The Ballet
Appreciation Group is
now set up and will be split into two groups of 6-8 people for the
purpose of comfortable seating. The groups will meet, usually
1st
Friday and 3rd Wednesday of the month commencing 1st July and 20th July
2011.
Two taster sessions have already taken place and
both groups enjoyed the programmes presented.
Hopefully over the coming months we shall enjoy a whole
range of
ballets including Traditional, Modern and Contemporary performances by
various worldwide ballet companies.
The presentations viewed in the two taster
sessions were a
mixed bag of enjoyable ballets, not generally shown on the U.K. ballet
circuit. Details of the programmes viewed are as follows:
1. American Ballet Theatre
– Featuring
Mikhail Baryshnikov’s “ A-Z of Ballet”
including:
• “A Little
Ballet” - Music by Glazinov ('Candlelight & Romance'
describes this lovely ballet).
• “The Sinatra
Suite” - Classic Hits. (Evening Dress is the order of the day
in
this ballet).
• “Push Comes to
Shove” (A very quirky ballet, lots of fun and my
favourite).
2. The Royal Ballet Co.
• "Hornpipe Selection"
– Music: Sea Shanties ( If you enjoy the
“Last Night
at the Proms”, this
ballet is for you)
• "Faust" - Music by Gounod.
(Lovely music and very romantic).
3. American Ballet Theatre
• "Stars & Stripes"
– Music by Sousa. ( Who would ever think you could perform a
ballet to
marching music, it is fabulous).
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Group Leader
Sheila Hall