The National Ballet of Canada presents three ballet pieces “Genus,” “Tarantella,” and “The Concert,” from March 29 through April 2, 2017.The ballet “Genus” choreographed by Wayne McGregor was inspired by Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species.’ “Genus” is choreographed for 24 dancers and features much of the intricate and rigorously conceived dance vocabulary. “Genus” is a contemporary dance at its most exhilarating. The ballet “Tarantella,” choreographed by George Ballanchine on the composition by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), a New Orleans-born composer and pianist, who made a large impact in his brief life. The choreography is a pas de deux for Patricia McBride and Edward Villella, two virtuosic dancers in 1964. Jerome Robbins’ “The Concert” is a light-hearted ballet centered on a group of concertgoers attending a Chopin piano recital. Inspired by the music, the concertgoers begin to fantasize scenarios of utterly shameless comic extravagance, all enacted by the dancers with appropriate gusto.The ballet performance is at The National Ballet of Canada, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 4G1. For details, visit: http://national.ballet.ca/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the show.
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