Houston Ballet II Leaps to the Stage at BIG ARTS - Sanibel on Saturday, January 29Houston Ballet II performs at BIG ARTS Saturday, January 29, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are general admission $41, Loge $46, Student $15. HBII is well suited for BIG ARTS intimate space, located at 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel. Call (239) 395-0900 for info.
By: BIG ARTS Houston Ballet II (HBII), the venerable Houston Ballet’s smaller ensemble, is well suited for BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall’s intimate space, located at 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel. Comprised of artists from the top level division of Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, HBII dancers are an ethnically diverse group from France, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Japan, and the U.S. Merging strong technique and well-rounded dance training to create exciting performances, their repertoire includes works by Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch, Houston Ballet Artistic Director Emeritus Ben Stevenson, and many other choreographers. At BIG ARTS, HBII will present a program that includes The Long and Winding Road, Blue, Calling, and Act III of Raymonda. The Long and Winding Road choreographed by Stanton Welch, is set to music by the Beatles, orchestrated in the style of Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach. Included in the piece are nine songs, including favorites And I Love Her, Here Comes the Sun…, and She’s Leaving Home. Welch’s contemporary classic, Blue is set to the brilliant music of Vivaldi. Blue is an ode to the beauty of classical dance, it explores different emotions through the colors of chakras, the seven energy centers of the body. Acclaimed choreographer Ma Cong created Calling specifically for Houston Ballet II in 2010. The passionate voice in its Mediterranean music lends itself to playful and energetic movement, filled with delicate partnering. HB II will perform the extravagant third act of the love story Raymonda. Set in the time of the Crusades, the ballet’s heroine Raymonda has been saved by her fiancée Jean de Brienne, a Christian knight, from abduction by the knight Abderakhman. Act three depicts the marriage and celebration of Raymonda and de Brienne, and provides a feast of spectacular classical dance technique. Houston Ballet II Grand Patron Series Sponsor The Ferguson Foundation and Supporter Traders. Want to read more? Please visit us at http://www.BIGARTS.org for more event information including links to artists’ sites. Houston Ballet II's url is http://www.houstonballet.org/ To purchase tickets stop by BIG ARTS or call Marks Box Office at (239) 395-0900. # # # Whether your interest is in classical, jazz, or popular music; dance; the visual arts; lectures; film or live theater; or in attending a class or workshop – BIG ARTS has something for everyone! End
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