Orchestra of New Spain and Avant Chamber Ballet are also presenting Manuel de Falla’s Andalusian-flavored “El amor brujo.”
remain Stravinsky’s best-known work, the latter sealing his status and that of choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky when part of the audience loudly protested during the Paris premiere. It was time for something new.
“They had done the three big ballets, but Diaghilev had to keep making money,” explains Grover Wilkins III, artistic director of Orchestra of New Spain, which with Avant Chamber Ballet is producing what came next, the commedia dell’arte inspiredIt wasn’t easy. Stravinsky was at a loss about where to take his music. Diaghilev suggested some early Baroque pieces he had encountered in his travels and thought they might be a good place to start for their next ballet together, Wilkins says in an interview about the program, which also includes Spanish composer Manuel de Falla’s Andalusian-flavored“That sparked in Stravinsky the next 30 years of his major works, totally changing the direction of what he was up to.”when he and his wife, New Spain marketing director Freya Bergren, saw a 2024 performance at the Opéra Comique in Paris. “At the intermission, I said to Freya, ‘We have to do this.’ It’s fun, it’s happy, it’s curious.”about a collaboration, having previously worked with the company on a flamenco show in 2017. Puder had choreographed a shorter, voiceless version of“I knew the music, I loved it and I’ve been wanting to restage that ballet anyway,” Puder says on a Zoom call with Wilkins and Bergren. “To be able to do in its full form with a full orchestra and voice was just something I couldn’t say no to.” Originally with a set and costumes designed by Picasso, the piece has been relocated from Italy to Mexico for local relevance and dubbed. The costumes are by Fernando Hernandez and Fernanda Oliveira supplies additional new choreography. “You don’t want to recreate the Diaghilev ballet because that’s a masterpiece on its own,” Puder says. “But you can evoke the bright, beautiful colors and some of the same hints of the graphic design of the harlequin.”Avant Chamber Ballet dancers Mackenzie Oborny and Diego Miranda Monsman will perform in the production of Stravinsky's "Pulcinella."couldn’t be more different in temperament even as they share plot points. Both are love stories involving cheating that nonetheless end well. “We chose to contrast the light of,” Bergen says. “We were drawn to pairing the Spanish sounding piece with the French comedy. The combination struck us as very audience friendly.”uses stock characters from broad 18th-century Italian theater. The title character cheats on his girlfriend but is forgiven after staging a mock stabbing.is about a woman who marries a man she doesn’t love and who cheats on her. After his death, she’s haunted by his ghost. Eventually through a series of rituals, she winds up with her true love.Pulcinella Jr.St. Vincent announces symphonic tour. Will she come to Dallas?Commenting Experience FeedbackAs college sports swirls in chaos, March Madness brings back the sanity
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