St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre performs modern 'Romeo and Juliet'
03/12/2008 12:00 am
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St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre performs modern 'Romeo and Juliet'
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
University Park, Pa. — St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre, which last visited the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State in an April 2005 performance of "Giselle," returns with a modern retelling of the romantic classic "Romeo and Juliet" at 8 p.m. Friday, April 4, in Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park.
Serge Vikulov choreographed this two-act "Romeo and Juliet," based on Shakespeare's play about star-crossed lovers from the feuding Capulet and Montague families, to music composed by Sergei Prokofiev in the 1930s.
Section one and two tickets for the Center for the Performing Arts presentation are $36 and $29 for adults, $20 and $13 for University Park students and $23 and $16 for people 18 and younger. Buy tickets online at http://www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at (814) 863-0255. Outside the local calling area, dial (800) ARTS-TIX. Tickets are on sale at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets, HUB-Robeson Center and Bryce Jordan Center.
The younger sibling of the Kirov and Bolshoi ballets, St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre, founded in 1966 and headed by Artistic Director Yuri Petukhov, embodies the tradition of excellence associated with Russian dance. At home in St. Petersburg, the birthplace of Russian classical ballet, the company performs at the Mariinsky and Hermitage theatres.
Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring Yuri Petukhov, St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre artistic director and "Romeo and Juliet" choreographer, is offered in Eisenhower Auditorium one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity. Seating is available on a first-arrival basis. Audio description, which is especially helpful to patrons with sight loss, is available for this performance at no extra charge to ticket holders.
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