Ballet Memphis

Classical ballet meets contemporary cool as Ballet Memphis makes its Joyce debut. The line-up includes two separate programs created expressly for the company to underscore its connection to community and Southern culture.

Program A:
Tuesday, April 3 at 7:30pm
Thursday, April 5 at 8:00pm
Saturday, April 7 at 8:00pm
Sunday, April 8 at 2:00pm

The Naughty Boy
Choreography: Trey McIntyre; Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This work brings a streak of passion and the flight of Cupid’s arrow heading for its mark.

A Curtain of Green
Choreography: Julia Adam
A retelling through movement of the historically significant and distinctly Southern short story about loss and rebirth by Eudora Welty.

Mercurial Balance
Choreography: Thaddeus Davis
Music: Acoustica (after Aphex Twin), Mista Ian and Yo Gotti
Spoken Word Poetry: J’malo Torriel and Ed Torriel
Davis has built a tour de force that redefines the process of collaboration between choreography, music and the spoken word while reflecting the urban hip-hop impulse.

Program B:
Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30pm
Friday, April 6 at 8:00pm
Saturday, April 7 at 2:00pm

The Awakening
Choreography: Julia Adam; Music: Frederic Chopin
Based on the novel by Kate Chopin, The Awakening offers a stunning interpretation of a beautiful-but-tragic feminist story about a woman’s struggle in a repressed society.

New work to premiere March 2007
Choreography: Trey McIntyre; Music: Roy Orbison
Ballet Memphis’ resident choreographer creates a ballet inspired by philanthropy and community, based on a complex and layered piece of sculpture from the Pitt and Barbara Hyde collection, set to the music of the “opera” singer of country music, Roy Orbison.

Mercurial Balance
Choreography: Thaddeus Davis
Music: Acoustica (after Aphex Twin), Mista Ian and Yo Gotti
Spoken Word Poetry: J’malo Torriel and Ed Torriel
Davis has built a tour de force that redefines the process of collaboration between choreography, music and the spoken word while reflecting the urban hip-hop impulse.