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Fort Lauderdale, Florida (In The Upper Room)
October 29, 2023
Sunday October 29, 2023 2:00 PM
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The season opens with a magnificent program featuring two works epitomizing the best of dance created over the past 100 years and a new work from Miami’s very own Jamar Roberts.
Serenade
Created in 1934, Balanchine’s iconic Serenade is heralded for launching a new direction in classical ballet, one veering away from storytelling to impassioned plotless movement. Set to a spellbinding Tchaikovsky score, to experience Serenade is simply to appreciate its lasting beauty and to cheer for what followed.
CHOREOGRAPHY
George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
MUSIC
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
In the Upper Room
Twyla Tharp’s 1986 sensation In The Upper Room is described by The New York Times as “a knockout work” that “shows you how well Ms. Tharp knew to build excitement.” Performed to a compelling Philip Glass score, the piece brilliantly combines a broad spectrum of movement into one vigorous vocabulary; boxing, tap dance, yoga, ballet and modern dance are intertwined.
CHOREOGRAPHY
Twyla Tharp
MUSIC
Philip Glass
Sea Change (World Premiere)
Former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artist and choreographer, Miami-native Jamar Roberts returns home for a highly anticipated powerful new work.
CHOREOGRAPHY
Jamar Roberts
MUSIC
John Adams
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Pre Performance Talks
Join us for our free pre-performance talks with MCB’s artistic team. These insightful conversations begin one hour prior to curtain before each performance except on opening nights.
Arsht Center, Miami
Sat, Oct 21 at 6:30pm: Sea Change choreographer Jamar Roberts and Principal Dancer Steven Loch in conversation with Lourdes Lopez.
Sun, Oct 22 at 1pm: Principal Dancer Samantha Galler and pianist Ciro Fodere Saturday in conversation with Lourdes Lopez.