Press: From Cambodia to Mozart, Louisville Ballet opens two world premieres

By Kathryn Gregory for The Courier Journal

October 11,2018

The Louisville Ballet is at it again, stretching the boundaries of what it offers to local audiences hungry for new, inspiring productions.

This weekend, it offers two world premieres and a Balanchine classic with “Mozart,” an evening of ballet dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

For Artistic and Executive Director Robert Curran, the 2018-19 season — which kicked off last month with a production of “Romeo + Juliet,” — gives Louisville Ballet an opportunity to turn a common misconception about the arts in regional America on its head.

“There is vibrancy here, there is creativity here, there is generosity here. And if we want to be a place where everyone wants to live — we need business, we need economic development, we need infrastructure. But all of that is boring without the arts, and nobody wants to live in a boring city,” he previously told Courier Journal.

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The Brown Theatre
Choreography by Robert Curran
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchakiovsky

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The Brown-Forman Nutcracker

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Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center
Choreography by Val Caniparoli
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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ChorShow

January 12-22, 2022
Louisville Ballet Studios

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Spotlight Series: Impressionism to Jazz

March 3-5, 2022
The Brown Theatre
A mixed repertory evening featuring:

Emeralds

Choreography by George Balanchine

Music: "Pelléas et Mélisande" + "Shylock" by Gabriel Fauré

In G Major

Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Music: "Piano Concerto in G Major" by Maurice Ravel

World Premiere Work

Music by Louisville-based Jazz Composer and Musician, Dick Sisto

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Sleeping Beauty

March 31 - April 2, 2022
The Brown Theatre
Choreography by Adam Hougland
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchakiovsky

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