Hutton Honors College

HHC at the Spring Ballet:
A Night at the Opera (at the Ballet)

* Saturday, March 22, 2008 *
* 7 p.m. To the Pointe Pre-performance Talk *
* 8 p.m. Performance * Musical Arts Center *
* SIGN-UP REQUIRED! FIRST BALCONY TICKETS: $8; Refreshments Included *

Join us for To the Pointe, a pre-performance talk by ballet master and chair of the IU ballet department Michael Vernon, followed by the performance of the IU Ballet Theatre Spring Ballet. The opera-themed production will feature a performance of Rossini Overtures with new choreography by IU’s distinguished professor and ballet icon Violette Verdy. The performance will also include Walpurgisnacht Ballet, choreographed by George Balanchine to Charles Gounod’sFaust; Lascie La Sina, Coglia La Rosa, with music from Handel's Rinaldo and choreography by Sasha Janes; and Les Patineurs, with choreography by Frederick Ashton, staging by Louisville Ballet associate director Helen Starr, and music by Giacomo Meyerbeer, from his operas Le Prophete and Robert Le Diable.

Please note: To sign up, you must come to the Honors House during normal business hours and pay for your ticket(s) in person. SIGN-UPS for the ballet will close when we run out of tickets or at NOON on MONDAY, MARCH 17, whichever comes first. You may still wait-list for the program after this date. Please contact Eriko Atagi at eatagi (at) indiana (dot) edu for more information.

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