Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces today two special engagements for Boston Ballet after the close of the Company's 2007-08 Boston season. This Spring, the company will perform as part of the acclaimed Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina (May 24 and 25) and as part of the Ballet Across America series at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC (June 13 and 15).
"Following last season's highly successful international tour to Spain and appearances in New York and California, I could not be more proud to showcase the artistry of these talented dancers at two of the country's most established performing arts venues," said Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen. "Touring is essential to the growth and advancement of the company. I'm thrilled to present Boston Ballet to these new audiences."
For both engagements the company will perform Brake The Eyes, the 2006 commission by Boston Ballet Resident Choreographer, Jorma Elo. Premiered to audience and critical acclaim, Brake The Eyes was praised by Theodore Bale in the Boston Herald as, "a stunning premiere" and called "the prize/surprise of the evening" by Iris Fanger in Dance Magazine. The Company's Spoleto Festival USA engagement also features excerpts from Nissinen's production of Swan Lake and Twyla Tharp's In The Upper Room. -- www.bostonballet.org
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