Fri Feb 19 · 7:00pm
Carmen Suite & Bolero
Grand Kyiv Ballet, a touring Ukrainian company, pairs two Spanish-themed scores. Carmen Suite sets Bizet's story to Rodion Shchedrin's 1967 adaptation for strings and percussion, written for his wife, the Bolshoi ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, and here presents Carmen as “passionate, free, and defiant.” The company adds the world premiere of its own Boléro, danced to Ravel's 1928 score.