Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)

CHOREOGRAPHY Jorma Elo
MUSIC Igor Stravinsky, arranged by Alyssa Wang
COSTUME DESIGN Charles Heightchew
LIGHTING DESIGN Brandon Stirling Baker
CALLING STAGE MANAGER Heather Olcott

World Premiere
May 14, 2009, Boston Ballet, Boch Center Wang Theater

CONDUCTOR MISCHA SANTORA
Boston Ballet Orchestra 

HALEY SCHWAN, EMMA TOPALOVA, CHISAKO OGA, CHYRSTYN MARIAH FENTROY, MADOKA SUGAI
KAITLYN CASEY, KYRA MUTTILAINEN, ALEXIS WORKOWSKI
YUE SHI, FRANCISCO SCHILEREFF, PAUL CRAIG, SANGMIN LEE, SUN WOO LEE
WESLEY MILLER, ALEXANDER NICOLOSI, DANIEL RUBIN

20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

The Seasons’ Canon

CHOREOGRAPHY Crystal Pite
MUSIC Max Richter
Recomposed Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons selections*
SCENIC DESIGN AND REFLECTED LIGHT BACKDROP CONCEPT Jay Gower Taylor
REFLECTED LIGHT BACKDROP DESIGN Jay Gower Taylor and Tom Visser
LIGHTING DESIGN Tom Visser
COSTUME DESIGN Nancy Bryant
STAGING Eric Beauchesne and Anna Herrmann

World Premiere
September 26, 2016, Paris Opera Ballet
Boston Ballet Premiere
October 24, 2024, Citizens Opera House, Boston

Spring
CHISAKO OGA
PAUL CRAIG, LASHA KHOZASHVILI, SEOKJOO KIM, ALEXANDER NICOLOSI
Ensemble

Summer
LIA CIRIO and LAWRENCE RINES MUNRO
VIKTORINA KAPITONOVA and HENRY GRIFFIN
MADOKA SUGAI and YUE SHI
CHYRSTYN MARIAH FENTROY
TYSON ALI CLARK and ISAAC MUELLER
with
SEOKJOO KIM and ALEXANDER NICOLOSI
Ensemble

Autumn
Ensemble

Winter
CHISAKO OGA
LASHA KHOZASHVILI, SEOKJOO KIM, ALEXANDER NICOLOSI, PAUL CRAIG
Ensemble

Ensemble
Emily Aston, Sebastian Bondar, Zoe Cartier, Kaitlyn Casey, Katie Cerny, Ji Young Chae, Jeffrey Cirio, Lia Cirio, Tyson Ali Clark, Ethan Collins, Paul Craig, Michael Dadlez, Finn Duggan, Daniel R. Durrett, Daniela Fabelo, Chyrstyn Mariah Fentroy, Evelina Godunova, Henry Griffin, Seo Hye Han, Alexandria Heath, Lauren Herfindahl, Sage Humphries, Viktorina Kapitonova, Lasha Khozashvili, SeokJoo Kim, Pavel Kulev, Sangmin Lee, Sun Woo Lee, Alexa Malone, Jake Marshall, Louis Millard, Wesley Miller, Abigail Merlis, Alexander Mockrish, Isaac Mueller, Kyra Muttilainen, Alexander Nicolosi, Chisako Oga, Deanna Pearson, Layla Porter, Alainah Grace Reidy, Lawrence Rines Munro, Daniel Rubin, Sydney Santo Domingo, Francisco Schilereff, Haley Schwan, Yue Shi, Gearóid Solan, Sam Stampleman, Madoka Sugai, Emma Topalova, Spencer Wetherington, Schuyler Wijsen, Sydney Williams, Alexis Workowski, Samuel Yuan

The Seasons’ Canon a co-production with Boston Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet

*”Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons” Written by Max Richter. Published by Mute Song Ltd. and Rough Trade Publishing.
By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music. Performed by Max Richter, Daniel Hope, Raphel Alpermann, Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, Andre de Ridder. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon under license from Universal Music Enterprises.

WITH APPRECIATION

Boston Ballet is grateful to the Catalyst Fund, with major support from the Abrams Foundation.
This production of Jorma Elo’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) is generously supported by the Sylvia T. Pope Artistic Fund.
This production of Crystal Pite’s The Seasons’ Canon has been made possible by a generous gift from Biz Morris. Additional support provided by the Mikko Nissinen Artistic Fund.

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Performance length: Approximately one hour and 30 minutes with one 20 minute intermission.

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