Allegro

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Event Allegro
Venue Tour, New Zealand
First Date 30 July 2014
Last Date 23 August 2014
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Five short ballets. Allegro Brillante (Balanchine) music by Tchaikovsky - a breathless display of classical ballet at ita finest; Les Lutins (The Goblins) (Kobborg - NZ premiere) - flirty and fun, two male dancers compete for the attention of a single female with increasingly daredevil moves; Satellites (Belton - world premiere) - includes electronic music, animation and kinetic sculpture integrated with the dance; Mattress Suite (Keigwin, NZ premiere) - created in New York 2003, made up of six scenes about love affairs; Megalopolis (Keigwin, NZ premiere) - encounter between formalism and club culture.
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Ballet
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jac Grenfell Animator
George Balanchine Choreographer
Daniel Belton Choreographer
Larry Keigwin Choreographer
Johan Kobborg Choreographer
Donnine Harrison Costume Designer
Nigel Percy Lighting Designer
Jim Murphy Visual Artist
Further Information The final programme in Ehtan Stiefel's three-year tenure as Artistic Director of RNZB. ASB Theatre Auckland 30 July - 2 August; Founders Theatre Hamilton 5 August; Napier Municipal Theatre 8 August; Regent on Broadway Palmerston North 12 August; St James Theatre Wellington 15 - 17 August; Civic Theatre Invercargill 20 August; Regent theatre Dunedin 23 August.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 202480