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BUY RITE OF SPRING TICKETS HERE!
NEW “RITE OF SPRING” DEBUTS AT SUKONICK CONCERT HALL IN 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION October 11, 2011 (Los Angeles) –On October 28, 2011 Ballet Collective/ LA will be The program will take place at Sukonick Concert Hall, 5253 W Adams Blvd, LA, CA 90016 on October 28 th & 29 th at 8pm and October 30 th at 2pm. Ticket price is $15 at the door (cash or check). To purchase tickets online go to www.eventbrite.com/event/2276131972 For reservations: 323.661.6440/ info@balletcollective.org
FUNDRAISING FOR NEW "RITE OF SPRING" The Ballet Collective/ LA is celebrating it's 10th anniversary under the direction of founder John Castagna. Since 2008, the company has been presenting choreography on the Internet and has been nominated twice by Dance Magazine for “Video of the Month” and once by Pointe Magazine for “Video of the Month”. The repertoire include such classics as A Midsummer Night's Dream , La Traviata , and Die Fledermaus , as well as contemporary works Dawn to Dusk and Spaces Between . None of this would have been possible without the continued generous support of donors like you. Every time I rehearse with young dancers or review our repertoire, I am so grateful for your generosity.
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The 2010/2011 season is providing an exciting time for
the company. Their latest collaboration Spaces Between is up
for Dance Magazine's "Video of the Month", Ballet Collective/LA's third
nomination on dancemedia.com. In this new abstract ballet the dancers
represent the four elements of Water, Fire, Air and Earth that make up
the material universe. They attract, repel and even shake the very
ground that we walk upon. Each is dependent on the other for the flow
of life creating a harmonious balance. The company is very excited to
be able to work with such talented dancers Stephanie Kim (Water), tian The Ballet Collective also received 3 Lester Horton Award nominations for their production of VIOLETTA and ALFREDO, a dance version of Verdi's La Traviata. This work won a nomination by Pointe Magazine for "Video of the Month" for September 2008. Dancing in the work were guest artists Aubrey Morgan (NYCB alumni) and Sergey Kheylik (winner of gold at Varna 2002). Your support has been crucial to creating works that can be viewed on the Internet developing Ballet Collective's national exposure. Your contributions support dancers fees, music commissions, quality video documentation, costume design and more. Plans for the upcoming year include a new commissioned score from Mark Mercury with new dances choreographed by John Castagna. Please help us with a donation in any amount you can. |
premiering choreographer John Castagna's Rite of Spring Suite to Stravinsky's masterpiece score. 
will be presenting Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in collaboration with Costume designer Anda Bernovska (our third collaboration) and our amazing friend and colleague Bridget Murnane* will create the video (see her bio below). Focusing on the four main characters we will be reinterpreting The Rite into a quartet for four principal dancers , 2 women and 2 men. Inspired
The story behind The Rite of Spring sprang from a dream that composer Stravinsky had of a young maiden who is sacrificed, by dancing herself to death, to ensure that spring would come and once more replenish the earth. The four main characters are: The Chosen Maiden (Stephanie Kim), Igor, the musician - representing composer Igor Stravinsky (Damien Diaz), The Witch (Gaida Paulovska) The Elder (Micah Moeh). The music selections will be 18 minutes (edited by professional sound editor Danny Simon) The Rite of Spring Quartet is planned to go into production August- September 2011 with a professional video shoot in the fall incorporating green screen technique. This will allow us to add a background montage of photo images of wild flowers, redwood forest and night bonfires by Alvaro Asturias and Frank Letcher (an in-kind donation) to the video. Thanks to a generous donation by Miriam Jencks the costumes have already been commissioned and created. 