2009
August 2009
Sunday 23 August 2009
Sun 23 Aug. Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, MA. This one-of-a-kind benefit features talented dancers of the Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance program, performing alongside Broadway stars after three weeks of intense study and preparation at The School at Jacob's Pillow. Directed by Broadway's Chet Walker, A Jazz Happening includes original choreography by the Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance artist faculty and live music by an onstage jazz band directed by Steve Marzullo (Mamma Mia.). Featured in this year's performance are Broadway stars Malcom Gets (Dreamgirls, Caroline in the City), Francesca Harper (The Color Purple, Sweet Charity), Bill Hastings (A Chorus Line, Cabaret), Dana Moore (Fosse, Chicago), Teri Ralston (Company, A Little Night Music), Desmond Richardson (Ailey, ABT, Fos. 167 West 89th Street, New York, 10024. Cassandra Oliveras, 212-362-6710. Ballet Hispanico - [email][events]
Wednesday 26 August 2009
Wed 26 Aug, 8 pm. Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, MA. This engagement will honor Tina Ramirez, who steps down as artistic director this year and who first performed at the Pillow as a teenager in 1948. The program will include will feature the world premiere of Locked Up Laura, a new work by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, the Jacob's Pillow premiere of Destino Incierto by choreographer Carlos Sierra-Lopez, Good Night Paradise by Ramón Oller, Tito on Tambales by William Whitener, and delicious excerpts from Club Havana, stirring up the intoxicating rhythms of the Rumba, Mambo and Cha Cha brought to life by Cuban choreographer Pedro Ruiz. The beats are contagious, the moves extraordinary and you won't want to miss this sizzling Festival climax. 167 West 89th Street, New York, 10024. Cassandra Oliveras, 212-362-6710. Ballet Hispanico - [email][events]
Thursday 27 August 2009
Thu 27 Aug, 8 pm. Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, MA. This engagement will honor Tina Ramirez, who steps down as artistic director this year and who first performed at the Pillow as a teenager in 1948. The program will include will feature the world premiere of Locked Up Laura, a new work by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, the Jacob's Pillow premiere of Destino Incierto by choreographer Carlos Sierra-Lopez, Good Night Paradise by Ramón Oller, Tito on Tambales by William Whitener, and delicious excerpts from Club Havana, stirring up the intoxicating rhythms of the Rumba, Mambo and Cha Cha brought to life by Cuban choreographer Pedro Ruiz. The beats are contagious, the moves extraordinary and you won't want to miss this sizzling Festival climax. 167 West 89th Street, New York, 10024. Cassandra Oliveras, 212-362-6710. Ballet Hispanico - [email][events]
Friday 28 August 2009
Fri 28 Aug, 8 pm. Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, MA. This engagement will honor Tina Ramirez, who steps down as artistic director this year and who first performed at the Pillow as a teenager in 1948. The program will include will feature the world premiere of Locked Up Laura, a new work by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, the Jacob's Pillow premiere of Destino Incierto by choreographer Carlos Sierra-Lopez, Good Night Paradise by Ramón Oller, Tito on Tambales by William Whitener, and delicious excerpts from Club Havana, stirring up the intoxicating rhythms of the Rumba, Mambo and Cha Cha brought to life by Cuban choreographer Pedro Ruiz. The beats are contagious, the moves extraordinary and you won't want to miss this sizzling Festival climax. 167 West 89th Street, New York, 10024. Cassandra Oliveras, 212-362-6710. Ballet Hispanico - [email][events]
Saturday 29 August 2009
Sat 29 Aug, 8 pm. Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, MA. This engagement will honor Tina Ramirez, who steps down as artistic director this year and who first performed at the Pillow as a teenager in 1948. The program will include will feature the world premiere of Locked Up Laura, a new work by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, the Jacob's Pillow premiere of Destino Incierto by choreographer Carlos Sierra-Lopez, Good Night Paradise by Ramón Oller, Tito on Tambales by William Whitener, and delicious excerpts from Club Havana, stirring up the intoxicating rhythms of the Rumba, Mambo and Cha Cha brought to life by Cuban choreographer Pedro Ruiz. The beats are contagious, the moves extraordinary and you won't want to miss this sizzling Festival climax. 167 West 89th Street, New York, 10024. Cassandra Oliveras, 212-362-6710. Ballet Hispanico - [email][events]
Sunday 30 August 2009
Sun 30 Aug, 2 pm. Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, MA. This engagement will honor Tina Ramirez, who steps down as artistic director this year and who first performed at the Pillow as a teenager in 1948. The program will include will feature the world premiere of Locked Up Laura, a new work by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, the Jacob's Pillow premiere of Destino Incierto by choreographer Carlos Sierra-Lopez, Good Night Paradise by Ramón Oller, Tito on Tambales by William Whitener, and delicious excerpts from Club Havana, stirring up the intoxicating rhythms of the Rumba, Mambo and Cha Cha brought to life by Cuban choreographer Pedro Ruiz. The beats are contagious, the moves extraordinary and you won't want to miss this sizzling Festival climax. 167 West 89th Street, New York, 10024. Cassandra Oliveras, 212-362-6710. Ballet Hispanico - [email][events]