Ballet Kelowna presents Boundless | media!
Ballet Kelowna kicks off the new year with Boundless, a mixed program of four distinct and breathtaking works, February 5 & 6, 2016 at 7:30pm at the Kelowna Community Theatre.
Ballet of Canada, partners with lauded Canadian composer Owen Belton to create a vital and potent new work. Also on the program, multiple award-winning choreographer Gabrielle Lamb’s expertly crafted work Glas, inspired by the relentless river flow. This work showcases the fluidity and physical interplay of the dancers in an abundance of intricate combinations. In Studies of Cash, Ballet Kelowna pays tribute to country legend Johnny Cash through a feast of styles: classical lyricism, folk-dance and rhythm n’ blues from Artistic Director Simone Orlando. Transporting audiences to Renaissance Verona, Kelowna’s own Joshua Beamish presents his fresh, classical interpretation of the breathtaking balcony pas-de-deux between Shakespeare’s two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet.
Tickets from $35 available at balletkelowna.ca.
This operatic reimagining of Kayoi Komachi, a classic tale of unrequited love, will innovatively merge noh – Japan’s 14th century theatre art of highly-stylized movement accompanied by stirring chant – with Western classical music.