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Miami City Ballet

Hailed by the New York Times as "a jewel of a company" featuring dancers "with sparkling musicality," Miami City Ballet is a brilliant success story, easily in the top rank of American troupes. Under the direction of dance legend Edward Villella, the company returns to Berkeley as part of Cal Performances' salute to the visionary genius of choreographer Twyla Tharp, performing two of her most popular works: Nine Sinatra Songs and In the Upper Room. The program also features Balanchine's masterpiece Agon (1957), among the great choreographer's most revered abstract ballets and one of the great dance works of the 20th century.

Program: Tharp/Nine Sinatra Songs, set to music sung by Frank Sinatra; In the Upper Room, music by Philip Glass; Balanchine/Agon, music by Stravinsky

Learn more about this event in the Annual San Francisco Chronicle Fall Arts Preview.

Program Notes
Program notes are available online. [PDF]

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Video Program Notes: Focus on Twyla Tharp
Henry Berg, former Joffrey Ballet member and one of the original dancers in Deuce Coup, talks about working with Tharp. (Length: 7:00).:

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Press
Read Alastair Macauley's Oct 17th, 2007, rave New York Times review of Miami City Ballet, performing Balanchine's Agon
New York Times's Alastair Macauley says of Miami City Ballet "you could feel the whole breadths, depths and heights of stage space powerfully animated by the radiance of the dancing." Read the article in its entirety.
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Podcast
Watch as several dancers from American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, and Miami City Ballet (as well as other companies) take behind the scenes pictures and post to this blog. http://thewinger.com/words/

Education/Community Events
Focus on Twyla Tharp, Fall 2007
In addition to the performances by the Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre, a ballet by Twyla Tharp will be set on Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies students for the Berkeley Dance Project spring concert. Cal Performances will present a comprehensive look at Tharp's significance in American culture through a multifaceted humanities program, including lectures, a photography exhibition, and a discussion on the creative process led by Twyla Tharp . Made possible, in part, by the Consortium for the Arts at UC Berkeley. (More information).
Edward Villella and Robert Cole in Conversation
Fri, Oct 26, 6:00 pm
The Great Room, The Faculty Club
Free and open to the public
Cal Performances director, Robert Cole will interview Miami City Ballet artistic director, Edward Villella, as part of the 2007/08 Focus on Tharp. Presented in association with The Faculty Club and made possible in part by the Consortium for the Arts at UC Berkeley.
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