French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj reimagines Swan Lake for the new century
SUMMARY
- Saturday, February 25 | 8:00 p.m. | The Granada Theatre
- Sunday, February 26 | 3:00 p.m. | The Granada Theatre
- In a beautiful tribute to Tchaikovsky and Petipa’s classic work, Preljocaj imagines Swan Lake as an eco-tragedy
- $51–$131 General Public / $20 Youth / $20 UCSB Students (Current student ID required)(Includes facility fee)
- Tickets & Info: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu, (805) 893-3535; or the Granada Theater, www.granadasb.org, (805) 899-2222
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“Celebrated for his precision engineered choreography… Preljocaj defines choreography as creating a house that he invites dancers to live in.” The Guardian (U.K.)
SANTA BARBARA — UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) presents Preljocaj’s Swan Lake, Saturday, February 25 at 8:00 p.m and Sunday, February 26 at 3:00 p.m. at the Granada Theatre. France’s contemporary dance superstar Angelin Preljocaj tackles the Mount Everest of the ballet world, Swan Lake. Combining Tchaikovsky’s musical masterpiece with new arrangements, Preljocaj reinvents the timeless tale of love, betrayal, seduction and remorse into a modern ecological tragedy. With 26 dancers, this beautiful tribute takes flight as an ingenious adaptation in which “the excellent performers… move with nuanced, fragile physical poetry, and a sense of the wounded souls they have become” (The New York Times).
View the trailer for Preljocaj’s Swan Lake
ABOUT BALLET PRELJOCAJ
The Ballet Preljocaj, a national choreographic center, has been based in Aix-en-Provence since 1996. With 24 permanent dancers, it gives more than 110 performances per year and performs on stages all over the world. Angelin Preljocaj’s repertoire, which varies from solo to large-scale forms, alternates between large narrative ballets and more abstract pieces. Some of these pieces have been included in the repertoire of international ballets.
In 2006, the Ballet Preljocaj moved into its new venue, the Pavillon Noir, designed by the famous architect Rudy Ricciotti. In its theater and its four studios, meetings and dance performances are offered by invited companies throughout the year. Numerous awareness-raising initiatives are also put in place to introduce dance to as many people as possible, notably thanks to the G.U.I.D. (Groupe Urbain d’Intervention Dansée), which presents excerpts from Angelin Preljocaj’s repertoire in public spaces, hospitals, schools, detention centers, etc. The Ballet Preljocaj Junior also trains young dancers for professional careers each year.
About UCSB Arts & Lectures
Founded in 1959, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) is the largest and most influential arts and lectures organization between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A&L annually presents more than a hundred public events, from critically acclaimed concerts and dance performances by world-renowned artists to talks by groundbreaking authors and film series at UCSB and Santa Barbara-area venues. With a mission to “educate, entertain and inspire,” A&L also oversees an outreach program that brings visiting artists and speakers into local classrooms and other venues for master classes, open rehearsals, discussions and more, serving K-12 students, college students and the general public.
Swan Lake is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. Tickets are $51-$131 General Public / $20 Youth / $20 UCSB Students (Includes facility fee) (Current student ID required)
For tickets and more information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535 or visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu. Tickets are also available from the Granada Theatre, (805) 899-222, www.granadasb.org
Dance Series Sponsors: Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Bob Feinberg, Ellen & Peter O. Johnson, Barbara Stupay, and Sheila Wald
Presented in association with UCSB Department of Theater and Dance
Special Thanks: to 88.7 FM KCRW and the Santa Barbara Independent
UCSB Arts & Lectures gratefully acknowledges our Community Partners the Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli for their generous support of the 2022-2023 season.