Celebrate the joy of spring with the Houston Ballet and their wonderful mixed repertory program, including Balanchine's iconic Serenade, a dizzyingly romantic whirlwind that gives the company the chance to exhibit their classical technique.
Program
Serenade
Choreography by George Balanchine
Music by Tchaikovsky
Gloria
Choreography by Sir Kenneth MacMillan
Music by Francis Poulenc
A searing synthesis of dance, music and theatre, this haunting piece based on Vera Brittan's memoir of a lost generation, Testament of Youth, captures the poetry of loss and love wrought by WWI. With over 50 vocalists, Poulenc's choral exquisitely exudes this heartbreaking tale.
Cacti (Company premiere)
Choreography by Alexander Ekman
Music by Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert
The evening ends with this jubliant work from Alexander Ekman. A hilarious and boisterious piece, Cacti perfectly parodies the excesses of contemporary dance and finds the silliness hidden behind the seriousness!