DANCE FILM SERIES

Enjoy film, food, drink and lively discussion with other dance lovers!

Dance lovers from all over Detroit come together for dance films, food, drink, and discussion on Tuesday evenings.  All dance films take place at the Detroit Opera House at the Ford Center for Arts and Learning.  There is a $10 charge payable at the door, and no reservations are required.  For more information, call Carol Halsted at 313.237.3426 or email chalsted@motopera.org.

Larry Glowczewski Film Curator
Film Moderator Carol Halsted

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
COMEDY IN DANCE
Selections from Tharp, Robbins, Ballet Trockadero, and many more dances to make you laugh.

  1. Push Comes To Shove
    American Ballet Theatre
    Choreography: Twyla Tharp
    Music: Franz Joseph Hayden and Joseph Lamb
  2. Dying Swan
    Les Ballets Trockadero
    Choreography: Michel Fokine
    Music: Camille Saint-Saens
  3. Night Music and Music Lesson
    Eisenhauer Dance Ensemble
    Choreography: Laurie Eisenhauer
    Music: W. A. Mozart (Night Music)
  4. Black Cake (excerpt)
    Bavarian State Ballet
    Choreography: Hans van Manen
    Music: Igor Stravinsky
  5. Cinderella (excerpt)
    Birmingham Royal Ballet
    Choreography: David Bintley
    Music: Sergei Prokofiev
  6. The Concert
    Paris Opera Ballet
    Choreography: Jerome Robbins
    Music: Frederic Chopin

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 7:00 PM
AN EVENING OF VIENNESE DANCES

  1. Voices of Spring Pas de Deux
    The Royal Ballet
    Choreography: Frederick Ashton
    Music: Johann Strauss II
  2. Il Pipistrello (excerpt)
    La Scala Ballet
    Choreography: Roland Petit
    Music: Johann Strauss II
  3. The Merry Widow (excerpt)
    The National Ballet of Canada
    Choreography: Ronald Hynd
    Music: Franz Lehar
  4. Vienna Waltzes (excerpt)
    New York City Ballet
    Choreography: George Balanchine
    Music: Richard Strauss
  5. Andre Rieu – Live in Vienna
    Vienna State Opera Ballet
    Vienna Folk Opera Ballet
    Vienna Debutante Couples
    Selections from the concert in front of
    The imperial Hofburg Place.
  6. Vienna New Years Concert 2012
    Vienna State Opera Ballet
    Choreography: Davide Bombana
    Music: Johann Strauss II and Joseph Strauss
    Complete ballet sequences.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 7:00 PM
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
A full length ballet in 2 acts by Christopher Wheeldon and performed by the Royal Ballet of England.