Smuin Winter Ballet

Presented by Smuin Ballet
In honor of the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, the program includes Stabat Mater, Michael Smuin's response to that tragedy. An eloquent expression of grief and loss set to Dvorak's choral work of the same name. Stabat Mater has been called "a powerful response to a national tragedy. . . one of the most beautiful ballets in this choreographer's remarkable career" (San Francisco Chronicle). Sharing the program is The Eternal Idol, a pas de deux Smuin created… Show more for American Ballet Theatre in 1969. This sensuous work, set to Chopin's lush Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, is a wistful imagining, where Auguste Rodin's sculpture of a nude couple locked in an embrace comes to life on stage. Rounding out the program is Michael Smuin's Tango Palace, a seductive fantasy of possession and passion, jealousy, loss, and love. Examining both the complexities of the human heart and the inventiveness of tango itself, Tango Palace creates a feverish vision of desire through dance.

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