Made in America
"Theme and Variations is steeped in poetic allusion."
- San Francisco Chronicle
Click below to watch an interview with Stanton Welch
about Made in America:
Balanchine. Morris. Fonte. All three have created ballets for companies around the world. This program, however, was made entirely in America. Mark Morris's breezy Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes was commissioned by Mikhail Baryshnikov for American Ballet Theatre. George Balanchine created Theme and Variations, his grand tribute to the Imperial Russian Ballet, for the same company. Nicolo Fonte, a Brooklyn native who danced with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal and the Compañia Nacional de Danza in Madrid, will premiere a new work, See(k), choreographed specifically for Houston Ballet.
7:30 PM on May 24, 26, June 1, 2, 2012
2:00 PM on May 27, June 3, 2012
Purchase tickets by phone at 713.227.2787 or 800.828.2787
Groups of 10 or more may purchase tickets at a discounted rate by calling 713.523.6300, ext 245.
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
Music: Virgil Thomson
Choreography: Mark Morris
See(k)
World Premiere
Music: Anna Clyne, See(k)
Choreography: Nicolo Fonte
Theme and Variations
Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G major, Op. 55 (1884)
Choreography: George Balanchine
Age Recommendation: at least 5 years of age
Performance in the Brown Theater at Wortham Theater Center, 501 Texas Street at Smith Street.
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