We are excited to welcome you to 19 Clarendon Street for this season’s Black Box Experience series. Get up close and personal with Boston Ballet and experience creative projects you won’t see on the main stage. All performances take place in our intimate black box theater. Tickets are limited, so explore the programs below and save your seats before shows sell out.
Music
A Fiddler’s Tale
Our music series continues with a live performance by members of the Boston Ballet Orchestra. Listen to Wynton Marsalis’ jazzy composition A Fiddler’s Tale, his contemporary response to Igor Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale. The performance will be coupled with narration written by poet Stanley Crouch, who weaves a cautionary tale about a young violinist tempted to sell her soul to a record producer. A darkly poetic performance that highlights the versatility of Boston Ballet’s musicians and pays tribute to every artist’s ongoing struggle.
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THE DETAILS
Composer
Wynton Marsalis
Text
Stanley Crouch
Music Director & Conductor
Mischa Santora
Guest Narrator
Regie Gibson
Violin
Christine Vitale**
Bass
Robert Lynam*
Clarinet
Alexis Lanz*
Bassoon
Stephanie Busby
Trumpet
Bruce Hall*
Trombone
Robert Couture*♦
Percussion
Richard Flanagan*
Full Program Run Time
Approx. 1 hour 15 mins
* Boston Ballet Orchestra principal chair
** Boston Ballet Orchestra concertmaster
*** Boston Ballet principal solo pianist
♦ The Donald J. Sanders Chair, endowed in perpetuity
Dance
Please check back for Black Box Experience Dance performances.
Important message for attending live indoor performances:
Health & Safety policies
*Black Box Experience programming is subject to change
