BOSTON, MA – April 6, 2012 – Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announced today the programming for the third annual NextGeneration performance at The Boston Opera House. Boston Ballet presents Next Generation on Wednesday, May 16 at7:00 PM. New England Conservatory’s Youth Philharmonic Orchestra provides musical accompaniment to Boston Ballet School’s Pre-Professional Program students and Boston Ballet II.
“Next Generation is a wonderful and rare opportunity to see the dancers of tomorrow take a major stage today,” said Nissinen. “The talent coming from Boston Ballet School’s Pre-Professional Program and New England Conservatory’s Youth Philharmonic Orchestra is thrilling. The community has embraced and celebrated these young and gifted students. Next Generation is a great bridge between their training and the exciting professional journeys that lie ahead of them.”
“Boston Ballet’s Next Generation is a unique opportunity for our students to perform in front of an audience and the chance for friends, families, and the public to see them on stage,” said Margaret Tracey, Director of Boston Ballet School. “We welcome the greater Boston communities to enjoy a night at Boston Ballet’s home, The Boston Opera House, where many young students will take the theatre’s stage for the first time.”
Next Generation will feature the Pre-Professional Program students and Boston Ballet II with musical accompaniment by over 50 musicians from New England Conservatory’s Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. This year's program highlights original choreography by Boston Ballet School faculty, a new work by Boston Ballet principal dancer Yury Yanowsky, and George Balanchine’s Raymonda Variations.
Next Generation features top tier artists of the future who have been trained in Boston’s finest arts education institutions. The dancers performing include Lauren Herfindahl, a Kingston native who trained with Boston Ballet School for seven years prior to joining Boston Ballet II in 2011. Herfindahl will perform the lead role in Balanchine’s Raymonda Variations. She will be joined by Matthew Gattozzi, a Hyde Park native who began his dance education in 2004 with Boston Ballet’s community outreach program, Citydance, which is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary. Over 60 other Pre-Professional students from across the United States and around the world including Korea, Japan, Israel, Spain and Canada, will perform in Next Generation.
Boston Ballet School, the official school of Boston Ballet, has along-standing dedication to providing excellence and access to dance education. It reaches more than 4,000 students, ages 9-month to adult each year through its four core programs: Children’s Program, Classical Ballet Program, Adult Dance Program and Pre-Professional Program at three locations in the greater Boston area.
Media partners for Next Generation include The Boston Globe and WGBH.
Dance and music critics are encouraged to attend and review the May 16 performance of Next Generation at The Boston Opera House.
Wednesday, May 16 at 7:00 PM:
Next Generation
Pre-Professional Program students and Boston Ballet II featuring musical accompaniment by New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
The Boston Opera House, 539 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111
Orchestral Overture
Forza Del Destino
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
LES PASSAGES
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Choreography: Boston Ballet School Faculty
New Work
The Eighth Layer
Music: Lucas Vidal
Choreography: Yury Yanowsky
DANCE OF THE GIRLS
Music: Aram Khachaturian, selections from “Gayaneh”
Arrangement by G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner
Choreography: Alla Nikitina
LESGINKA
Music: Aram Khachaturian, selections from “Gayaneh”
Arrangement by G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner
Choreography: Alla Nikitina
RAYMONDA VARIATIONS
Music: Alexander Glazunov
Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
For information about Boston Ballet School or to sign up for classes at Boston Ballet School, visit www.bostonballet.org/school or call 617.456.6333.
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2011-2012 Season Tickets
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About Boston Ballet
Since 1963, Boston Ballet has been one of the leading dance companies in the world on stage, in the studio and in the community. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen and Executive Director Barry Hughson, the Company maintains an internationally acclaimed repertoire and the largest ballet school in North America, Boston Ballet School.
Boston Ballet maintains a repertoire of classical, neo-classical and contemporary works, ranging from full-length story ballets to new works by some of today's finest choreographers. Boston Ballet's second company, Boston Ballet II, is comprised of dancers who gain experience by performing with the Company and independently, presenting special programs to audiences throughout the Northeast.
Boston Ballet School, the official school of Boston Ballet, has a long-standing dedication to providing excellence and access to dance education. It reaches more than 4,000 students, ages 9-month to adult each year through its four core programs: Children’s Program, Classical Ballet Program, Adult Dance Program and Pre-Professional Program. Boston Ballet’s award-winning education and community outreach initiatives include Citydance, Taking Steps, and Adaptive Dance. The wide array of dance programs are held at three studio locations in Boston, Newton, and Marblehead with additional programs throughout New England, as well as at community centers and in the Boston Public Schools.
About the NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Founded in 1962, the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (YPO) is the senior most orchestra at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School. The YPO is composed of accomplished young musicians between the ages of 12 and 18 who are selected annually from over 400 applicants.
Fifteen international concert tours have enriched audiences on four continents and established YPO as one of the finest youth orchestras in the world. Most recently, it traveled to China in 2007 and to Eastern Europe in June 2011. It has performed in some of the finest concert halls of the world, including Vienna’s Musikverein and Prague’s Rudolfinum, Santiago, Chile’s Teatro Municipal, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the Teatros Muncipal of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The orchestra has also performed on several occasions in Venezuela, as guests of El Sistema.
The CD recordings of YPO have received acclaim from Classic FM Magazine, Fanfare Magazine and the American Record Guide in which the playing of the Dvorak New World Symphony was lauded as “unbelievable in its conviction and communication.” The American Record Guide concluded: “Listen to the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and you will know there is hope for the future…”
Boston Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following institutional partners:
State Street Corporation, 2011 Presenting Sponsor, The Nutcracker
The Boston Foundation
Massachusetts Cultural Council
National Endowment for the Arts
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