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Alonzo King LINES Ballet Members Pick Staff Pick
Phone: 435-655-3114
Email: boxoffice@ecclescenter.org
Price: $20 and up
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For Alonzo King, traditional ballet is simply a starting point. He and his company LINES use ballet as a foundation, then renew and reinvigorate it with contemporary energy to help transcend the boundaries of the traditional art form. That's no mean feat, but King and his company have been pulling it off for more than 30 years. Initially, it helped King to exist outside ballet centers like Paris, St. Petersburg, London and New York City when attempting to develop so radical an art ideology. San Francisco was perfect for him to set up shop and experiment on the sometimes confining rigors of the balletic tradition. He saw the art form as a science of sorts, founded on universal standards of movement, including, as he calls it, "geometric principles of energy and evolution." His aim was to build an entirely new language of movement beyond the accepted strict classical forms, techniques and structures by creating works he refers to as "thought structures"—manipulations of natural energies that rule and regulate the shape and movement of pieces. His newest ballet, Biophony, was created in collaboration with bio-acoustician Bernie Krause, whose score is a collection of five rare soundscapes, including both marine and terrestrial habitats. In continuing King's previous explorations into community and cultural traditions, this new piece extends those "thought structures" into the natural environment as a nod to bio-interconnectedness. Also on the program are two pieces from the company's repertoire: "Concerto of Two Violins" set to Bach's Concerto in D Minor and "Men's Quintet" with music by Edgar Meyer and Pharoah Sanders. (Jacob Stringer) Alonzo King LINES Ballet @ Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City, 435-655-3114, April 25, 7:30 p.m., $20-$69. EcclesCenter.org
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Eccles Center for the Performing Arts
- 1750 Kearns Blvd, Park City Park City & Deer Valley Utah 84060
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435-655-3114
