IBT's 2008-2009 Season features four magnificent productions: Dracula, The Nutcracker, Stars, and Coppelia
International Ballet Theatre is proud to present these four exciting productions in its 8th Season. Each production features elegant sets, vivid costumes, and classical European choreography uniquely designed for the enjoyment of audiences of all ages, including children. Together, these performances reveal the exceptional creative artistry and Russian technique mastered by IBT dancers. Each production, however, is distinctive in its cultural and historical importance.
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Dracula
FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, Dracula has mesmerized audiences with its elegant, yet dark and mystifying drama of love. This thrilling production of Dracula is filled with diverse artistic offerings from classical ballet and Eastern European folk rhythms to magicians, acrobats, cloggers, and tappers. Flying bats, moving tombstones, and a bit of humor make this annual Halloween production a touching and unforgettable tradition. Fun and entertaining for audiences of all ages, including children. [more info]
Parental Advice: Dracula contains no blood or gore. Dracula is appropriate for children ages 5 and up. Children are encouraged to wear costumes to matinee performance.
Meydenbauer Theater, October 30-November 2, 2008
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The Nutcracker
WITH CHILDLIKE AWE and anticipation, The Nutcracker ballet rings in the holiday season like no other event. From within Clara's dream, we are reminded to live life with imagination and wonder, as if we were children once again. Passed from generations for more than a century, The Nutcracker ballet preserves the classical artistry first created by Tchaikovsky and Petipa in St. Petersburg in 1892. IBT performs The Nutcracker ballet in its traditional Russian style with extraordinarily beautiful costumes and tremendous pageantry, including exotic Arabian dancers, a fierce battle scene with lifelike cavalry, soldiers and mice, elegant corps de ballet snowflakes, and of course the beautiful ballerina, Clara, and her handsome prince. [more info]
Meydenbauer Theater, December 12-14 and 18-23, 2008
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Stars
IN THIS COMMAND PERFORMANCE, Stars of today from the famous ballet companies of Europe, meet Stars of tomorrow from IBT's Professional Division – performing together in one unforgettable performance at the intimate Meydenbauer Theatre. This is a rare opportunity for Eastside arts patrons to see world class performers side by side with our own aspiring dancers soon to be seen on the world's stage.
Theatre at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, March 14-15, 2009
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Coppelia
IBT WILL PERFORM, COPPELIA, "The girl with enamel eyes," a mime-ballet in two acts and three scenes. The Paris Opera Ballet (POB) performed the first performance of Coppelia on May 25, 1870. The original choreography was by Arthur Saint-Leon with music by Leo Delibes. The plot for Coppelia was taken from E. T. A. Hoffman's story "Der Sandmann", which introduced into ballet, the world of automatons, dolls, and marionettes. Coppelia was, in fact, the last ballet produced at the Paris Opera before the Franco-Prussian War forced that theater to close its doors, which marked the end of an epoch for ballet as for much else. The choreographer Saint-Leon died three months after the first performance. This humorous story takes place in the storybook village of Olympia in Southern Poland. It's about a clever young girl (Swanilda), her silly boyfriend (Franz), a beautiful mechanical doll (Coppelia), and a funny old toymaker (Dr. Coppelius), who dreams of making a doll who would come to life. Coppelia is listed as the most frequently performed ballet in the history of the POB (over 850 performances).
Meydenbauer Theater, May 15-17, 2009
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