Butler Ballet Announces 2009-2010 Season
A newly configured party scene for The Nutcracker, an Antony Tudor-choreographed work for Midwinter Dance Festival and a new set for the timeless Swan Lake highlight the 2009-2010 Butler Ballet season.
Tickets go on sale Sept. 10 for The Nutcracker (Dec. 3-6), Midwinter Dance Festival (Feb. 12-13) and Swan Lake (April 16-18). They’re priced at $21.50-$28.50 for adults, $17-$23 for children, students and seniors, and $14-$20 each for groups of 15 or more.
Tickets will be available at the Clowes Hall box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, (800) 982-2787, and online at ticketmaster.com. For more information, call the Clowes Hall box office at (317) 940-6444.
Here’s a rundown of the season.
The Nutcracker
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3
8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5
2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6
Clowes Memorial Hall
Butler Ballet proudly presents The Nutcracker, a holiday family tradition that dazzles and delights children and adults with glorious scenery and costumes, spectacular dancing and magical moments. Twirl with the snowflakes and waltz with the flowers while waiting for the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker Prince. Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score performed by the Butler Ballet Orchestra and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir under the direction of Richard Auldon Clark.
“The choreography is going in different directions,” Butler Ballet Chair Michelle Jarvis said. “I think we’ll see a first-time new party scene this year to set up the rest of the ballet a little differently.”
Midwinter Dance Festival
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, and Saturday, Feb. 13
Clowes Memorial Hall
Butler Ballet contributes to the Jordan College of Fine Arts’ Mahler Project with an evening of new works by resident choreographers and highlighted by the masterful work Dark Elegies, by Antony Tudor, licensed by the Anthony Tudor Foundation. Choreographed to Kindertotenlieder by Gustav Mahler, the dance will show off Tudor’s revolutionary fusion of emotion, music and dance.
Donald Mahler, a repetitor from the Tudor Foundation, will be at the University for three weeks in late September and October to set the piece. He will return in February to take the ballet from the studio to the stage.
Swan Lake
8 p.m. Friday, April 16, and Saturday, April 17
2 p.m. Sunday, April 18
Clowes Memorial Hall
Undoubtedly the most popular of all classical ballets, this romantic and tragic story is brought to life by the timeless beauty of the swans, the dark evil of the sorcerer and the eternal triumph of pure love. Audiences are invited to revel in Tchaikovsky’s eloquent score performed by the Butler Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Richard Auldon Clark as Butler Ballet performs this unparalleled classic in grand ballet style.
“It’s always exciting to return to what I think is the ballet,” Jarvis said. “It’s the ballet for the ballerina, the ballet for the dancers to do the roles of Siegfried and Odette and Odile, the ballet to be in the corps and be one of the swans. It’s truly exciting.”
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