goslar’s cheerful It Starts With a Step (1968), followed by Anna Sokolow’s Kaddish (1945); Merce Cunningham’s Totem Ancestor (1942); Agnes de Mille’s Debut at the Opera (1928) and Daniel Nagrin’s Strange Hero (1948). The suite concludes with Michel Fokine’s poignant The Dying Swan (1907).
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WHO: The Kansas City Ballet WHAT: Dance concert WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12 and 13; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 WHERE: Edison Theatre, Washington University, Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. TICKETS: $28. Available through the Edison Theatre Box Office, (314) 935-6543, Dance St. Louis, (314) 534-6622, and all MetroTix outlets SPONSOR: Dance St. Louis and the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series |
The concert also will feature Nine Sinatra Songs, Twyla Tharp’s clever and romantic foray into glamour, romance, and ballroom dance. Rounding out the program are Alan Hineline’s Link, which received its world premiere at the Kansas City Ballet in 2001; and Vicente Nebrada’s Lento a Tempo e Appassionato.
Founded in 1957, Kansas City Ballet was renamed the State Ballet of Missouri from 1986 to 1996 for a dual-home relationship with St. Louis under the auspices of Dance St. Louis. This is the company’s first time back in St. Louis as the Kansas City Ballet.
Dance St. Louis has been bringing great dance of the world to St. Louis audiences since 1966. A funded member of the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis, the organization receives support from the Heartland Arts Fund, the Regional Arts Commission, the Missouri Arts Council, Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts and other sources.
The Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series serves both Washington University and the St. Louis community by providing the highest caliber national and international artists in music, dance and theater, performing new works as well as innovative interpretations of classical material not other-wise seen in St. Louis. Focusing on presentations that are interdisciplinary, multicultural, and/or experimental, Edison Theatre presents work intended to challenge, educate and inspire. Edison Theatre events are supported by the Missouri Arts Council and Regional Arts Commission.
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