SPECIAL EVENTS
Lecture: "Swan Lake," a Crown Jewel of Russian Ballet
March 28, 2008 (Friday)
5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Location: Room 41B, University Hall
(enter 2199 Addison Street at Oxford Street and take the elevator to the Ground Level)
Berkeley
In co-operation with CAL Performances and California Alumni Association
(CAA), Cal Performances will be presenting the Tchaikvosky Perm Ballet and
Orchestra in Natalia Makarova's "Swan Lake." This OLLI @Berkeley lecture on dance will focus on "Swan Lake" as a crown jewel of Russian ballet.
Classical ballet tells a story by letting you see it. The music governs the pace and mood; the scenery, costumes, and lighting reveal what kind of world we're in and who we're looking at. Their faces, postures, actions and gestures tell you what's happening. Ballet excels in its expression of the emotions where the dancing reveals the dancer's feelings intimately and lets them unfold as it were in slow motion.
Paul Parish, former Rhodes Scholar, studied English literature at Oxford and Berkeley before turning his attention full-time to dance. He writes for "Ballet Review" in New York, "Ballet/Tanz" in Berlin, and locally for "San Francisco Magazine" and for the "Bay Area Reporter." He has written for the "New Yorker" and for "Dance Magazine," and has taught dance criticism at UC (Berkeley and Santa Cruz campuses).
This lecture is available to OLLI and CAA members and subscribers to CAL Performances. RSVP or join OLLI @Berkeley by calling 510.642.9934 or sending an e-mail to berkeley_olli@berkeley.edu
Tickets for the ballet are available through Cal Performances.