An evening of ballets "Sparrow": Sparrow. Four Last Songs. Theme and Variations

Brown Theatre, Houston, USA

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Important Info

Type: Modern Ballet

City: Houston, USA

Starts at: 19:30

Ticket delivery: E-Tickets

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

Can I choose my seats?

Cast

Performers

Ballet company: Houston Ballet

Orchestra: Houston Ballet Orchestra

Creators

Composer: Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Composer: Richard Strauss

Composer: Simon & Garfunkel Revival Band

Choreographer: Ben Stevenson

Choreographer: George Balanchine

Choreographer: Stanton Welch AM

Overview

The final program, Sparrow ignites the stage with three one-act ballets by choreographers spanning from yesterday’s eminence to today’s prominence: George Balanchine, Houston Ballet artistic Director Emeritus Ben Stevenson O.B.E, and our very own Stanton Welch AM.

Sparrow
Choreographer: Stanton Welch AM
Music: Simon & Garfunkel

Welch’s uplifting, toe-tapping Sparrow, set to some of Simon & Garfunkel’s most recognizable music, fills the stage with a vibrant and large ensemble cast. Embodying movements that bring to life the mini stories within songs such as Cecilia and Scarborough Fair, this audience favorite is a nod to the late ‘60s culture, blending drama, energy and an All-American sound that transcends generations.

Four Last Songs
Choreographer: Ben Stevenson O.B.E.
Music: Richard Strauss

Stevenson’s Four Last Songs, set to Richard Strauss’s operatic score, presents four distinct movements, each reflecting the ebb and flow of the human experience. Hailed by SFGATE as ‘ineffably moving,’ the ballet converges verbal, musical, and choreographic imagery at its culmination.

Theme and Variations
Choreographer: George Balanchine
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, set to Tchaikovsky’s Suite No. 3 in G major, is an intensive development of the classic ballet lexicon. Theme and Variations were intended, as Balanchine wrote: “to evoke that great period in classical dancing when Russian ballet flourished with the aid of Tchaikovsky’s music.”

History

Premiere of this production: 26 November 1947, City Center 55 Street Theater

Theme and Variations is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to the final movement of Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No. 3. The ballet was made for Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre), and premiered on November 26, 1947, at the City Center 55 Street Theater, with the two leads danced by Alicia Alonso and Igor Youskevitch.

Venue Info

Brown Theatre - Houston
501 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002

The Brown Theatre is one of the two theatres located in the Wortham Theater Center in downtown Houston, TX.

The Brown Theatre is one of the two theatres located in the Wortham Theater Center in downtown Houston, TX. It is a 2,405-seat venue that hosts primarily opera and large ballet productions by two resident companies: the Houston Ballet and the Houston Grand Opera. The Center opened in 1987 and features a glass entry archway and Helen Hayes Chandelier. It is known for its unique acoustical features called “frying pan pods” which enable music to flow through the pods into sections of the opera hall that wouldn’t be considered good listening areas under other circumstances. Despite its size, no seat is more than 138 feet from the stage.

Important Info

Type: Modern Ballet

City: Houston, USA

Starts at: 19:30

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