The Weis Center will welcome classical ballet ensemble Houston Ballet II on Friday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center Concert Hall.
There will be a pre-performance Q&A from 6:45-7:15 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium featuring Kelly Myernick Kubin, teaching artist with Ballet II and two Bucknell University students: Sophie Vlak and Sasha Roumyantseva.
The performance is sponsored, in part, by the Standard Journal.
Houston Ballet II is the second company of Houston Ballet, America’s fourth largest ballet company.
Comprised of a stellar array of young dancers from around the world, Houston Ballet II is under the direction of Artistic Directors Julie Kent and Stanton Welch AM.
When at the Weis Center, they will perform: Grand Pas de Deux from Don Quixote, Act II, A Dance in the Garden of Mirth and Sleeping Beauty, Act III.
Houston Ballet II tours both nationally and internationally and have performed in Mexico, China, Hungary, Guatemala, Germany and Switzerland where Houston Ballet II performed at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne dance competition in February 2013.
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE PIECES
The Sleeping Beauty, Act III
The court is celebrating the wedding of Princess Aurora and Prince Florimund. Characters from other fairy tales have joined the celebration. After Aurora and Florimund’s grand pas de deux, the occasion ends as the entire court joins in the finale.
Don Quixote, Pas de Deux
A fiesta is held to celebrate the marriage of Kitri, the inn keepers daughter, and Basilio, the town barber. The two young lovers celebrate their betrothal by dancing a grand pas de deux.
A Dance in the Garden of Mirth
Set to music of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, A Dance in the Garden of Mirth was designed to capture the vibrancy and joy present in the music and gatherings associated with that time period. Ittells the story of a particular type of music and the way that music can affect people.
TICKETS
Tickets are $30 for adults, $24 for seniors 62+ and subscribers, $20 for youth 18 and under, $20 for Bucknell employees and retirees (limit 2), free for Bucknell students (limit 1) and $20 for non-Bucknell students (limit 2).
Groups of 10+ tickets are encouraged to attend at a 20% off rate; groups can be seated together.
Tickets can be reserved by calling 570-577-1000 or online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice.
Tickets are also available in person from several locations including the Weis Center lobby (weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and the CAP Center Box Office, located on the ground floor of the Elaine Langone Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
For more information about this event, contact Lisa Leighton, marketing and outreach director, at 570-577-3727 or by e-mail at lisa.leighton@bucknell.edu.
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