Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley Announces 2014/2015 Season

 August 19, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley Announces 2014/2015 Season
Box Office now taking orders for renewals and new subscriptions
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for Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley’s 15 Season
Single and group tickets for The Nutcracker on sale now, with priority seating reserved for
subscribers. Single ticket sales for the entire Season begin Monday, October 27, 2014.
Three performance subscriptions are priced between $75 and $264.
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Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley’s 15 Season inaugurates Bodies of Technology repertory program: an
exploration of dance in the digital age featuring two world premieres by Amy Seiwert and Yuri Zhukov,
plus a return of audience favorite Jessica Lang’s Eighty One…Other highlights include three
masterworks: Theme and Variations by George Balanchine, a Company premier of Fancy Free by
Jerome Robbins and, back by popular demand, Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room…The Season also
features two story ballets: Family favorite Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, and the return of Silicon Valley’s
holiday tradition, The Nutcracker by Karen Gabay.
San Jose, CA, August 19, 2014 – Artistic Director, José Manuel Carreño today announced the
2014/2015 Season lineup for Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley (BSJSV). The 15th Season for the
Company features two world premieres by choreographers Amy Seiwert and Yuri Zhukov, as
well as the Company premiere of Fancy Free by Jerome Robbins. Acclaimed works returning to
the stage include In the Upper Room by Twyla Tharp and George Balanchine’s virtuosic Theme
and Variations. Rounding out the Season are two full-length classics and fan favorites, Karen
Gabay’s The Nutcracker and Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella.
Of special note, during the 2014/2015 Season, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley will inaugurate
Bodies of Technology, an innovative choreographic program that celebrates dance in the digital
age. With performances in March 2015, at the California Theatre in San Jose, this program
brings together artists, musicians, dancers, and technologists to collaborate in new ways of
presenting and viewing dance performance. The Bodies of Technology program will also include
Jessica Lang’s Eighty One, a world premiere for Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley in 2013.
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley 40 North First Street San Jose, California 95113 T 408 288 2820 F 408 993 9570 balletsj.org “I’m excited to celebrate my second season with Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley by presenting
the work of both cutting-edge choreographers and those who have inspired audiences for
generations,” says Carreño. “We have George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Twyla Tharp,
plus world premieres by Amy Seiwert and Yuri Zhukov, as well as a wonderful program that
Jessica Lange created for our company in 2013. And of course, we also have the magic of
Cinderella and The Nutcracker. It’s going to be a fantastic season for me, for our dancers, and
for all of our fans and supporters.”
Ballet San Jose 2014/2015 Season
José Manuel Carreño, Artistic Director
Alan Hineline, Chief Executive Officer
The Nutcracker
December 13–28, 2014
Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose
• December 13 1:30 p.m.* and 7 p.m.
• December 14 1:30 p.m.
• December 19 7 p.m.
• December 20 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.*
• December 21 1:30 p.m.
• December 23 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
• December 26 1:30 p.m.
• December 27 1:30 p.m.*
• December 28 1:30 p.m.
*Special Family-Priced Performances
Choreography: Karen Gabay
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer and former Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley Principal Dancer Karen Gabay’s The
Nutcracker is a delightful take on the holiday classic, preserving the best of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s
traditional story about the Nutcracker Prince and the Mouse King. Glorious bravura dancing and
good-enough-to-eat sets and costumes, come together with Tchaikovsky’s lush, iconic score to
give a fresh touch to this beautiful love story.
Regular single tickets to The Nutcracker are priced between $25 and $110. Subscriber single
tickets to The Nutcracker are priced between $25 and $88.
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley 40 North First Street San Jose, California 95113 T 408 288 2820 F 408 993 9570 balletsj.org Subscription Program 1: MasterPieces
Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose
• Friday, February 20, 2015 8 p.m.
• Saturday, February 21, 2015 8 p.m.
• Sunday, February 22, 2015 1:30 p.m.
Fancy Free (1944) COMPANY PREMIERE
Choreography: Jerome Robbins
Staging: Philip Neal
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Music: Fancy Free – Ballet Music
Theme and Variations (1947)
Choreography: George Balanchine
Staging: Sandra Jennings and Stacy Caddell
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Music: Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G major, Op. 55 (1884)
In the Upper Room (1986)
Choreography: Twyla Tharp
Staging: Shelley Washington
Composer: Philip Glass
Featuring the timeless music of Leonard Bernstein, the thrilling Company premiere of Jerome
Robbins’ Fancy Free celebrates friendship as three sailors on leave dance their way through
good-natured competition and rejection, but together, they triumph in the end. In contrast,
Theme and Variations highlights George Balanchine as the consummate ballet classicist in a
program that demands exquisite technique from the entire cast, and the dancers of Ballet San
Jose Silicon Valley are up to the challenge. Finally, Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, which
played to full houses and standing ovations last Season, is back by popular demand.
Subscription Program 2: Bodies of Technology
California Theatre, San Jose
• Friday, March 27, 2015 8 p.m.
• Saturday, March 28, 2015 8 p.m.
• Sunday, March 29, 2015 1:30 p.m.
Eighty One (2013 World Premiere by Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley)
Choreography: Jessica Lang
Composer: Jakub Ciupiński
Music: Commissioned score performed live by Jakub Ciupiński
Two World Premieres
New works by Amy Seiwert and Yuri Zhukov.
From wearable technology and self-hacking gadgets to live Twitter feeds and Facebook friends,
the line separating ordinary experience from virtual reality is being erased in a digital blur. How
does this growing enmeshment between humans and technology find artistic expression? That
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley 40 North First Street San Jose, California 95113 T 408 288 2820 F 408 993 9570 balletsj.org question invigorates the Bodies of Technology program – a groundbreaking initiative in which
top-flight choreographers and Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley dancers explore the convergence
of technology with art, music, and movement. This singular program aims to re-shape
performance traditions and create an immersive experience for audience members.
Two world premieres, and a return performance of Jessica Lang’s Eighty One (created for Ballet
San Jose Silicon Valley in the 2013 Season) will comprise this Season’s Bodies of Technology
program, the first of what promises to be an annual event.
Subscription Program 3: Cinderella
Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose
• Friday, May 8, 2015 8 p.m.
• Saturday, May 9, 2015 1:30 p.m.* and 8 p.m.
• Sunday, May 10, 2015 1:30 p.m.
Choreography: Ben Stevenson
Staging: Raymond Rodriguez
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Music: Cinderella
A delightful mix of classic storybook elements: a beautiful fairy godmother, a pumpkin turned
into a fine coach, an elaborate palace ball, and one glittering, lost glass slipper. In keeping with
ballet tradition, the men of Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley will dance the coveted roles of the ugly
stepsisters with cross-dressing humor, adding to the romance, comedy, and magic for all ages,
from one to 101.
About Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley
Known for bold and inventive programming that matches the creativity and innovation of its
high-tech home base, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley is one of the two largest professional ballet
companies in California. In 2013/2014, new Artistic Director José Manuel Carreño won great
critical acclaim for his inaugural season, and the Company also named its first Chief Executive
Officer, Alan Hineline, who is the former head of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and
Ballet Philippines. Hineline, Carreño and Associate Artistic Director Raymond Rodriguez, form
the core of the Company’s Executive and Artistic team.
The Company produces an annual Season of mixed-repertory programs and full-length ballets,
including The Nutcracker, primarily at the Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose.
Through its strategic relationship with American Ballet Theatre (ABT), the Ballet San Jose
Silicon Valley School has rapidly advanced artistically. The School is the exclusive ABT-certified
institution on the West Coast and offers access to ABT’s renowned National Training Curriculum
for ballet faculty and more than 350 students enrolled in its rigorous program. Students begin as
young as three years old and can continue to the pre-professional level. During 2014, two
student trainees from the School will join the Company as Apprentices.
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley 40 North First Street San Jose, California 95113 T 408 288 2820 F 408 993 9570 balletsj.org Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley began in 1986 as a co-venture relationship with Cleveland Ballet,
under the leadership of Artistic Director Dennis Nahat. The San Jose Cleveland Ballet spanned
the two cities for nearly 15 years before Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley was re-established in
2000 as an independent, resident Company in San Jose.
Mission
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley produces professional performances of the highest artistic
standard, which enhance the cultural life of the community and are accessible to the broadest
possible audience. Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley is committed to providing interactive arts
education for children, youth, and adults through its ballet school and outreach programs,
focusing on both professional training and on general community enrichment. For more
information about Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, visit www.balletsj.org.
Subscriptions, Single Tickets and Additional Information
Subscription tickets for the 2014/2015 Season are priced $75–$264 for the three-program
Spring Season; current subscribers may renew their subscriptions now through October 25 to
retain their seats.
New subscriptions are on sale now at www.balletsj.org. Subscribers receive an array of special
options including priority seating, VIP rehearsal access, and other benefits.
Regular tickets for individual repertory programs and The Nutcracker are priced $25-$110;
Tickets for The Nutcracker are on sale now at www.balletsj.org and single tickets for the
Repertory Season will go on sale beginning October 27.
Youth/Senior, family pricing, and other special promotions are available by checking
www.balletsj.org.
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley is supported, in part, by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of
San Jose.
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