CCM Mainstage Presents Legends of Dance April 12-14

The Dance Department at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music brings the Sesquicentennial Mainstage Series to a stunning conclusion with its mixed repertoire concert

Legends of Dance

. The production runs

Thursday, April 12

, through

Saturday, April 14,

 and celebrates the Mainstage Series’ return to CCM’s newly renovated Corbett Auditorium.

Directed by Dance Department Chair

Jiang Qi

with music direction by

Aik Khai Pung

, Legends of Dance features the CCM Ballet Ensemble with accompaniment from the CCM Concert Orchestra. The performance features two guest artists from the Cincinnati Ballet — soloist

David Morse

and

Derek E. Brockington

of the Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company.

“The high caliber of these two professional dancers not only elevates the performances, but also provides an excellent experience and learning opportunity for CCM’s student dancers,” Jiang says.

Beginning with one of the most celebrated pieces in all of classical ballet, the production opens with “The Kingdom of the Shades” from Act II of Marius Petipa’s La Bayadère, with music by Ludwig Minkus.

“From its first performance, the ballet was hailed by critics as one of Petipa’s supreme masterpieces,” Jiang says. “’The Kingdom of the Shades’ scene was regularly extracted from the full-length work as an independent showpiece for the ballet stages around the world, and it has remained so to the present day.”

The second piece is

A Choreographic Offering

by American modern dance pioneer José Limón, set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach. The piece was restaged for CCM’s performance by guest artist

Pablo Francisco Ruvalcaba

, a former dancer and teacher for the José Limón Dance Foundation.

The performance concludes with “Aurora’s Wedding” from Act III of Petipa’s

The Sleeping Beauty

, set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

The Sleeping Beauty

is considered one of the most popular classical ballets in the world, Jiang says.

“Aurora’s Wedding is frequently presented by the world’s leading ballet companies because of its colorful fairytale characters and the exquisite showcase of Aurora and the Prince’s

grand pas de deux

.”  

CCM’s Legends of Dance runs April 12-14, 2018 in Corbett Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone 513-556-4183 or online at

ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/legends-of-dance

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CREATIVE TEAM 

• Jiang Qi, director
• Aik Khai Pung, music director
• Evan Carlson*, lighting designer
• Chelsea Taylor*, stage manager
• Daniel Mallampalli*, Fernando Gaggini*, conductors for “The Kingdom of Shades”
• Maria Fuller*, conductor for A Choreographic Offering
• Alexandria Black*, Joseph McNamara*, conductors for “Aurora’s Wedding”

* CCM student

Sleeping Beauty

and

La Bayadère

Drop Provided by: Cincinnati Ballet

GUEST ARTISTS

Derek E. Brockington

, of the Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company, will play Solor in “The Kingdom of the Shades” evening performances Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14.

David Morse

, of the Cincinnati Ballet, will play Prince Desire in the performances of “Aurora’s Wedding.”

The full cast list will be available at

ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/legends-of-dance

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PERFORMANCE TIMES

• 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12
• 8 p.m. Friday April 13
• 2 p.m. Saturday, April 14
• 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14

LOCATION

Corbett Auditorium, CCM Village

University of Cincinnati

PURCHASING TICKETS

Tickets to Legends of Dance are $27-31 for adults, $17-20 for non-UC students and $15-18 for UC students with a valid ID. Student rush tickets will be sold one hour before each performance to non-UC students for $12 or $15, based on availability. UC students can receive one free student rush ticket with a valid ID, based on availability.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online at

ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/legends-of-dance

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PARKING AND DIRECTIONS

Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit

uc.edu/parking

for more information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit

uc.edu/visitors

. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit

ccm.uc.edu/about/directions

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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

Dance Department Supporter: The Corbett Endowment at CCM

Dance Performance Sponsor: Teri Jory & Seth Geiger

This performance of

A Choreographic Offering

is presented by arrangement with the José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc.