Attitude preview
On the heels of an astonishing and revolutionary mounting of Attitude: Lucy Negro Redux, the Nashville Ballet has released the details of its 2019-20 season.
The season kicks off with old favorites like Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolf and Nashville's Nutcracker and also includes a family day at the ballet. In 2020, the Nashville Ballet will continue its Attitude series, this time exploring gender identity and stereotyping.
“As in years past, this season illustrates the diversity of our community — we program to address the many facets of the individuals within our audience and Nashville as a whole,” Nashville Ballet Artistic Director Paul Vasterling says in a press release. “Art exists in order to help us see ourselves and others more fully, building empathy and understanding between us. That’s the driving force behind everything we do at Nashville Ballet, and this year we are particularly focused on our audiences being able to see and reflect themselves in the works that we perform.”
Full schedule here:
Romeo and Juliet
Sept. 20-22, 2019
TPAC’s Jackson Hall
Choreography and direction by Paul Vasterling
Fight direction and choreography by Tim Klotz
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
Live music performed by the Nashville Symphony
Peter and the Wolf
Oct. 11-13, 2019
Nashville Ballet
Choreography by Paul Vasterling
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
A Streetcar Named Desire
Nov. 1-3, 2019
TPAC’s Polk Theater
Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Direction and dramaturgy by Nancy Meckler
Music by Peter Salem
Nashville’s Nutcracker
Dec. 7-23, 2019
TPAC’s Jackson Hall
Concept, story treatment and choreography by Paul Vasterling
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Live music performed by the Nashville Symphony
Attitude: Other Voices
Feb. 14-16, 2020
TPAC’s Polk Theater
Choreography by Jennifer Archibald, Carlos Pons Guerra, Erin Kouwe and Matthew Neenan
Music composed and performed by Louis York and Cristina Spinei
Family Day at the Ballet
March 29, 2020
Nashville Ballet
Carnival of the Animals choreography by Paul Vasterling
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns
Modern Masters
April 24-26, 2020
TPAC’s Jackson Hall
Seasons choreography by Paul Vasterling
Music: Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons recomposed by Max Richter
Live music performed by the Nashville Symphony
After the Rain choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
Music by Arvo Pärt
Live music performed by the Nashville Symphony
Rooster choreography by Christopher Bruce
Music by the Rolling Stones
Emergence
May 14-17, 2020
Nashville Ballet
