In 2006, the great prima ballerina Natalia Makarova thrilled Bay Area audiences with her dazzling new take on Tchaikovsky's tale of immortal love, choreographing and directing a fully staged production of Swan Lake showcasing Russia's renowned Tchaikovsky Perm Ballet. Accompanied by full orchestra, and featuring lavish sets and costumes, Makarova's lovely production returns by popular demand.
Made possible, in part, by the Bernard Osher Foundation
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Program Notes
Program notes are available online. [PDF]
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Education/Community Events
Osher Life Long Learning Dance Interest Group
Fridays, February 15 and March 28
5:00 - 6:30 PM
University Hall, Room 41-BZ
Paul Parish will facilitate a dance interest group with two conversations set for this winter to coincide with two touring productions at Cal Performances: Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia in Giselle (Feb. 14-17) as well as the Tchaikvosky Perm Ballet and Orchestra in Natalia Makarova's choreographed Swan Lake (March 28-30).
Paul's focus will be on traditional Russian ballet and how dance tells a story. He writes: "Classical ballet tells a story by letting you see it. The music governs the pace and mood; the scenery, costumes, and lighting reveal what kind of world we're in and who we're looking at. Their faces, postures, actions and gestures tell you what's happening. Ballet excels in its expression of the emotions where the dancing reveals the dancer's feelings intimately and lets them unfold as it were in slow motion." More information about the Friday, March 28 lecture, "Swan Lake," a Crown Jewel of Russian Ballet, can be found on the OLLI website.
Paul Parish, former Rhodes Scholar, studied English literature at Oxford and Berkeley before turning his attention to full-time to dance. He writes for Ballet Review in New York, Ballet/Tanz in Berlin, and locally for San Francisco Magazine and the Bay Area Reporter. He has written for The New Yorker and for Dance Magazine, and has taught dance criticism at the University of California's Berkeley and Santa Cruz campuses. (More information).
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Artists links: Official Tchaikovskly Perm Ballet site
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Venue: Zellerbach Hall A
Price: $34/$52/$76/$90
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