Rhythm & Dance
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Stamp the beat and feel the heat in this concert of pan-American dance, jazz and pizzazz!
Duration:
1 hour and 30 minutes, including interval
Type:
Mainstage
Featured Artist(s):
Gemma New
, Role
Patrick Barry
, Role
Composer(s):
Adams; Copland; Ortiz; Bernstein
Programme
John Adams The Chairman Dances
Copland Clarinet Concerto
Gabriela Ortiz Antrópolis (NZ Premiere)
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Supported by:
Gemma New’s signature “strength, clarity and grace” (WTTW News) invigorates this 20th century American classic, Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. In depicting a New York gangland Romeo and Juliet, Bernstein’s score captures an irrepressible American swagger. Rhythm & Dance also infuses John Adams’ The Chairman Dances, an outtake of Adams’ opera Nixon in China, which imagines the young Chairman Mao dancing the foxtrot with his mistress.
Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto melds Latin American popular music with jazz in this work commissioned by “The King of Swing” Benny Goodman. And we proudly present the Kiwi premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis. Grammy Award-winning Ortiz is one of Mexico’s hottest contemporary composers, and this work refers to el antro, Mexican slang for a nightclub.
Get tickets
Fri, 4 Sep
Mainstage
Michael Fowler Centre Auditorium
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 5 Sep
Mainstage
Auckland Town Hall Great Hall
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Featured artists
Gemma New
Role
Patrick Barry
Role
What to expect
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