Klezmerbluegrass - Paul Taylor Dance Company, NYC, Mar 1
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Paul Taylor Dance Company and the 350th Anniversary of Jewish Life in America, Paul Taylor has created Klezmerbluegrass, set to a score of traditional Klezmer and Bluegrass music arranged by Margot Leverett and performed by Ms. Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys.
Opening Night
City Center Main Stage
7pm
West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Ave
the Klezmer Mountain Boys and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s will join the Company to provide LIVE music.
Tickets for the Opening Night performance AND Gala dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street start at $500 and are available by calling the Taylor offices, 212.431.5562 .
Tickets to the Opening Night PERFORMANCE ONLY are also available at $65, $50 and $15 and may be ordered through CityTix , 212.581.1212 or by visiting the box office, 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. (Service charges apply to phone orders.)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer calls Klezmerbluegrass
a delightful and surprising Jewish hoedown. Commissioned to celebrate 350 years of Jewish life in America, the work artfully blends country steps with intimations of Jewish dance, most notably the hora and Kazatzka or 'Cossack dance.' Set to an enchanting score by Margot Leverett that combines klezmer and bluegrass, the work, by its very structure, embodies the complete integration of Jews into American life.
You’ll have five opportunities to see Klezmerbluegrass when the Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to City Center March 1-20, 2005 for its 50th Anniversary Season of Solid Gold . The first performance is Opening Night, when the Klezmer Mountain Boys and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s will join the Company to provide LIVE music. Tickets for the Opening Night performance AND Gala dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street start at $500 and are available by calling the Taylor offices, 212.431.5562 .
Tickets to the Opening Night PERFORMANCE ONLY are also available at $65, $50 and $15 and may be ordered through CityTix , 212.581.1212 or by visiting the box office, 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. (Service charges apply to phone orders.)
For performances AFTER March 1 (the only show with live music), you can save 20% on tickets normally priced at $75, $65 and $50 (bringing them to $60, $52 and $40, respectively) by using code MUS when you visit or call the box office.
Regularly priced tickets at $15 are also available with no discount. (Service charges apply to phone orders.)
Klezmerbluegrass is coupled either with Esplanade , a Taylor signature work that's one of the most beloved dances ever made, or 'Promethean Fire', acclaimed by The New York Times as one of Mr. Taylor's greatest works and thought by many to be his response to 9/11. Black Tuesday is his very popular look at the valiant Americans who survived the Great Depression, and features such hits as "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Brother Can You Spare A Dime."
Here's the complete schedule of performances with Klezmerbluegrass:
Tuesday, March 1, Esplanade, Syzygy, Klezmerbluegrass
Saturday, March 5, Funny Papers, Klezmerbluegrass, Promethean Fire
Saturday, March 5, Black Tuesday, Klezmerbluegrass, Esplanade
Thursday, March 10, Black Tuesday, Klezmerbluegrass, Esplanade
Sunday, March 20, Black Tuesday, Klezmerbluegrass, Esplanade