{"id":11242,"date":"2019-05-17T16:32:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T16:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=11242"},"modified":"2019-05-17T16:32:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T16:32:03","slug":"performance-a-deux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/17\/performance-a-deux\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance A Deux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ballet Idaho to participate in fundraising gala with Sun Valley Ballet<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Dana DuGan<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Adrienne Kerr and Andrew Taft, dancers with Ballet Idaho will dance in a special performance featuring excerpts from the Boise-based dance company\u2019s 2018\/20019 season. Photo credit: Mike Reid\/Ballet Idaho<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spring remains the season of dance, as students across the Valley finish up their training for the year and present shows for the public. On Sunday, May 19, there will be two performances as part of the Sun Valley Ballet School\u2019s spring fundraising gala \u201cSeason of Ballet\u201d at the Argyros Performing Arts Center in Ketchum.<\/p>\n

At 1 p.m., the Spring Showcase will feature \u201cJeux d\u2019Enfant\u201d staged by the ballet students ages 3 through 16. The children\u2019s show, in full costume, will present ballet, jazz, tap and hip-hop pieces that the students have worked on this semester. The choreography was created by Sun Valley Ballet staff and a couple of dancers who will display their own styles for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students are the heart of what we do at SVB,\u201d said Aimee Durand, school administrator.<\/p>\n

Tickets to the children\u2019s performance are $5 for children and $10 for adults, or at the door on the day of performance for $10 and $15, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe encourage kids and their parents to give dance education a serious consideration because it is much more than dance,\u201d said SVB School\u2019s Artistic Director Alexander Tressor. \u201cIt\u2019s also about creativity, musicality, culture, foreign language and, above all, discipline and teamwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tressor, who grew up in the ballet world\u2014his late stepfather was a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and a longtime ballet master with the American Ballet Theatre\u2014was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s in 2006. Since then, he\u2019s gone on to become something of a guru on how to live with the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s done a lot for our community in the nine months he\u2019s been here,\u201d said Jeff Nelson, vice chair of the SVB board and the person who recruited Tressor. \u201cHis Parkinson\u2019s technique\u2014Parkinson\u2019s On the Move\u2014has been big. We gave him the flexibility to continue his work around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

That evening, at 7:30 p.m., there will be nine special guest dancers from the Boise-based professional dance company, Ballet Idaho. The dancers from Ballet Idaho will perform highlights from their 2018\/2019 season as well as excerpts of their newly premiered performance, \u201cCinderella.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working on getting them up here for a long time,\u201d Nelson said.<\/p>\n

In fact, it\u2019s through Tressor\u2019s friendship with Ballet Idaho\u2019s artistic director Garret Anderson, and months of hard work, that the gala performance will happen.<\/p>\n

For the show, Tressor choreographed a debut piece called \u201cA Stroll in the Park\u201d with music by Leroy Anderson. The performance will be danced by Ballet Idaho dancers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always rewarding to work with a professional dance company of a high level, and to be able to introduce them to new audiences who will have the pleasure to enjoy their artistry,\u201d Tressor said. \u201cMy personal contribution to this gala is an homage to George Balanchine and his love of American music and dancers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Premiere seats for the evening performance will be $80, which includes wine and appetizers prior to the show, as well as a meet and greet with the dancers after the show. There are also tickets for $60 and $40. All net proceeds will benefit the Sun Valley Ballet School.<\/p>\n

Tickets can be purchased at sunvalleyballet.org or at theargyros.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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