American Ballet Theater: Gala Performance

Lo spettacolo

The American Ballet Theater performs three works in this gala evening at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
Choreography: Mark Morris
Staged Design: Tina Fehlandt
Music: Virgil Thomson
Costumes Design: Santo Loquasto
Lighting Design: Michael Chybowski
Live Orchestras: NCPA Orchestra

The witty, romantic piano etudes of Virgil Thomson are echoed in Mark Morris' valentine to classical ballet. From voluptuous, rippling torsos and arms to majestic tableaux of heart‐stopping beauty, this inventive ballet is pure pleasure.

The Moor's Pavane
Choreography: Jose Limon
Staged Design: Clay Taliaferro
Music: Henry Purcell
Costumes Design: Pauline Lawrence
Lighting Design: Jean Rosenthal
Live Orchestras: NCPA Orchestra

Considered Limon's masterwork, The Moor's Pavane beautifully distills in one act the passion and dramatic arc of Shakespeare's Othello. Performed to a stately Renaissance court dance, this psychological thriller inevitably reaches its heartbreaking climax as the noble Othello succumbs to Iago's treachery.

Rodeo
Choreography: Agnes de Mille
Staged Design: Oliver Smith
Music: Aaron Copland
Costumes Design: Santo Loquasto
Lighting Design: Thomas R. Skelton
Live Orchestras: NCPA Orchestra

Agnes de Mille's humorous love story about a tomboyish cowgirl in the pioneer West is an audience favorite. Set to Copland's spirited score, which includes the famed 'Hoedown,' Rodeo features costume designs by Tony Award‐winner Santo Loquasto.

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