Mozartiana
& In The Upper Room
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Performance Photo Gallery (4 images)
- Artists of the Ballet in Mozartiana. Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
- Jillian Vanstone and Tina Pereira in In The Upper Room. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
- Aleksandar Antonijevic in In The Upper Room. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
- Aleksandar Antonijevic and Greta Hodgkinson in In The Upper Room. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
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Greta Hodgkinson and Zdenek Konvalina in In the Upper Room. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
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About the Ballets
- Choreography:
- George Balanchine
- Staged by:
- Joysanne Sidimus
- Music:
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Lighting Design:
- Robert Thomson
- Mozartiana is a gift from THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA.
Mozartiana
The ballets of George Balanchine are characterized first and foremost by their sublime and seemingly effortless musicality. Nowhere is this trait so clearly in evidence as in the works he set to Tchaikovsky's music.
Mozartiana, a late work from 1981 (revised from an earlier version made in 1933) differs from his other Tchaikovsky-inspired ballets in that it is also a response to Mozart. The audience gets the best of both worlds. Its crisp, classical elegance and sprightliness suggests the Viennese master; its Russian seriousness grounds it in a voluptuous emotion.
- Choreography:
- Twyla Tharp
- Staged by:
- Keith Roberts
- Music:
- Philip Glass
- Costume Design:
- Norma Kamali
- Lighting Design:
- Jennifer Tipton
- In The Upper Room is a gift from Walter Carsen, O.C.
In The Upper Room
In The Upper Room is quintessential Twyla Tharp: quick, vigorous, highly physical and rambunctious dancing that almost but never quite loses control.
Twyla Tharp's choreography embodies a variety of cultural and choreographic influences that range from pop iconography to classical purity and she absorbs them all and refracts them as a wholly new way of looking at dance - and movement itself. Set to a stunning electronic score by Philip Glass, In The Upper Room is a workout for artists and audiences alike, leaving everyone breathless but exhilarated.
Reviews
Mozartiana
"Balancing a keenly-felt sense of poetry, with a cooler, less lyrical grandeur, much of the ballet floats above the music, full of feeling and musical cadences that suggest something of a dreamworld."
- The Hamilton Spectator, 1998
"Balanchine's choreography perfectly captures the juxtaposition of the structured formality of Mozart and the underlying romantic angst of Tchaikovsky"
- The Globe and Mail, 1998
In The Upper Room
"It's a mesmerizing experience."
- National Post, 2008
"Brilliance... partnering that is faster and more twisting than a Formula One race."
- The Globe and Mail, 2008
"Contemporary ballet at its very best... It really doesn't get any better than this"
- Toronto Star, 2008
"... it moved inexorably, even triumphantly, from the realm of otherwordly to something that was simply and joyously out of this world."
- Toronto Sun, 2008
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Ballet Notes
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Ballet Talks
Ballet Talks are free for ticket holders and take place 45 minutes before every show in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
Casting
TBA
Running Times
| Mozartiana | 27:00 |
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| Intermission | 20:00 |
| In The Upper Room | 39:00 |