Sat 10/15 @ 7:30PM
The most romantic aspects of classical music and classical ballet will come together onstage at Ohio City’s Breen Center for the Performing Arts when two area performing arts groups take the stage together for an evening called Schubert Melodies.
Verb Ballets and BlueWater Chamber Orchestra collaborated for the program, which will feature a newly commissioned work set to Franz Schubert’s 1824 Octet in F Major, choreographed by Kay Eichman and Richard Dickinson. The one-hour ballet will be performed in traditional tutus to live music by the orchestra to suggest the romantic mood of the early 19th century. Eichman and Dickinson each choreographed three of the work’s six movements. The work was commissioned by Cleveland ballet fans Marian and Eric Klieber.
“Verb exemplifies this ideal, preserving the tradition of classical ballet while exploring new avenues of expression within the art form,” says Eric Klieber.
Accompanying Octet on the program is Schubert Waltzes, created in 1974 by the late Heinz Poll of Ohio Ballet, performed by three couples to live music by pianist Adam Whiting.
Tickets are $10-$35 and can be purchased at verbballets.org.