Carolina Ballet – Balanchine Rarities

February 16–March 4, 2012

Fletcher Opera Theater

Thanks to a grant from the NEA, Carolina Ballet is reviving three great short works by George Balanchine that are so rarely performed they have almost been considered lost. Included in the evening is A La Françaix, one of Balanchine’s few comic pieces, hailed by the New York Times as “whimsical… told with clarity, charm, wit-and just enough seriousness.” Playing in rotation are also two seldom seen tour-de-force pas de trois, the Glinka and the Minkus. Rounding out the program are Principal Guest Choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s poignant tribute to 9/11, Lost and Found, with live piano by Karl Moraski and Artistic Director Robert Weiss’ Moving Life, originally created for the unveiling of the new NC Museum of Art.
 

Performances Dates and Times

 
Thursday Evening, February 16 8:00 p.m.
Friday Evening, February 17 8:00 p.m.
Saturday Matinee, February 18 2:00 p.m.
Saturday Evening, February 18 8:00 p.m.
Sunday Matinee, February 19 2:00 p.m.
Saturday Matinee, February 25 2:00 p.m.
Saturday Evening, February 25 8:00 p.m.
Sunday Matinee, February 26 2:00 p.m.
Saturday Matinee, March 3 2:00 p.m.
Saturday Evening, March 3 8:00 p.m.
Sunday Matinee, March 4 2:00 p.m.