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Friday, October 18, 2024

ARB Presents WONDERMENT This Weekend✨

 




WONDERMENT

 

Friday, October 18 - Sunday, October 20

New Brunswick Performing Arts Center

 

ARB Dancers Andrea Marini, Roland Jones, and Erikka Reenstierna-Cates in rehearsal for Ethan Stiefel's "Baroquen Dreams."Photo by Megan Teat.

American Repertory Ballet's 2024-2025 season

opens with WONDERMENT, an innovative program of

4 short ballets in 1 incredible performance! 

Friday, October 18 at 7 PM

Saturday, October 19 at 2 PM & 7 PM*

Sunday, October 20 at 2 PM**

*Pre-Show Artist Interview with Samantha Dunster,

ARB Director of Artistic Operations, 6:15 - 6:45 PM

 

**Pre-Show Artist Interview with Janessa Cornell Urwin,

ARB Resident Costume Designer, 1:15 - 1:45 PM

CLICK HERE FOR THE DIGITAL PROGRAM & CASTING

Featured choreography includes...

🌙 Lar Lubovitch’s "Something About Night," set to choral music by Franz Schubert. Click here to listen to Lubovitch Stager Kate Skarpetowska and ARB Dancer Michelle Quiner discuss the rehearsal process!

The world premiere of "Baroquen Dreams," a new ballet choreographed by ARB Artist in Residence Ethan Stiefel inspired by prolific baroque composer, conductor, and ballet dancer Jean Baptiste Lully, and one of his protégés, Marin Marais. Click here to hear from Stiefel and ARB Dancer Roland Jones about the creation of "Baroquen Dreams!"

👯 Antony Tudor’s "Little Improvisations," a depiction of two children playing in an attic on a rainy day. Click here to see rehearsal footage!

🦢 The renowned Swan Lake “Black Swan Pas de Deux and Coda,” an iconic display of technical bravura. Click here to hear from ARB Director of Artistic Operations Samantha Dunster, ARB Dancer & Assistant Rehearsal Director Nanako Yamamoto, and ARB Dancer Aldeir Monteiro about staging and performing the "Pas de Deux!"

Don't miss out on this program sure to delight

audiences new to ballet and aficionados alike!

 

 

Janessa Cornell Urwin. Photo by Thomas Robert Clarke.

Pre-Show Artist Interview

Janessa Cornell Urwin

Wardrobe Supervisor

& Resident Costume Designer

Join us at NBPAC on Sunday, October 20 from 1:15 - 1:45 PM before the 2 PM performance! Go behind-the-scenes with the head of ARB's wardrobe department and learn about designing costumes for professional ballet. Q&A will follow.

No reservation is required!

Samantha Dunster. Photo by Harald Schrader.

Pre-Show Artist Interview

Samantha Dunster

ARB Director of Artistic Operations

Join us at NBPAC on Saturday, October 19 from 6:15 - 6:45 PM Meet the newest member of ARB's artistic leadership team, and hear about her staging of the "Black Swan Pas de Deux." Q&A will follow.

No reservation is required!