FLASH: Photo Coverage of Friday's American Repertory Ballet Performance @ SOPAC

Hundreds gathered to see the American Repertory Ballet's highly anticipated re-imagining of "Rite of Spring" at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC).  ARB graced tthe SOPAC stage this past Friday night 4/5 in a unique program titled "Viva Spring!".

Rite of Spring - Choreographed by Douglas Martin; Music by Igor Stravinsky

Viva Vivaldi - Choreographed by Gerald Arpino; Music by Antonio Vivaldi

New Work - Choreographed by Patrick Corbin

Artistic Director Douglas Martin tackled Stravinsky’s influential and provocative score, The Rite of Spring, on the centennial of its controversial premiere, and gives the ballet’s ceremonial pagan sacrifice narrative a twist.  This ballet is at once a celebratory ode to the advent of spring and a statement on the theme of ritualistic behavior and sacrifice.  In addition, ARB danced a new work by Patrick Corbin, former Joffrey Ballet dancer who is known for his athletic contemporary choreography, and Viva Vivaldi, a quick-footed ballet full of bravura and charm set to Antonio Vivaldi’s "Concerto in D for Violin, Strings and Cembalo" by famed Joffrey Ballet choreographer Gerald Arpino.