BALLET SAN JOSE
Music By Symphony Silicon Valley
2012 HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR
(December 8-23, 2012)
THE NUTCRACKER (World Premiere)
Ballet San Jose’s 2012 production of The Nutcracker features all new choreography by our own Karen Gabay with sets and costumes from American Ballet Theatre. You won’t want to miss this treasured holiday classic with our full company of professional dancers, students from Ballet San Jose School, and the ballet orchestra. Arrive early and enjoy carolers in the lobby and meet characters from the show.
PROGRAM ONE (February 15-17, 2013)
Don Quixote (Company Premiere)
Choreography: After Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky
Composer: Ludwig Minkus
PROGRAM TWO (March 22-24, 2013)
Les Rendezvous (Company Premiere)
Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
Composer: Daniel Francois Esprit Auber
Music: From the opera L'Enfant prodigue
Thaïs Pas De Deux (Company Premiere)
Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton
Music: Jules Massenet ("Meditation" from Thaïs)
Clear (Encore Performance)
Choreography: Stanton Welch
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Music: Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor and the first and second movements from the Violin Concerto in G minor.
The Green Table (Company Revival)
Choreography: Kurt Jooss
Composer: Fritz Cohen
Music: Commissioned score
PROGRAM THREE (April 19-21, 2013)
Duets (Company Premiere)
Choreography: Merce Cunningham
Composer: John Cage
Music: Improvisation III
Glow-Stop (Company Premiere)
Choreography: Jorma Elo
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Philip Glass
Music: Mozart (Symphony No. 28 in C, 4th Movement) and Glass (Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 2nd Movement)
Jessica Lang (World Premiere Ballet)
Choreography: Jessica Lang
Composer: Jakub Ciupinski
Music: Commissioned score
Programming Subject To Change
