BOSTON
BALLET
SPAIN TOUR 2007
Boston Ballet will embark on a six-week tour of
Spain in July, 2007, a trip that will take the Company to seven
festivals in various regions of the country. Boston Ballet will
travel to Las Palmas, Madrid, Santander, Peralada, Mallorca and San
Sebastian, and present two programs: Sorella Englund’s
staging of August Bournonville’s La Sylphide, and an
all-Balanchine bill made up of Serenade, Who Cares?, and
The Four Temperaments. This is the first tour for the
Company under Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen’s
directorship, and the first engagement abroad for Boston Ballet
since 1991.
The tour opens on July 20 with two performances
at the Auditorio de Tenerife in Tenerife, and then proceeds to the
Festival of Theater and Dance in Las Palmas, capital city of Gran
Canaria, third largest of the Grand Canary Islands. The Company
then moves on to the Madrid Summer Festival for four performances
at the open air Sabatini Gardens, beginning August 1. The tour
continues on the northern coast of Spain at the International
Festival of Santander, with three performances at Festival Hall
beginning on August 8. Then it’s on to the Castell de
Peralada International Music Festival on August 14 for two
performances at the open air Castle Gardens Auditorium, located on
the grounds of a fourteenth-century castle. Peralada is situated
between Figueres and the Costa Brava in the Alt Empordà
region, about 90 miles from Barcelona. From there, Boston Ballet
travels to the island of Mallorca for one performance at the Season
of Ballet of Mallorca on August 18. The tour concludes in the
Basque country of San Sebastian at the Quincena Musical Festival,
where performances begin on August 21.
TOUR SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE / FESTIVAL
WEBSITES (subject to change)
Auditorio de Tenerife,
Tenerife
July 20: La Sylphide with live
orchestra
July 21: Classic Balanchine
Festival of Theater and Dancer, Las
Palmas
July 25: La Sylphide
July 26: La Sylphide
July 27: Classic Balanchine
July 28: Classic Balanchine
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www.webtenerife.com
www.grancanaria.com
Madrid Summer Festival
August 1: La Sylphide
August 2: La Sylphide
August 3: Classic Balanchine
August 4: Classic Balanchine
www.munimadrid.es
International Festival of
Santander
August 8: La Sylphide
August 9: La Sylphide
August 10: Classic Balanchine
www.turismodecantabria.com
Castell de Peralada International Music
Festival
August 14: La Sylphide
August 15: Classic Balanchine
www.peralada.org
www.roses.cat
Season of Ballet of
Mallorca
August 18: La Sylphide
www.palmademallorca.es
Quincena Musical Festival of San
Sebastian
August 21: La Sylphide
August 22: Classic Balanchine
www.donostia.org
www.sansebastianturismo.com
Diary of
the Tour
A dancer's view
through the online diary of Sarah Wroth, Boston Ballet corps de
ballet member.
Notes
from Spain
Artistic
Director Mikko Nissinen sends you his updates straight from
Spain.
Photo Gallery
Behind the Scenes on tour...catch the
dancers and production crew as they prepare for each
festival.
Boston
Ballet va de gira por Espana
Boston Ballet estará de gira durante seis semanas en
España apartir de Julio del 2007.