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The Joffrey Ballet

August 20, 2011 8:00 PM


Blossom Music Center


The Joffrey Ballet
Ashley Wheater, artistic director
The Cleveland Orchestra
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Jung-Min Amy Lee, violin


Overview

At a Glance
The Joffrey Ballet returns to Blossom. You won't want to miss this visually stunning program that includes Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto and Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, as well as Julia Adam's Night (set to music by Matthew Pierce), Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain (set to music by Arvo Pärt), and Lar Lubovitch's Othello-duet (set to music by Elliot Goldenthal) — with the magnificent sound of The Cleveland Orchestra.


These performaces are presented 
with the support of
The GAR Foundation.

Ballet performances with The Cleveland Orchestra
are made possible in part through the generous support
of
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The Cleveland Orchestra thanks DANCECleveland
and the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival  
for their collaboration in promotion of The Joffrey Ballet
performances as part of the 2011 Blossom Festival.

Performance Details

THE JOFFREY BALLET
Ashley C. Wheater, artistic director
with
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
conducted by Tito Muñoz

Night 
Choreography:  by Julia Adam
Music:  by Matthew Pierce

Duet from Othello
Choreography:  by Lar Lubovitch
Music:  by Elliot Goldenthal

INTERMISSION

After the Rain
Choreography:  by Christopher Wheeldon
Music:  Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel
     by Arvo Pärt

Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
Choreography:  by George Balanchine
Music:  excerpt from Swan Lake, Act III
     by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Choreography:  by George Balanchine
Music:  Concerto in D
     by Igor Stravinsky
     with Jung-Min Amy Lee, violin

Parking at Blossom

Free parking is available for all Blossom Festival concerts.

LAWN TICKET HOLDERS park free on grass lots.  For each Blossom Festival concert, Blossom staff make every effort to allow patrons to park in paved lots.  On busy concert nights, however, Lawn ticket buyers and patrons without a parking pass may be directed to grass lots. 

PAVILION TICKET HOLDERS are eligible for a parking pass or hang tag for one of Blossom's paved lots.  However, tickets must be purchased in advance to receive one of these tags. 

Pavilion ticket holders who purchase tickets in advance 
automatically receive complimentary dated parking hang tags for Blossom’s paid parking lots C-D-E.  To receive these hang tags, your tickets must be purchased at least ten days prior to concert.

Blossom Festival season subscribers receive an undated parking pass for Subcriber Lot B, the lot closest to the pedestrian bridge.

Box Seat holders receive complimentary dated parking hang tags for Blossom’s paid parking lot, First Energy Lot A.  To receive these hang tags, your tickets must be purchased at least ten days prior to concert.

ONLINE PURCHASES — Parking passes are not currently available as a print-at-home ticket.  If you purchase on-line and use the print-at-home feature, you will not receive a parking hang tag in the email with your order.  However, if you purchase at least ten days prior to the concert, a hang tag will be mailed to you. 

UPGRADED PARKING — A limited number of dated Lot A parking passes may be available for sale at $15 per car per night. Please call the Severance Hall Ticket Office for availability and purchase. Allow ample time for US first-class postal delivery.  These parking passes cannot be purchased on-line or on the night of the concert.) 

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Parking spaces for patrons with disabilities and special needs are in Lots B and E.  A valid disability parking permit is required and must be displayed.  For further information, please contact Guest Services at 330-926-6068.

For more information about parking, please call the Severance Hall Ticket Office at 216-231-1111 or toll free at 800-686-1141 on Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

About the Works

Program Notes
Commentary and historical background about the music are printed in program books distributed free-of-charge at most Cleveland Orchestra concerts.  

For information about the ballets for this performance, please click on the link below to download a "Fact Sheet" PDF about each:

Night 
     Choreography:  by Julia Adam

Othello Duet
     Choreography:  by Lar Lubovitch

After the Rain
     Choreography:  by Christopher Wheeldon

Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
     Choreography:  by George Balanchine

Stravinsky Violin Concerto
     Choreography:  by George Balanchine
 

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Sat, August 20, 2011 8:00 PM

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Northeast Ohio’s Images of Peace

A 9/11 Commemoration

The community is invited to submit Images of Peace to be displayed publicly prior to The Cleveland Orchestra 9/11 Commemoration Concert at Public Square.

The entire community is invited to submit original artwork and photos for Images of Peace — a community slide show to be displayed on a giant Jumbotron screen prior to The Cleveland Orchestra 9/11 Commemoration Concert on Sunday afternoon, September 11, 2011.
 


Click here for more details.