Kick Up Your Heels / Baila, Baila!
Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm
This inspired program joins together two works that are sure to bring a smile to your face. Danzon!, by Ballet Chicago Resident Choreographer Ted Seymour, brings you a fun filled trip to a warm street corner in Mexico. Set to the rhythmic and rich score of Arturo Marquez’s Danzon No. 2, this dance work combines the use of Latin ballroom styles with classical ballet. Originally choreographed in 2014 in collaboration with the Lakeview Orchestra, Danzon! has been exciting audiences and inspiring them to move. Who Cares?, George Balanchine’s jazzy romp through the songs of George Gershwin, was first performed in February 1970 by the New York City Ballet. Arranged for a large cast supporting three ballerinas and their partners, the ballet features ingenious, rhythmic footwork and high technical demands. Its duets are charmingly romantic in a decidedly American vein, and its closing movement, set to Gershwin’s “I’ve Got Rhythm,” sizzles with irrepressible brio.
Danzon!
Choreography by Ted Seymour
Music by Arturo Marquez
Costume Design by Ted Seymour
Lighting Design by Margaret L. Nelson
World Premiere – May 30, 2015
DANA COONS – NINA MONTALBANO – EMMA WITTIG
ELLIOTT NUÑEZ - PARIS STIGGER
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Who Cares?
Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
Music by George Gershwin
Staged by Daniel Duell and Patricia Blair
Lighting by Margaret L. Nelson
New York City Ballet Premiere: 1970
Ballet Chicago Premiere: 2006
REBECCA BRUCH – EMILY FUGETT – SHEA SMITH
JORDAN NELSON – TED SEYMOUR – ANDREW WINGERT
Strike up the Band (1927)
Ladies & Gentlemen
Sweet and Low Down (1925)
Meghan Behnke, Alexia Boyd, Kelsey Calhoun, Grecia Reyes Delgado, Jade Eitner, Rylan Joenk,
Devin Johnson, Madeline Miller, Nina Montalbano, Taylor Richard
Somebody Loves Me (1924)
Maura Bell, Emma Burton, Elizabeth Chlanda, Madeleine Kodat, Catherine Lasak
Bidin’ My Time (1930)
Cyrus Bridwell, James Heeney, Jordan Nelson, Hamilton Nieh, Matthew Renko
The Man I Love (1924)
Rebecca Bruch and Ted Seymour
I’ll build a Stairway to Paradise (1922)
Shea Smith
Embraceable You (1930)
Emily Fugett and Jordan Nelson
Fascinatin’ Rhythm (1924)
Rebecca Bruch
Who Cares? (1931)
Shea Smith and Ted Seymour
My One and Only (1927)
Emily Fugett
Liza (1929)
Andrew Wingert
I Got Rhythm (1930)
Full Cast
The Balanchine ® Ballet presented in this program is protected by copyright. Any unauthorized photography or recording is prohibited without the expressed written consent of The George Balanchine Trust and Ballet Chicago.
This performance of Who Cares?, a Balanchine ® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style ® and Balanchine Technique ®, service standards established and provided by the Trust.