2010-2011 Season Line-up

Three ballets to Baroque music of the 18th century explore the wide range of possibilities choreographers can find in this simple but elegant music. Live music from the superb musicians of the Boise Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Daniel Stern.

Trianon
Music by Jean-Phillipe Rameau (French Dance music from Versailles)
Choreography by Peter Anastos
Costumes by Lito-John Demetita

French court music from Versailles supports a fairy tale Beauty and the Beast story. Elegant ladies out for a stroll meet savage beasts in need of taming. Through beauty and love the monsters are civilized and everyone dances a Gavotte!

Piano Concerto #3
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Choreography by Alex Ossadnik

A virtuoso piece for a single ballerina and eight men. Alex Ossadnik’s new ballet is an abstract classic ballet showcasing Heather Hawk, a dancer who came to us from New York City Ballet and the athletic men of Ballet Idaho.

Handel in the Strand (Concerti Grossi, Op. 6)
Music by George Frederic Handel
Choreography by Peter Anastos
Costumes by Carol Bargery

There’s a lot more to Handel than just the Messiah. He wrote some glorious, tuneful, toe-tapping happy music, danced with gusto and glee. A classical romp over the quickly paced and energetic music of Handel, this ballet is sure to close our program on a high note.

Ballet Idaho continues the beloved holiday tradition of the family classic The Nutcracker.

The choreography by Artistic Director, Peter Anastos, celebrates the season in dazzling fashion — a joyful and elegant Holiday Party, a Christmas Garland Dance for the children, a magical mechanical mouse, Clara’s marvelous life-size Nutcracker Doll and the growing Christmas Tree all make Act I truly out of the ordinary, unlike any you have seen before. Imagine the Snow Scene alive with sparkle as the beautiful Snow King and Queen lead their dancing Snowflakes through a beautiful wintry night.

In Act II, Clara arrives in The Land of Sweets and is delightfully entertained by Spanish Chocolate, Chinese Tea, Arabian Coffee, Russian Nougat, French Marzipan, Salt Water Taffy Sailors and the exquisite Dewdrop Fairy, who leads the Waltz of the Flowers. Lastly, the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier dance a classical pas de deux, followed by the exhilarating Finale for all the Sweets.

This dazzling production will feature beautiful and original scenery and costumes by award-winning New York Designer, A. Christina Gianinni. Her work for the Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, the Broadway stage, Television and Film is acclaimed throughout the country.

Celebrate the artistry of our new and returning company members together with a large and enthusiastic cast of children from throughout the Treasure Valley to celebrate the return of Ballet Idaho’s THE NUTCRACKER!

A series of ballets exploring the dynamic range of emotions, expressions and experiences that emerge from one instrument’s power. Ballet dancers hear piano music for class and rehearsal – now it is used in a deeper way and elevated to the main stage as an instrument of personal expression.

Two great pianists will play the evening’s ballets, Del Parkinson and Juli Draney

Brahms Waltzes
Music by Johannes Brahms (Waltzes, Op. 39 & Intermezzi for Piano)
Choreography by Peter Anastos
Costumes by David Heuvel

A ballet about couples. All pas de deuxs. This ballet explores the range of emotions that exist between couples; happy, sad, difficult, new loves, old loves, drama, loss, regret, joy, romance. The ballet expresses the interior emotions of each couple as they explore their private worlds together.

Midnight Shadows
Music by Sergei Prokofiev (Sonata for Piano and Violin)
Choreography by Alex Ossadnik
Designs by Lito-John Demetita

A ballet to compelling 20th century music by Prokofiev. Starkly bold, modern shapes drive the dancers through a series of abstract yet dramatic configurations. Like a fast moving contemporary painting come to life. The human body as art.

An American Songbook
Music by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin
Choreography by Peter Anastos
Costumes by Carol Bargery

A speed-skate through some of the great American songs that are now considered classic. A jazzy and breezy ballet that gives the dancers a chance to express their fun side. Classic tunes and classical ballet unite for a rousing closer to this program.

The wonderful and timeless Broadway songs of great American masters provide the perfect accompaniment to the youth and vitality of our young American dancers.

Music by Peter Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Peter Anastos (after Petipa)
Costumes by David Heuvel

One of the world’s great ballets and one of its biggest, this will be an enormous undertaking for our company as we collaborate with the Ballet Idaho Academy to bring the great fairytale story and Tchaikovsky’s music to life.

With a cast of nearly 75 including both professional dancers and Academy students ranging in age from 7 to 17 plus elaborate and luxurious scenery and costumes, this will be the grandest ballet produced by Ballet Idaho since The Nutcracker.

The story of Aurora, the young and beautiful Princess who is condemned to fall asleep for 100 years until a handsome prince awakens her, is one of ballet’s most cherished landmarks. We follow closely the 1890 scenario, celebrating this Imperial Russian fantasy with all the lively classical dancing and imagination of Ballet Idaho’s dancers.

Characters such as the Lilac Fairy, the evil witch, Carabosse, Puss in Boots and the White Cat, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Cinderella and Prince Charming, newly added Russian Matrioshka Dolls, Precious Stones, the Bluebird, and Aurora herself with the Prince, will make this production one of the most memorable in Ballet Idaho’s repertory.

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