Posts Tagged ‘ Tharp ’

Review: PA Ballet’s Balanchine, Wheeldon, Tharp

Feb 9th, 2013 | By | Category: What Kat Saw

Soloist James Ihde and Former Principal Dancer Riolama Lorenzo Photo: Alexander Iziliaev By Kat Richter for The Dance Journal With Nutcracker season finally over, Pennsylvania Ballet welcomed the New Year with an eclectic and ambitious program at the Merriam Theatre on Thursday night: Balanchine, Wheeldon, Tharp—three very different choreographers treated to three very different interpretations [...]

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Pennsylvania Ballet To Present Balanchine-Wheeldon-Tharp

Jan 9th, 2013 | By | Category: For Immediate Release

Pennsylvania Ballet Principal Dancer Zachary Hench in Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove. Photo: Alexander Iziliaev Revel in ballet’s boundless potential as Pennsylvania Ballet presents a trio of diverse works with Balanchine/Wheeldon/Tharp, February 7-10, 2013 at the Merriam Theater. “The three choreographers on this program are nothing short of titans in the dance world,” Artistic [...]

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Pennsylvania Ballet to present Classic Innovations

Jan 7th, 2011 | By | Category: Archived Articles

Principal Dancers Amy Aldridge and Sergio Torrado in In the Upper Room. Photo: Paul Kolnik. Three of today’s strongest choreographic voices unite for one cutting-edge program as Pennsylvania Ballet presents Classic Innovations, a showcase of three contemporary works: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude by William Forsythe, Polyphonia by Christopher Wheeldon, and In the Upper Room [...]

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