Hutton Honors College

HHC at the Ballet
Perspectives 1900s, featuring the music of Chopin, Debussy, von Weber, and Bach and the choreography of Duncan, Fokine, Nijinsky, and Vernon

Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007 * Musical Arts Center
7 p.m.: To the Pointe Pre-performance Talk by Ballet Master and Choreographer Michael Vernon
8 p.m.: Performance of Perspectives 1900s
SIGN-UP REQUIRED * FIRST BALCONY TICKETS $8 * Refreshments Included

Join us for To the Pointe, a pre-performance talk by ballet master and choreographer Michael Vernon, followed by the IU Ballet Theater Fall Ballet. The works to be performed include Chopin’s Les Sylphides, one of the best known pieces by Russian choreographer Michel Fokine; Isadora Dances as choreographed by the innovative and expressive Isadora Duncan, who has been described as the mother of modern dance; and Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun as choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, an extraordinary dancer known for his elevation, power, and stage presence and his inventive, nontraditional, and sometimes scandalous choreography. (The first performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “radically modern” Le Sacre du Printemps with Nijinsky’s radically angular choreography is reported to have caused a riot when it premiered in Paris in 1913.) Also on the program are von Weber’s Le Spectre de la Rose with choreography by Vernon, after the original by Michel Fokine, and J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg IV with new choreography by Vernon.

In his talk at the Thursday evening dress rehearsal program, Vernon will focus on the challenge of dance, the athleticism, the preparation, and the artistry required for a great performance. Saturday’s To the Pointe talk will focus on the works to be performed and the choreographers who created them.

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