After a very successful 2014-15 season, Gainesville Ballet Company is thrilled to announce its 2015-16 season, featuring an expanded resident company of ten international professional dancers supplemented by ten junior company dancers, led by Artistic Director Rafik Hegab of Cairo, Egypt, and Managing Director Elysabeth Muscat Hegab, of Virginia. Gainesville Ballet School is the official school of Gainesville Ballet Company.
The 2015-16 season includes "The Nutcracker" (Fri. Nov. 27, 2pm and 7 pm at the Hylton Performing Arts Center) with special guest stars Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside (current Principal Dancers with American Ballet Theatre); "Carmen", a world premiere with contemporary choreography (Sat., Feb. 20, 7:30 pm at the Hylton); "Giselle", a romantic ballet in two acts (Sat., Apr. 16 at the Ernst Schlesinger Cultural Center in Annandale), and a Spring Performance in conjunction with Gainesville Ballet School (Sat., June 4, 6:30 pm at the Hylton.)
Following the incredibly enthusiastic response of audiences for "Carmina Burana", which premiered on March 20, 2015 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, Artistic Director Rafik Hegab will create a new, contemporary choreography to the music of the Carmen Suite, by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin. This version is based on Bizet’s music for the opera Carmen, with different twists. The first Carmen Suite ballet was choreographed by Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso. In April, Gainesville Ballet presents Giselle, a romantic ballet in two acts composed by Adolphe Adam and originally choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. This ethereal ballet is a favorite staple of the classical ballet repertoire.
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