Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Ballet...stay with me now...and Danny Elfman!


American Ballet Theater!
Music by Danny Elfman!
(Don't know him?! He's only composed the music for nearly every Tim Burton movie!)
Choreography by Twyla Tharp!
(For her book, The Creative Habit, go here: http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780743235266-6

American Ballet Theater
with the Pacific Symphony
Segerstrom Hall
Orange County Performing Arts Center

August 6-10, 2008

Program:
Etudes
Choreography: Harald Landers
Music: Carl Czerny


Rabbit & Rogue - West Coast Premiere
Choreography: Twyla Tharp
Music: Danny Elfman
Costumes: Norma Kamali

Direct from its New York world premiere comes Rabbit and Rogue, a thrilling new ballet by Tony Award®-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp and renowned Hollywood composer Danny Elfman (Desperate Housewives, Spider Man, The Simpsons). Hailed by the New York Times as “a playful, complex whirl", Rabbit and Rogue features costumes by fashion designer Norma Kamali. Opening this exciting double bill is Etudes, an exhilarating celebration of classical ballet by Danish choreographer Harald Landers that builds from an evocative opening scene of four young ballerinas to its dazzling finale with the full company.
Official Website: http://www.abt.org/

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