Carmen

Mar 12–22, 2020

Lia Ciro and Paulo Arrais in red and black costumes photographed by Rachel Neville Photography

Lia Cirio and Paulo Arrais 
Rachel Neville Photography

Lia Cirio and Paulo Arrais 
Rachel Neville Photography

2019–2020 Season

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Powerful women. Beautiful women. Dangerous women. Creative women. Find all of them in this program dedicated to exploring many facets of femininity.

Jorma Elo’s Carmen updates the fiery Spanish antiheroine of stage and screen for the 21st century, exploring the timeless dynamics of passion, jealousy, and betrayal.

George Balanchine’s Serenade, famously born of the challenge to create a piece for fledgling ballerinas upon his arrival in the United States, paints intricate scenes on an unforgettable blue palette and its gorgeous Tchaikovsky score.

Helen Pickett’s Tsukiyo returns to the stage where it premiered in 2009—a seductive and intimate duet based on the Japanese fable of “The Woodcutter’s Daughter.” And Pickett’s popular Petal comes to Boston for the first time, full of “high-octane yet sensual choreography…a barely contained riot of wildflowers” (San Francisco Chronicle) on music by Philip Glass and Thomas Montgomery Newman.

Kathleen Breen Combes and Sabi Varga in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions. Photographed by Rosalie O'Connor

Kathleen Breen Combes, Yury Yanowsky, and Tiffany Hedman in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions

Photo credit: Rosalie O'Connor

Dancers of Boston Ballet on stage in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions photographed by Rosalie O'Connor.

Boston Ballet in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions

Photo credit: Rosalie O'Connor

Dancer Melissa Hough on stage in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions photographed by Rosalie O'Connor.

Melissa Hough in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions

Photo credit: Rosalie O'Connor

Dancers Yury Yanowsky and Kathleen Breen Combes on stage in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions photographed by Rosalie O'Connor

Kathleen Breen Combes and Yury Yanowsky in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions

Photo credit: Rosalie O'Connor

Dancers Kathleen Breen Combes and Sabi Varga on stage in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions photographed by Rosalie O'Connor

Kathleen Breen Combes and Sabi Varga in Jorma Elo's Carmen/Illusions

Photo credit: Rosalie O'Connor

Boston Ballet dancers on stage in George Balanchine's Serenade photographed by Gene Schiavone

Boston Ballet in George Balanchine's Serenade (© The George Balanchine Trust)

Photo credit: Gene Schiavone

Five Boston Ballet dancers on stage in George Balanchine's Serenade photographed by Marty Sohl

Boston Ballet in George Balanchine's Serenade (© The George Balanchine Trust)

Photo credit: Marty Sohl

Dancer Kathleen Breen Combes leaping on stage in George Balanchine's Serenade (© The George Balanchine Trust) photographed by Rosalie O'Connor

Kathleen Breen Combes in George Balanchine's Serenade (© The George Balanchine Trust)

Photo credit: Rosalie O'Connor

Dancer Lia Cirio silhouetted against a purple moon backdrop on stage in Helen Pickett's Tsukiyo. Photographed by Gene Schiavone

Lia Cirio in Helen Pickett's Tsukiyo

Photo credit: Gene Schiavone

Dancers Lia Cirio and Sabi Varga on stage in Helen Pickett's Tsukiyo, photographed by Gene Schiavone.

Lia Cirio and Sabi Varga in Helen Pickett's Tsukiyo

Photo credit: Gene Schiavone

'Serenade’ is one of the greatest works of art ever made about a woman artist…

Toni Bentley, The Wall Street Journal [Serenade]

Balanchine continuously and effortlessly arouses a range of emotions that leave the audience breathlessly yearning for more.

Kathyrn Maus, Bach Track [Serenade]

Captivating…an artistic feast…Blink at your peril – you may miss something special.

Keith Powers, The Boston Herald [Carmen]

…profound, fluid and intimate…

Keith Powers, The Boston Herald [Tsukiyo]

…somewhere between a lullaby and a first kiss.

Thea Singer, Boston.com [Tsukiyo]

…high-octane yet sensual choreography. No delicate hothouse blooms here – ‘Petal’ seems instead to be a barely contained riot of wildflowers.

Mary Ellen Hunt, SF Chronicle [Petal]
The Details

Carmen

 

Serenade

George Balanchine

Tsukiyo

Helen Pickett

Petal

Helen Pickett

Carmen

Jorma Elo

 

The performance of Serenade, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with the George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust.

 

 

 

 

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