Pennsylvania Ballet Presents: Balanchine and Beyond

Witness the diversity of the human body in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, a ballet inspired by the medieval belief that human beings are made up of four different humors that determine a person’s temperament. In this ballet set to a score by Paul Hindemith, the dancers fill the stage with a variety of emotions ranging from gloom, to passion, to anger. In Hans Van Manen’s Adagio Hammerklavier, three couples enact a series of encounters which never quite achieve resolution. The dancers perform elaborate choreography alongside a bold score by Ludwig Van Beethoven, constantly disrupting the choreography in a beautiful manner. Trisha Brown brings two poems to life in O zlozony/O composite, a company premiere for Pennsylvania Ballet. The choreography interweaves movement with verses as the dancers perform with a strange, dream-like quality to recitations of the poems and a score by Laurie Anderson. A recent addition to Balanchine & Beyond is Varied Trio (In Four), by Jean-Pierre Frohlich. First premiered in 2013 by New York City Ballet, Varied Triofeatures a collection of short dances set to the music of Lou Harrison.

Trisha Brown: In the New Body has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

Where:

Merriam Theater

250 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

When:

June 09, 7:30 PM

June 10, 7:30 PM

June 11, 2:00 PM

June 11, 8:00 PM

June 12, 2:00 PM

Website: https://paballet.org/balanchine-and-beyond
Tickets: https://tickets.paballet.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=25350&redirect=true