BOSTON BALLET EMBARKS ON ITS FIRST TOUR TO KOREA

Presented by New Venture Entertainment

Boston Ballet brings three repertory favorites to Korea this summer when the Compnay tours Korea from August 23 – September 1. Boston Ballet will perform George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, Christopher Wheeldon’s Polyphonia and Twyla Tharp’s In The Upper Room at Universal Arts Center in Seoul and Goyang Cultural Arts Complex in Gyeonggi-do.

Performance Dates
August 28 – Aram Opera House, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
August 30 (three performances) and August 31 – Universal Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Boston Ballet’s Touring History
In 1980, the company was the first American dance company to perform in the People’s Republic of China, the first stop on a five-country tour that included China, Hong Kong, Israel, France and Italy under the co-artistic directorship of E. Virginia Williams and Violette Verdy.

Last July, Boston Ballet embarked on its first international tour in 15 years. The six-week tour took the company to seven festivals in various regions of Spain. Two programs were presented throughout the tour, including Sorella Englund’s staging of August Bournonville’s La Sylphide, and an all-Balanchine bill of Serenade, Who Cares? and The Four Temperaments. Sold-out performances and resounding critical acclaim made this the largest and one of the most outstanding tours in Boston Ballet’s history.

During the tour, the Company was honored with the attendance of many special guests including Queen Sofia of Spain.