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The nationally renowned Cleveland Ballet, a regional powerhouse recognized for its innovation and artistic excellence, presents Momentum!, an exhilarating one-night-only performance of world class ballet featuring some of today’s internationally celebrated dancers at Fort Lauderdale’s Amaturo Theater at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts this February 24, 2023. A world of ethereal, thrilling, and dynamic movement, of human passions and experiences curated by company Artistic Director and award-winning choreographer Gladisa Guadalupe, Momentum! offers an enchanting juxtaposition of classic and new choreography.
Momentum! will include excerpts from Margo Sappington's Rodin Mis en Vie – where dancers embody living statuary - Don Quixote’s well-known Pas de deux and Swan Lake’s White Swan Pas de deux. Juxtaposing these works are two original works by Ms. Guadalupe: a classical quintet choreographed to Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, Allegro, followed by the thrilling one-act ballet Momentum, set to Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor.
Momentum!
Friday, February 24, 2023 at 8:00 PM
(No Intermission)
Amaturo Theater at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Excerpts from Rodin, Mis en Vie
Choreography by Margo Sappington
Original Music by Michael Kamen
Age of Bronze performed by Zachary Catazaro
Torso of Adele performed by Madison Campbell
The Athlete performed by Levian Mondville and Bruno Palheta
A choreographic game of ‘statues,’ Margo Sappington’s Rodin, Mis en Vie takes inspiration from the great sculptor Auguste Rodin. The ballet presents a continuing view of the studio of the famed sculptor who believed that the entire body, not merely the face, was the mirror to the soul. Ms. Sappington has transformed the potential for movement into an actuality by having each dancer represent the figures created by Rodin. In these excerpts, the sculptures come to life to explore the human experiences that are embodied in them through dramatic and dynamic movement.
Grand Pas de Deux from Don Quixote
Staging by Gladisa Guadalupe after Marius Petipa
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Performed by Nashializ Gomez and Lorenzo Pontiggia
Based on episodes taken from Miguel de Cervantes’ famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha, the pas de deux performed by 'Kitri and Basilio' is one of the most well-known and exceptional dances of all time. Technical excellence as well as precise musicality are showcased in the nine-minute piece. The magnificent and glorious music composed by Austrian born Ludwig Minkus brings to this celebrated grand pas de deux an array of electrifying rhythms and harmonious tempos.
Simply Schubert
Choreography by Gladisa Guadalupe
Music by Franz Schubert
Performed by Lauren Stenroos, Madison Campbell, Alia Federico, Erinn Crittenden, and Kaela Ku
A short piece choreographed to Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, one of the most exhilarating compositions from Austrian composer Franz Schubert. Feminine, precise, melodious, and vibrant movements embrace this short but captivating quintet piece.
White Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake
Staging by Gladisa Guadalupe after Marius Petipa
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Sydney Henson and Zachary Catazaro
Prince Siegfried sets out on a hunting trip, encountering a flock of swans and their Swan Queen Odette. The Prince falls in love with the beautiful Queen and swears his allegiance and undying love to her. From the critically acclaimed classical ballet Swan Lake, the white swan pas de deux between Prince Siegfried and Odette is one filled with love, tenderness, and fascination.
Momentum!
Choreography by Gladisa Guadalupe
Music by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Bruno Palheta, Emanuel Tavares, and Alexander Guzmán,
Marla Aleyda, Kaela Ku, and Katharine Cowan,
Lauren Stenroos, Erinn Crittenden, and Nashializ Gomez,
Levian Mondville, Lorenzo Pontiggia, and Covington Pearson,
Sydney Henson, Madison Campbell, and Alia Federico
A one-act, plotless ballet set to the magnificent musical score of Felix Mendelssohn brings to the stage exciting and vigorous dancing. The twenty-two - minute piece, choreographed with exquisite and vibrant movements brings fresh, unique, and energetic tempos and blissful dancing.
